Robert van der hilst biography of albert

In the early ‘90s, Shanghai was going through a change like never before, some of the countless new things that transformed the city's landscape, people's lives, and even their relationships with one another.

Amidst the changing urban landscape mixed with the old and the new, Robert van der Hilst captured the group portraits of people in different spaces of Shanghai at that particular time though his lens.

Robert van der hilst biography of albert

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Fotografiska Shanghai is honored to present Robert van der Hilst’s exhibition ‘Shanghai: Time & Timeless 1990-1993’ from 9th August to 3rd November 2024. The exhibition is curated by independent curator and writer Shi Hantao, with special support of the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

‘Shanghai: Time & Timeless 1990-1993’ presents the photographs taken during Robert van der Hilst’s several visits to Shanghai between 1990 and 1993.

In these images, the Oriental Pearl Tower in Lujiazui had just