After the rain
Kliptown Soweto
Busy preparing the Soweto project photographs for a book layout. Hoping to team up with a good writer;-)
This one should be seen BIG.
London Street Photography Festival
The London street photography festival 2011 hosts World-class photography and a diverse programme of interactive events. Street photography has been one of the most influential and important photographic traditions of the last 150 years providing unparalleled documentary evidence of life, social habits and journeys in the public realm. Inspiring artists, writers and historians, street photography promotes an appreciation of the ordinary and extra-ordinary in everyday life. Street photography can be interpreted in many ways but the London Street Photography Festival defines it as: “candid, un-staged photography which captures, explores or questions contemporary society and the relationships between individuals and their surroundings.” Situated in public environments – which are often but not exclusively, urban – street photography is perhaps more easily defined as a method than a genre. The results can fit into documentary, portraiture and other genres, but the key elements of spontaneity, careful observation and an open mind ready to capture whatever appears in the viewfinder are essential. Check it out;-)
Pressing the shutter again…
Today it was one year ago since I was robbed in the street for my camera. After receiving knife wounds in my back and blow to my head I didn’t do anything with a camera anymore. Today I went out with my son Rijk when the light was nice to do some relaxing street. Nothing that needs a long relationship, just light, my brain and finger in on line. Feels good to press the shutter again.
