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From 1979-1981 artists Bettie Ringma and Marc Miller lived on a houseboat on the Prinsengracht opposite the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The 1979 “American Punk Art” exhibition at Art Something in Amsterdam received full coverage in the newspaper Parool but was roundly criticized in the Museum Journaal, Artzien, and by the Dutch punks at Gallerie Anus.
From 1979-1980, Marc H. Miller and Bettie Ringma worked as street photographers selling instant Polaroid portraits in the bars and clubs of Amsterdam. Free film from Polaroid Corporation allowed for second shots and the development of the exhibition Amsterdam Privé.
… Since many of the people frequenting the bars of Amsterdam were Nieuwe Revu readers, the article made us instant celebrities. From that point on, when we made our photographic rounds strangers greeted us by name and often followed us from bar to bar. Our business increased dramatically.