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comissioned work

the masterclass ‘ruud baan’ and i have been doing for the dutch photography association has come to an end and it’s been a valuable learning experience for all concerned including us

here are four images from the final series that will be exhibited in early april, the brief was to shoot a set of 3 images (an ‘action’ shot, a portrait and ‘one other’ image in a double page-spread format) of young football stars with ‘young heroes’ as the brief and us two acting as the client, asking difficult questions and helping them get through the complicated process of organising the whole thing… including make-up styling, locations and sudden cancellations: basically all the stuff that comes with this kind of project, more news on the series soon

images (in order) by ‘petra van der veer’, ‘feiko koster’, ‘lilian van rooij’ and ‘kirsten wilmink’

m / 04-03-2010 17:22

around town

‘holland festival’ are sticking to a trusted format this year with more of the folded paper type in erm… fairly bizarre colours and ‘lex reitsma’ gets out the 3D goggles for his latest opera poster…

m / 04-03-2010 17:16

4085 photos

this piece of stop motion animation is impressive but the tongue-in-cheek making of made me smile more… it seems that people don’t make anything without the ‘making of’ evidence to prove how ‘real’ it all was these days…

m / 04-03-2010 17:00

the dirty work

if you are a freelancer or run your own small studio the odds are that you already have, or will be at some future point, be badly treated by a client who refuses to pay the bill, this micro blog shares the experiences of guy who took it to court and won, it is written from an american perspective, but is nontheless full of good advice… be warned

m / 04-03-2010 16:46

views on the west

interesting poster project from theater zeebelt in the hague

Views on the West exhibits 50 posters made by graphic designers from India and the Netherlands, displaying interpretations of views on the West from an Indian perspective.

The design of the posters is based on information derived from interviews with Indian call centre employees. What ideas
do they have of the West? What are their impressions of life in Western society? Both Indian and Dutch designers worked with the assignment description in audio which was composed from the original interviews.

The exhibition includes designs by Rajesh Dahiya and other Indian design professionals, by Annelys de Vet, Vinca Kruk, Bob van Dijk, Jacques Koeweiden, Sybren Kuiper, by students from Academies of Art in the Netherlands (The Hague, Utrecht, Rotterdam) and by students from India (Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Pune).

m / 04-03-2010 16:39