these images arrived by mail this morning: the first part of the identity for this years ‘fotofestival naarden’ the large scale billboards which hang in the water on the ramparts around the town during the summer
more stuff to follow soon, also shown below is the large festival poster currently in production
sad news this week: reclusive photographer ‘miroslav tichý has passed away, rest in peace… luckily his work is still with us…
the current revival of nationalism in europe and the tendency to reassess our own identity has been one factor in the decision to publish the two latest editions of our ‘dingen’ children’s book series, which are currently being made
‘dutch things’ again a bilingual set for this one… and a wry look at what it is exactly that makes the dutch ‘dutch’… or not, more news soon, both are due to be released later this year
there is a small interview with photographer ‘erwin olaf’ and i, in the latest (april) issue of ‘creatie’ magazine which is devoted to the subject of photography; the article relates to the work we are currently doing together for the dutch national ballet, i will post a translation to ‘me stuff’ when i have a minute…
my sincerest congratulations to one of the most unassuming photographers around ‘katrien franken’ who deservedly won two awards including the overall PANL award at last night’s ceremony in amsterdam, a list of other winners can be read here, katrien won with her recent series ‘les filles’ which will form part of a larger series she said last night
see also this related post and her own site