The Netherlands – Off the Shelf by Hans van der Meer is part of the group show ‘Public Space’, on show at Kunsthal 45, Den Helder (NL). ‘Public Space’ exhibits ten photographers dealing with ‘the street’: a place which belongs to everyone.

The Netherlands – Off the shelf by photographer Hans van der Meer is a project about typically Dutch small towns such as Lisse, Raalte, Drunen, Boskoop and Nieuw Vennep. Not metropolises but not villages either, these are places that may appear horribly mediocre to some but to others offer the highest possible quality of life.