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Photos of Paramaribo and Marrondorp on the Saramacca River, Suriname
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Van Lelyveld left for Suriname as a 28-year-old to work as the assistant to the Dutch governor Titus van Asch van Wijck. This presented him with every opportunity to photograph all of the layers of Surinamese society in the farthest nooks and crannies. Like a seasoned photojournalist, he recorded all of the districts of Paramaribo, celebrations on the Queen's birthday, population groups, and the work camps of the Javanese contract labourers.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineFoto’s van Paramaribo en Marrondorp aan de Saramaccarivier, Suriname. 1895 - 1898. Théodore van Lelyveld. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
