International audience ; Abstract: Photographic images of interior Dutch Borneo’s nature and, more par-ticularly, her peoples and cultures are examined as they were produced and usedaround the turn of the twentieth century, from their creation in the context of pioneerexploration across the island to their presentation and display, in various forms, forconsumption by the general public back in Europe. A young Dutch army medicalofficer, later university professor, Anton Nieuwenhuis, a talented Indo military topo-grapher and photographer, Jean Demmeni, and an elderly Norwegian professionalexplorer, Carl Lumholtz: These three major, yet quite different, players of the “thereand then” scene strongly contributed, each in his own way, through the combinedpower of their visual and textual testimonies, to the shaping of affirmative representa-tions, ideas, and imageries among their home public about Borneo and the peoples ofher hinterland, these independent Dayak tribes, which had long been suffering fromprejudiced reports, disrepute, and outright ignominy.