Introduce briefly

• Kees Scherer was born on April 16, 1920, in Amsterdam, Netherlands [1].

• He started his career as a freelance photographer for newspapers and magazines after the liberation in 1945 [1].

• Scherer gained recognition for his reports on the flood disaster in 1953 and the Hungarian uprising in 1956 [1].

• In 1955, he co-founded World Press Photo, which has become the world's most authoritative photo event [1].

• Scherer collaborated with writers such as Ed Hoornik, Max Dendermonde, Bert Schierbeek, and Evert Werkman [1].

• He published in magazines like "Margriet" and "Avenue" and helped found the latter [1].

• Scherer's photography style was characterized by its honest and unvarnished portrayal of daily life in the 1950s and 1960s [1].

• His work has been exhibited in several museums, including the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and is part of the collection of the Rijksmuseum [1].

• On the same day that his book "Zuiderzee, dead water, new life" was published in 1987, Scherer suffered a stroke that left him unable to speak, write, or take photos [1].

• He was admitted to the Het Zonnehuis hospice in Amstelveen and passed away on April 19, 1993 [1].

• After his death, his nautical collection was auctioned, forming the financial basis for the Kees Scherer Photo Archive Foundation, which established the biennial "Foto Kees Scherer Prize" for the best photo book published in the Netherlands [1].

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