the dutch fair very well in this annual overview of the best photobooks of 2010, from the likes of ‘martin parr’ and ‘willem van zoetendaal’ (congrats to my friends andré thijssen and of course designer ‘sybren kuiper’ too, who has several of his designs amongst the list)
although it’s a shame that the translation of some of the english text appears to have been done by google translate on a bad day (see ‘van zoetendaal’ for example) oops…
many people i know really enjoy looking around old junk markets to find odd bits of forgotten beauty, i however do not, luckily for me there is always the ‘wary meyers’ blog who do it on my behalf and with great style…
an occasional visit always turn up several hidden gems, like this eccentric 70’s book cover shown above, they also make some eccentric and fun projects themselves, see below
…his work, the music scene, the audio casettes, the collages, the colours, the weirdness and his passion…
‘hansje van halem’ has asked recent graduate johann kauth to occupy her living room… as from the 21st of january, a ‘cloned’ version of ‘schrank 8’ is also bizarrely being held simultaneously in san fransisco, if you have the time or perhaps, are an obsessive completist…
bored? check out these amazing pictures of abandoned of vast underground tunnels and secret spaces
some of them look more like a james bond set than a james bond set looks like a james bond set… phew, i just realised that my previous sentence could loop into infinity
o.k. parking are requesting entries for their new boring issue, the deadline is in about a month’s time… surely boredom is a valuable asset that we all badly need? problem is… it seems to be out of fashion… or is it just me?