Eva Besnyö (1910) was born in Budapest and emigrated to The Netherlands in 1932. Central in her work are photographic properties, like focus, attention for detail and print. She was considered to be the photographer of The Netherlands from the forties onwards. She then served as an example to many photographers.

Besnyö heeft in de oorlog gefotografeerd, maar is geen oorlogsfotografe. Besnyö photographed during the war, yet she is not a war photographer. She has photographed in the city, yet she is not a photo journalist. She considers photography a social instrument. The subjects photographed, greatly vary from the Women's Liberation's Movement to villages in Hungary and portraits of Dutch artists. In her work she simultaneously shows the vulnerable and the pugnacity of humanity. She shows homely and the everyday life, family life and work. "This is more difficult than recording extreme moments, because you have to add something to the ordinary."