Celebrating 40 years anniversary of The Bed-in for Peace

From the 21st until the 29th of March a commemoration about the legendary Bed-in for Peace was held in the Hilton Amsterdam with a tripartite photo exhibition 'From Holland with Peace'.

Bed-in for Peace

Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono stayed in the Hilton Amsterdam hotel during their honeymoon in March 1969 and stayed in bed for 7 days in room 902 ( now 702 ). During this so-called ‘Bed-in for Peace’ they spoke about peace with the international press. Their historical action will be set in contemporary perspective in three exhibitions, all linked with the themes illustrated Photography, Peace and the Netherlands.

Double exhibitions

Message by photo 1969 – 2009 is a choice of 40 images, made between 1969 – 2009, these images show what the Netherlands have produced on illustrated photography within the theme ‘peace’. Professional photographers will be invited to send in their most lively and visual peace messages, from where a jury of professionals, experts and affectionate people will make a final choice.

What happened in room 702? Is the title of a story telling exposition of 40 images that gives you back to the actual Bed-in happening. The material is from Holland’s best photographers, among them are Govert de Roos, Nico Koster , Claude Vanheye and Cor Jaring, completed with historical photo material by ANP Photo.

All photo works are sold by ImaQuest for the benifit of Novactum.org