Since 1990, Hripsimé Visser has been the photo curator of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. She studied art history, with a specialisation in photography, at the university of Leiden. Before Visser started working for Stedelijk Museum, she worked for Perspektief: a former, centre for photography in Rotterdam, that has played an important role in the development of Dutch, Rotterdam based, photography in the 80’s and early 90’s.

Visser has published many books on photography, gives lectures and is member on several boards and advisory committees related to photography.

A selection of exhibitions organized since 1991: Ed van der Elsken (1991), Lewis Baltz (1992), Koen Wessing (1993), Hans Aarsman (1994), Anton Corbijn (1994), Bertien van Manen (1994), Oscar van Alphen (1995), Emmy Andriesse (1996), Gerald van der Kaap (1996), Vojta Dukat (1997) Boris Mikhailov (1998), Beat Streuli/Gabriele Basilico (2000), Jitka Hanzlova (2001), Footloose: Runa Islam, Vibeke Tandberg, Valérie Jouve (2001), Sam Taylor-Wood (2002), Rineke Dijkstra (2004), Broomberg & Chanarin (2007)

A selection of books and catalogs written by Hripsimé Visser:
Lewis Baltz (1992), 100 x Photo, 100 Photographs from the Collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (1996), Boris Mikhailov (1997), Beat Streuli/Gabriele Basilico (2000), Ed van der Elsken (2002), Sam Taylor-Wood (2002 and 2003), Rineke Dijkstra (2004), Luigi Gariglio, Portraits in Prisons, Rome 2007.