Pieter Willem Scherjon

1907–1936 (age 29)

Biography

Pieter Willem Scherjon (1907–1936) was a talented Dutch photographer whose career, though brief, contributed to the visual documentation of his era. He worked during the interwar period, a time of artistic innovation and technological advancement in photography.

His life was cut short at the age of twenty-nine, but his work as a photographer left an imprint on the cultural record of the Netherlands. He is laid to rest in NH Begraafplaats, where his memory is honored among those who shaped Dutch artistic and cultural life.

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