Front cover of Dana Lixenberg's 'The Mayor'. For the project, the Dutch photographer returned home to the Netherlands to photograph the everyday lives of the mayors of 22 different municipalities

“我经常被吸引到平淡乏味的环境中去，”Dana Lixenberg说，她指的是她最近关注的一个看似平凡的主题。这位荷兰摄影师大部分时间都是在纽约工作的，她最著名的是名人的肖像画，但是她最新的作品《市长》（De Burgemeester在Dutch）她回到荷兰的家里，绕着22岁的市长会面和拍照。其他城市。

资料来源可能很干燥，但这些照片-委托拍摄的是每年由国立博物馆和NRC Handelsblad日报每年制作的系列-是不可否认的，正如她的新书和目前在阿姆斯特丹博物馆举办的展览中所看到的那样。

当她第一次接近拍摄荷兰官员的肖像时，Lixenberg声称她20年在纽约流亡，为《时间》，《新闻周刊》拍摄。

纽约人和墙纸给了她一个“局外人的视角”，主要关注的是这些公务员居住的世界——他们开会的房间，办公室窗户的风景，他们在办公桌上的蜉蝣。

这种对生活中几乎平淡无奇的细节的迷恋，在利希伯格的最后一次摄影项目中就很明显了。但在阿姆斯特丹，人类因其缺席而引人注目。

这位市长以其赤裸裸、毫不退缩的审美态度，无疑通过专注于LiXXBERG所称的“平淡无奇”，传达了一种在外表下揭示生活的冲动。和“阿姆斯特丹集”一样，李克伯格经常修复那些看起来沉闷甚至丑陋的东西。

“我觉得自己被这么多的意象包围着，”利克斯堡解释道。我住在一个繁忙而紧张的城市里。所以在我的工作中，我喜欢把所有的东西都拆掉，放大，把注意力集中在我正在看的东西上。当有些事情快要无聊的时候，当什么都没有发生，但仍然有很多东西要看的时候，我觉得很壮观。我使用一个大格式的4x5相机，这样我就不能在人们快速射击后到处跑了。相反，我创建了这些固定的，非常静态的表格，捕捉到了最微小的细节。

李克伯格说，我和每个市长呆了整整一天。对我来说，这只是一个固定的日子，这对我来说非常重要。我不想让他们戴上他们的仪式锁链，我想让他们做正常的，日常的事情。我用同样的方式来拍摄名人。我对某人的“形象”从来不感兴趣。我喜欢创造一个亲密的安静时刻。“

在大多数情况下，这些照片有一种清醒而干燥的品质-但通常极端的平庸确实会把它们推入滑稽的领域。利克伯格承认，人们可能会觉得这很有趣，但坚持说：“我尽量不愤世嫉俗。我真的觉得这张照片很感人。有些摄影师像马丁·帕尔(MartinParr)一样，以玩乐著称，但我认为我的做法相当严肃。但是，这位艺术家微笑着说：“我很喜欢当事情变得严肃和超现实的时候。”

The photographs were commissioned as part of Document Nederland, a series produced annually by the Rijksmuseum and the daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad. As well as in the book, the works are currently on display at the Amsterdam Museum

Spread from 'The Mayor' detailing the various views from the offices of mayors, including (clockwise from left) Jos Som, Patrick van den Brink and Eberhard van der Laan

From left: Jaap Kroon, Mayor of Urk; a barbecue to celebrate the renovation of the canteen for the municipal outdoor services department

In creating her portrait of Dutch officialdom, Lixenberg was most intrigued about the world these public servants inhabit - the rooms where they hold their meetings and the ephemera they keep on their desks

A spread detailing the desks of, from left: Gerrit Jan Gorter, Mayor of Zeewolde; Martin Zijilstra, Mayor of Schiermonnikoog; Meindert Schollema, Mayor of Pekela

Flooded municipal land in the Biesbosch, Werkendam

'Theater Passage' shopping centre, Kerkrade

From left: Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam; Hetty Hafkamp, Mayor of Bergen

The aesthetic is stark and unflinching. Lixenberg aims to capture something of the life beneath the veneer of officialdom by focusing on what she calls 'the unspectacular'. Pictured here is Mervyn Stegers' office, Tubbergen

From left: Roman Catholic cemetary 'Groenendikl'; Mr and Mrs Onderwater's 60th anniversary celebration

From left: Jos Som, Mayor of Kerkrade; Ryan Palmen, Mayor of Hilvarenbeek

Center Parcs bungalow park 'De Eemhof', Zeewold

From left: A naturalization ceremony in Hilvarenbeek; a weekly meeting of municipal executives

Nature education and recreation centre, 'De Seedykster Toer', Marrum, Ferwerderadiel

The book also features a 'Q&A' section with all 22 mayors, based on points such as previous positions held, working hours, upsides and downsides of the job, allocation of their working time, and their ambitions for the future

A section at the end of the book, marked out by salmon pink pages, contains maps and key figures of each of the municipalities

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