Archive for September 2007
Anton Corbijn’s film “Control” : Dutch première on 9 October in The Hague
Extensive Wikipedia page about Control
Control in première in Den Haag
Recensie (11.10.07) : ten onder aan twee vrouwen. Zie ook de video’s.
Photo seized and debated – Nan Goldin
Belgicum – Stephan Vanfleteren
Now showing at Fotomuseum Antwerp
The Belgian photographer Stephan Vanfleteren was on television yesterday (29/9/07). In these for Belgium political troubled times there is media attention for his photo project Belgicum.
“…. Vijftien jaar heeft de fotograaf doorheen het territorium Belgicum geslenterd, verdwaald en gejaagd met ontroering en vaderlandsliefde. Een tocht door een land met littekens op zoek naar een onvindbare identiteit maar met een melancholische ziel van een 177-jarige natie”.
Background info on BE from the Economist – juli 2008 | M.O.N. : Pers in België laat zich door regionalistische motieven meeslepen – weblogs3.nrc/tranen om belgie – oktober 2008
“Stephan Vanfleteren : His radical black-and-white documentary work covers the disappearance of small, anarchic worlds and the phenomena of everyday life in his homeland Belgium as well as events from world’s conflict zones to every day life around the world. He also interested in portraying artists, actors, writers, directors, musicians and all other people that express themselves by their profession”.
N.B. We saw Stephan Vanfleteren with a Rolleiflex in his hands. He said that his camera (SL) is over 30 year old…
update 24.02.08 :
Radio1 programma met Stephan Vanfleteren. 52 minuten.
Hij vertelt over zijn fotoboek, zijn camera, Vlaanderen, Wallonië, de Belgische politiek, armoede, lege gebouwen, autowrakken, banale familiefoto’s, mooie-moeilijke portretten van geliefden, visserskoppen die ontroeren, de kroeg, zijn voorliefde voor mist-fotografie en tristesse. Stephan Vanfleteren als “archivaris van het vergankelijke, conciërge van het onoogelijke en röntgenfotograaf van de ziel”. Belgicum, een autobiografisch boek.
Stephan Vanfleteren: Belgicum | de morgen
Did you know? 3,3 million for 99 cent diptychon?
The highest price ever paid for a photograph was $ 3,3 million for ’99 cent II Diptychon (1999) auctioned at Sotheby’s London.
List of most expensive photographs
Andreas Gursky : from a world spirit’s eye view
Andreas Gursky : door het oog van de wereldgeest
Edward Steichen
The Pond – Moonlight, 1904
Hammer Price with Buyer’s Premium: 2,928,000 USD
World record for a photograph at auction
me and you and fine art and documentary photography
RE : my photography blog on fine art and documentary photography
Hi,
- to you out there who might follow (some of) my posts
- to you who finds my blog thru “search engines and keywords”
- to you who “hits” my postings that are tagged with keywords and that are being replicated -somewhat mysteriously- in all kinds of “systems”.
I’ve set-up this blog about one month ago. 20 August to be precise. And my first post was a portrait of my grand mother. I had no specific concept for this blog/no specific goal how to go about with it. Only that it should be focused on fine art and documentary photograph. Also I had no experience with blogging : as in online diary. And I guess that this shows in the output on this blog. It’s a mixture of news, facts and some personal thoughts and posting of photos.
Although I became intriged by the phenomenon blog stats : referrers, top posts, search engine terms and clicks, I’m not posting for the sheer purpose of posting. I’m now reflecting how and if to continue. Maybe I need to focus more? Maybe I need to put in more personal thoughts?
Can someone out there tell me what the number 1,559 hits (period 20/8-27/9) means? Should I not look at stats? Are you a returning visitor, interested in what I say or interested in what I am sharing? Are you interested in fine art (film) photography and documentary photography?
I guess I want to hear (more) from you. Share some more and make this a more personal thing : a shared passion/a photography blog of peers and friends. Come on!
