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Oldest Press and Hunting Photographer and Photographer v.d. Could. Military Air Force (26 countries crossed). Also own. Tea pavilion "Prinses Beatrix", Amersfoort. Tel. 9092. Polite recommending C. v. ES Cornelis van Es, better known as 'Uncle Jaap', was employed by a tailor in Zeist as a boy. At the age of 18 he acquired a camera with which he recorded tourists and day trippers in the area of Zeist. This work appealed to him more than having to spend all day in a tailor's workshop, and it paid off too. That's why he decided to become a photographer. He also recorded hunting parties of the nobility at that time. He delivered the photos in albums, which he said were eagerly taken by the participants. Van Es had his own car at an early stage in order to be able to quickly attend newsworthy events and record them on film. He made material for the illustrated press, which had started to use more and more photos from around 1900. He supplied magazines such as Het Leven, De Prins, but also newspapers such as De Telegraaf. He also traveled to Germany, Poland, England and Scandinavia for his profession. During the First World War, Van Es was an aerial photographer from Soesterberg. In the 1930s he said goodbye to the profession of press photographer and started a tea house (from 1938 called Tea House 'Beatrix') near Amersfoort. Incidentally, in 2011 no press photos are known that can be attributed to Van Es. In the first half of the 20th century it was not customary for the names of photographers to be mentioned at publication. Much of the material that Van Es himself still owned was lost in his tea pavilion during burglaries.]
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