In the night.

I love taking pictures in the dark. I really think that a person can change during the night. And I have experienced this with some people I know. They really have a slightly different behaviour than during day-time, and I'm not talking about the changing of behaviour with alcohol or drugs or any of that stuff...

I think this theory definitely needs to be searched out by scientists! I'm serious here. I think, in the near future, we will have a name for this.

Anyway. Here's another shot I took on the streets of Italy (again with the analog Rollei 35s camera). It was taken very early in the morning (around 5:45am), when we were waiting for the cab who would bring us to the airport.


Florence, 2010 taken at 5:45am

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...)

Florence, Italy

When it comes to Florence...you'd expect only to see very stylish people. And all because or thesartorialist 's blog.

But the most stylish people I've seen, when I was there last weekend for a reunion with my foreign friends whom I met in Sweden, were granny's. No I haven't took any pics of them.
Hm, I don't know why. Anyhow, I took a lot of pics with the Rollei 35 S...y'all already know what kinda cam I'm talkin' 'bout, ey??

This is the last picture I took I Florence. I had a great time with my buddies...and I can't wait for the next (Erasmus) reunion in Berlin!


Danique & Sunrise in Italy (Aeroporto di Firenze).
Click here (my Flickr page) to see another pic I took in Florence.

Sister in the kitchen

...lately I've been shooting solely with my Rollei 35 S camera and it's getting very addicting like never before. Probably because of the surprise feeling I get, every time I pick up the developed pictures at my favorite photo shop in Amsterdam East. It's probably better than every drug in the world. I love that feeling.
I used to live right around the corner of the photo shop, but now I have to cycle through the whole city of Amsterdam (30 minutes!!) to get there. But it's worth every mile.


Sister (and her oversized beige American Apparel sweater) in her kitchen. Cooking dinner. For me.

A whole new blog

Of course!!

...Diddy couldn't stay behind.



If you wanna be a part of tha game, ya gotta participate.
And to introduce his own blog, he created a trailer...(!)
Y'all know producer Kanye West also has a blog and I quite like it! It may be even more interesting than his music...



I can't wait to see the blog of Lady Gaga ...

Pic taken by Jay Davis

Gonna rock it very soon.

I had to go through alllllllll my pictures the past few days and found this quite oldy one...


Backstage at the Rocksoon shooting. January, 12th, 2010. Taken during my internship at a fashion agency.

Rocksoon is a new Dutch based (Japanese style) denim label.

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.

Two seconds of model Lily Donaldson

Nowness presents:

Flying Hair, shot by her daddy Matthew Donaldson.

Lily Donaldson on the set with four wind machines while her daddy, Matthew Donaldson, sat behind the extremely high tech camera called Phantom Gold HD (with a price tag that says $ 118.000,-(!!!!!!!!!))

Only 2 seconds were recorded, but everything was slowed down to a 1000 frames per second.


Hair by Sam McKnight and music composed by Zero 7.

If you want to save the movie for your personal fashion videos archive...click here...shhhh...illegal stuff!
(To be played in VLC Media Player...)

-small lay out change of blog, more to come...-

Jacques Mag

Okay. I keep apologizing everytime I post something new on the blog. But...I can't help it: sorrry!! Again. For the lack of updating this website. I have been (again) extremely busy! After graduating college, I am busier than ever with planning my future, working 3,4 jobs (now it's only 2) and say hello to friends and family every now and then. I have even thought about closing this blog because I thought I would never have the time again to post something new. Ridiculous huh?

Today I've found something worth to mention: Jacques Mag


And I just think it's such a coincidence, because not only does this magazine carries my family name, the editor in chief is called Danielle. And also, the whole magazine represents my interests: photography, and...these wonderful creatures.

The Sports issue trailer: Squash.

I wish it was my mag because it looks sooo good! I'm going to ask my favorite magazine store Athenaeum (Amsterdam) if they sell it. Probably not...
Perhaps I should apply for a job as an editor or photographer for the magazine...

Click here to read the interview with the Editor in Chief of Jacques Mag: Danielle Luft.