Roots + Turns provides a broad historical overview of twentieth-century photography in the Netherlands. The publication brings together photographic work from different periods and approaches, ranging from early modern photography and portraiture to documentary, architectural, social and artistic photography. Through approximately 150 illustrations, the book presents the work of a substantial group of Dutch photographers and places their images within the development of Dutch photographic culture. This substantial English-language photography book surveys the development of photography in the Netherlands during the twentieth century. It combines historical texts with an extensive selection of photographs and covers successive generations of photographers, photographic movements and changing approaches to the medium. Among the photographers represented are Breitner, Witsen, Citroen, Zwart, Salomon, Coppens, Besnyo, Oorthuys, Andriesse, Van der Elsken, Klein, Sannes, Dibbets and Wessing. The publication is particularly useful as a visual and historical reference work for collectors, researchers and anyone interested in Dutch photography and its international development.