April 2024
Self-portrait
Into the woods
This is what happens when I go into the woods. I start daydreaming…
FKE Exhibition
Really happy with the opening today of the exhibition in the St. Aegtenkapel in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, of our photoclub FKE. A bunch of great photographers with so much creativity! Former chairman Rob Renshoff has succeeded in realizing this exhibition – what a succes!
Xperimental: And there was light
The reflections in the screen of my phone gave the inspiration for this one. Diffraction in layers of glass mirrored multiple images of the same item, distorted over one another. This is a kind of replica in color. Food for the experimental group. What do you think of it?
(and frankly, I don’t like these kind of images)
Experimental: Cinque Terre Coast
So we have this experimental photography group. Just playing around a little. This time the Italian Cinque Terre coast, but not as you know it. What do you think of it?
Fall
Ameria
Seeing Time
Today I went out for a personal challenge. To find and capture patterns in the world around and make an abstract of it. The beauty of the ordinary.
Found it!
Back on track
Allright. Back on track again. Corniglia, Cinque Terre, Italy
You cannot not become a romantic artist in Cinque Terre. It´s inevitable
Now I understand why all those painters came here, to Cinque Terre
Waves crash on the rocks at Lovers´ lane, Riomaggiore
La Clayette
Heb je Hockney’s landschappen van Yorkshire wel eens gezien? Kleurige velden en wegen lijken om elkaar te dansen en spelenderwijs om aandacht te vragen.
Afgelopen maand ben ik weer naar Frankrijk gegaan, fietsend over steile hellingen en zoekend naar dergelijke patronen in het landschap: boerderijen, houtwallen, percelen als een mozaïek door de geschiedenis neergelegd. Laat u niet bedriegen door het oog van de camera dat het landschap wat afstandelijk waarneemt: de fietser weet dat er hier wel degelijk behoorlijk steile hellingen zijn bedwongen. Jawel, ook die berg op de achtergrond!
(en dit is voorlopig de laatste met het thema Hockney)
Surprise!
Forest paths are a recurring theme in Hockney’s work. Shall I go left or right? Sometimes Hockney’s paths are mirrored, and a choice seems to make no difference.
Photo collages or ‘joiners’ are another recurring element. Sometimes to show one subject from different perspectives, sometimes to indicate the passage of time at a glance.
To me, forest paths are the perfect metaphor for choices that life sometimes unexpectedly presents. The mind craves rational choice, but you can never see beyond the first few trees. And in the end you always end up somewhere.
De Portrettenmaker 