Apartamento Magazine

The sweet Edith asked me to help her out with her Apartamento Magazine project (graduation project for college).

Best magazine out there. Uh huh.



More pics on my website and more to come on my flickr page.

My Muse II

Unfortunately I didn't win the contest which I talked about in the previous post...oh well...better luck next time. Perhaps I shouldn't enter these contests anymore. I'm just gonna do it my way...

From 2010 to 2011

4 days left until the new year. 2010 will never come back! Neverrr!

Many years ago, people thought we would 'drive' in flying cars in the year 2000. Not uh! It's never gonna happen. Not even in the year 3011.
Perhaps we have been encountered by a new species by then. And they will probably take over our beautiful looking planet...are we gonna make it 'till 3011? What's gonna happen in 2012? Will the earth be destroyed??? According to the Mayas, earth is going to be destroyed on december 21st, 2012...I think it won't get destroyed. We will become slaves of extra terrestrials.
Read what theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawkin says about this matter!


Just another analog picture, taken by me at my sisters. :)
Click here to see the family (Mimi the Cat and my sister)

I'm dreaming!!!!

I live quite near a train station. And it takes me only 6 / 7 (or 8...) minutes to go Schiphol (airport). Sometimes I just go to the airport to check out some magazines and wander through the halls and mingle with all these travelling people. I'm acting like I'm a tourist in Amsterdam myself, but I'm actually chilling at this hotspot and wonder where all these people come from and whether they have just been arrived or are leaving this city...
And then I go back home...back to the reality.


Amsterdam Schiphol Airport


-check out my Flickr page to see another Schiphol Airport related pic-

These boats

Over the next three days I will post a series of pictures of a boat trip to a small town, next to Amsterdam, called Ouderkerk aan de Amstel or just Ouderkerk. All photos were taken with the trusty Rollei 35 camera. I forgot the exact date but it was on a sunday...somewhere in september. Yeah...

#3

Y. (Notice the sharp paper cups...yeah, I think I was sitting a little bit too close to Y.)

#2:

Oh boy...the right side of this picture got in touch with the light and so, it looks like it's burning! Almost acting like a vampire. Hahaha...okay.

#1:

Tim & Mira (no boyfriend / girlfriend. Just very close friends. Literally.)



-updated my Flickr-page, bij de weg-

Pretty much everything

A few weeks ago I went to the exhibition of duo Photographers Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin at FOAM museum in Amsterdam:


My friend Danique in the front...and other visitors in the back. :)


This picture got removed from my Facebook page by Facebook...(what's the big deal???)!




Go see it now...('till the 15th of september!) it's worth every penny.

Click here to see a preview of the exhibition on video.

On tha streets...with R.S.

About five weeks ago, I asked her if she would help me out with some ideas I've had for this photography competition.



Unfortunately, they didn't choose any of the pics I took of her, but only picked out a few other ones: 1, 2

Boat house...house boat. House on water.

Boat on water.

My sister had to babysit her friend's extremely beautiful boat house:

Here are some pics, taken by me ( on film of course. :) ) in the APARTAMENTO Magazine style.


Spanish: "Our Boat"


Living space


Seventies style living room chill spot with a fire place! Can you see my sister in this picture?

More pictures coming soon on my personal website.
I'll keep ya up to date! Or become my buddy on Facebook. Or follow me (I will get the new iPhone soon, and then I'll post a thousand TWITTER messages per hour) on Twitter.

My Flickr, if you wanna check out some other pics taken with the Rollei 35 S. :)

Streetlab_ & Mykrolab_

Streetlab_ & Mykromag are combining their fashion / music / art- forces and have created a new platform: Mykrolab_

Last week was their exhibition opening at the Meneer de Wit Gallery consisting of only black & white portraits. All taken by photographer Wouter van den Brink.

I will upload a few pics of the portraits, but here's a preview at Danique's flickr-page.


Saba (Programmer at Streetlab_), JeanPaul Paula (Fashion Director) & Sonny Groo (Editor-in-Chief).
Check out my flickr, if you wanna see them legs...(It's a pity that in the picture, Saba had taken off her extremely high heels and changed shoes...)

Strolling through Amsterdam with my lovely Rollei 35s

Some pics taken with the Rollei 35 S (black version):

(unfortunately, I don't have a scanner, so all these pics are taken with my digital camera...)


Anneloes & Victor at the I Love Vintage opening (thursday, march 18th, 2010)


De Dep during the Nike SB party (thursday, march 18th, 2010). (Check out their website to see what's happening this week(end)! Ugly graphic design (hahahaha), but the best temporary club in Amsterdam. For sure.


Caroline Doherty creating art at W139, during the Blinded Tourist project. See my previous post about this project. :)

Blinded Tourist @ W139

Would you go to a city, which you've never visited before, and lock yourself up in a building for one week and then go back to where you came from?

I have participated in a project called Blinded Tourist. Visual artist Mariëlle Videler was in charge as she was intensively involved in the project which lasted for eight days inside the art gallery called W139.

Check out an old blogpost of mine about this gallery.

Four artists, who were chosen out of 59, have never been to Amsterdam and will not see Amsterdam in reality but will experience their whole trip through visitors of W139 and the reporters. I was one of the reporters and took pictures around the city of subjects which were requested by the artists.


Part of the expo including my work (hanging pictures).


Zhou Bin (from China) wanted to see 'old people'.

Davide Savorani (Italy) wanted to see me in my house. The picture in this picture was taken in my bathroom... :)

And this is the paper house (paper and wood) where they spent the nights. Inside, there's only a mattress...(and of course their personal belongings, like clothing, a suitcase, etc.)


On friday, april 2nd, it's the opening of a new exposition called: Doktor Faustus. And this picture shows a secret preview of the expo...

No sleeping.

Only partying.


Invitational Nike SB party @ DEP.

For those of you who follow me through Twitter or is a friend on Facebook...you already know that I haven't got much sleep lately.

This picture was taken at the Nike SB Party which I went to, after visiting the opening evening of the I Love Vintage Store. I took pictures with my film camera (the black Rollei 35 S) at the I Love Vintage store, so I'll post them here once I have them developed. :)

Have a nice week.

Everyone creates art. Oh yes.

"Let's go to the Apple Centre!", said my sister.

I said, "say wha........t?". "Apple? Like in Steve Job's Apple?"

"No...", she said. "De Appel. It's a new art exhibition space in the middle of the coziest neighbourhood of Amsterdam: De Pijp." My old neighbourhood.

Of course...I should've known that. Art. As always.

I found this box very scary. As if something was about to jump out and attack me.

Fashion faux / Fashion Haux

Hello.

This one was taken, with the Olympus Pen EE.
You know, I still want this book...but I should be careful with spending money because I almost reached maximum debt.
Hahaha...woops!


Do you have this book? If so, is it worth buying??
-Picture taken at Streetlab -

Don't take me wrong, I love the blog of The Sartorialist, but I've been in serious doubt of actually buying this book because you can also go to his site and check out the wonderful pictures which are also published in the book. But perhaps I should just buy it anyway for my tiny book collection.


And this one is taken with the Yashica B.
I'm posting this one (which was taken at work) just to give this (fashion-related) post an extra fashionable touch. (I know: I don't make any sense. Do I?)

By the way, Scott Schuman (The Sartorialist) just posted square format pictures on his blog for the very first time. I think he wants to add a classic element of the film photography-era into his new stuff.

In the future, every photographer wants to use at least an analogue camera for at least 15 minutes.

Happy(!!)...oh wait...

Am I too late with yelling out 'Happy New Year!' to everyone?
Oh yes I am. But I'm gonna tell a little (visual) story about my NYE days anways. So there! Pooh!

Christmas.

Me and sis went to our parents place to spend some peaceful times during Christmas. We got pampered by mommy. Big time.
This is our mom. Sitting next to the Christmas tree which was decorated by dad...as always...for the last 10 or so years.



NYE

But I celebrated New Years Eve at someone else's place (back in Amsterdam) who lived between two lovely prostitutes.

And then it was time to party.

I was on the guestlist of a label night party, somewhere in the always-filled-with-only-tourists-and-tourists-only-Warmoesstreet. The reason I was put on the guestlist, is that I used to be an electronic music producer...(yes, one of my 'secrets') and I know the label owner: DJ BONE who released a record of mine, many years ago when I was an ambitious youngster trying to become the world's best electronic music producer.
Unfortunately it didn't work out for me as school kind of intervened my dream. But...I graduated a few months ago (don't take me wrong, I'm proud of myself I received my Bachelor diploma...STAY IN SCHOOL!), and therefore I have more time on working on a come back!!
Every now and then, I still receive e-mails from event organisers who want to book me to perform as a DJ. But I'm not a DJ...I'm just a producer. I would love to learn how to play live though. It's time to realise my dream as a musician and travel all over the world!!

Enough with the bla-bla-bla...here are more pics of this night.

After the Subject Detroit Label Night...I went to Studio 80...party 'till we drop on the floor!



Happy New Year everyone. And may all of your wishes may come true...THIS year!

Party in Amsterdam.

Streetlab asked me to shoot at one of their parties: The Fabuluos Life Of Peter Kolski


Fuck Yuo I Am A Robot







To see more pictures of this night, go here!

Terrible blogger! Terrible!

I have become a terrible blogger...forgive me for not posting in such a long time.

But I've been in a...not so good situation lately. In my previous post, I already told you about me being infected with the deadly H1N1 virus. Luckily I've survived this intruder from outer space who was trying to take over my whole body...and soul!

When I was in the middle of my sickness-period, I've had thoughts of dying...!
But I'm back in blog-world! I still have extremely busy days ahead of me but there's at least one positive news...you'll see more pictures on this blog than ever before! I actually don't really have the time to write blogposts...I'm a bad writer anyways, so perhaps I should only post pictures.

(re-) Starting today:

I went to a concert of The Raveonettes exactly one week ago. I finally get to see them live after listening to their music almost non-stop since my stay in Sweden, nearly two years ago! (Time flies!)




Sune Rose Wagner


Sharin Foo



Feels good to make a new post...perhaps I should do a blog make over...?

Passion Pit @ Paradiso

After waiting for almost 4 months (!!), they finally came back to Amsterdam. I'm talking about the american band called Passion Pit. In juli, the leadsinger Michael Angelakos lost his voice and the band decided (a few hours before their performance!) to cancel the Amsterdam-concert in the Paradiso.
I discovered them through Last.fm radio, so I gotta give Last.fm props for that. But I also HATE them because I only have 30 tracks left on their radio account! And they won't allow me to listen to it again until I pay €3.00/month!!

Anyway, here are some pics of the night...have a nice week(end)!






I think he broke his arm after he jumped from the drummer's section to the front stage...


Thanks Passion Pit.


- Passion Pit - I've Got Your Number (Chunk Of Change EP (2008)) -

By the way, I have been awarded a Splash Award by Dominica from Faces and Places of of Antwerp. Probably the most exciting city of Belgium...yes or no?
I feel so honored! I'm serious here.

Work / Life / Future

Meet M. (my Boss of the company I'm now working for...). This (unfortunately a little bit overexposed...) pic was taken during our walk with her dogs in a park near her house. In the background you can see Tabor...trying to bark his tennisball back out of the water...


Me and M. at least have one thing in common: our love for vintage camera's...!! These camera's right here were a few of the 58 camera's in total which she bought for only €120,-!!!! How insane is that??


Suit (a Danish brand) is one of the Scandinavian brand's she's dealing with. It's also one of my favorite brands because almost everything of the mens collection is just really cool! This good looking sequin sweater is one of the main pieces of the new season (from the women's collection of course).

I'm not too sure about my future at this company because I'm thinking of going back to school next year; The School of Photography. Either somewhere here in The Netherlands or in Sweden; Göteborg to be exact.
Or, I'm just going to stay the autodidact that I am, travel all over the world and just seize the day.


Me and my Kowa Six