Jan Banning

Jan Banning is a Dutch documentary photographer born in 1954, known for his deeply researched long-term projects that explore themes of power, bureaucracy, history, and social justice. His work often combines rigorous visual consistency with anthropological inquiry, as seen in his acclaimed series 'Bureaucratics,' which documented civil servants in their workplaces across multiple countries. Banning's photographs have been widely exhibited internationally and published in major media outlets, earning him numerous prestigious awards including the World Press Photo prize.