Edition 2014

Erik Fens

Born 1949, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Erik Fens has a fulltime job in Teylers Museum in Haarlem. As long as he can remember, he is a collector. Since 1980 he works on The Encyclopaedia of The World, According to Fens, and The Encyclopaedia on The World of Collecting, Collectors And Collections (300 volumes). The Encyclopaedia of the World according to Fens, (400 volumes) is subdivided in 11 themes: the Human Body, the World of Women, the World of Children, the Animal World, the World of Plants, Religion, War and Death, Earth and Universe, Objects, Working Objects, Language, and everything that inspires Fens. His exhibitions arise from material from his countless image-collections.
  • Institutional partners

    • République Française
    • Région Provence Alpes Côté d'Azur
    • Département des Bouches du Rhône
    • Arles
    • Le Centre des monuments nationaux est heureux de soutenir les Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles en accueillant des expositions dans l’abbaye de Montmajour
  • Main partners

    • Fondation LUMA
    • BMW
    • SNCF
    • Kering
  • Media partners

    • Arte
    • Lci
    • Konbini
    • Le Point
    • Madame Figaro
    • France Culture