Yesterday I went to the Veluwe, my favourite hiking destination. There was some fog. Splendid nature, right on my doorstep. Afterwards, at the Vesting:
Always available
January 12, 2010Always available will be my entry in the Carl Zeiss Digital Culture competition. This photograph is about connection and disconnection in the human being. On the one hand we hold on to (archaïc) traditions and a warm touch is indispensable for a healthy life, on the other hand we lose a lot of time, and ourselves … Continue reading “Always available”
Dialogue
January 6, 2010My father had a valid point today, while we were at the Alfred Stevens exhibition in the Van Gogh museum and later at Burtynsky in Huis Marseille: showing your work is an attempt to establish a dialogue, even though you do not show your work to please the audience perse. I know this dialogue does … Continue reading “Dialogue”
Liberation from sharpness
January 1, 20102009 was a special year for me because FINALLY I started to somewhat understand how to make a beautiful photograph. For the first time I had the feeling my photographs could be about something. It started with loosing my obsession with sharpness. Since I started photography sharpness had been my holy grail (no doubt influenced by … Continue reading “Liberation from sharpness”
Elspeth Diederix
December 28, 2009Elspeth Diederix has inspired me a lot since I saw her solo exhibition last summer in Oss. The room with photographic wallpaper showing studies and tries, some of which (but not all) resulted in a work that was also in the museum was most impressive. Of course one already knows this, the masterpieces do not … Continue reading “Elspeth Diederix”