me news

before and after

a pretty grim ‘google earth’ view of the devastation in brisbane, before and after the recent floods…

m / 20-01-2011 14:18 - tags: , ,  

clap clap

nice little print ad from ‘euro/rscg’ paris, to celebrate the medals won by athletes in 2010
the text reads: ‘to applaud the 22 athletes of Team EDF for their performance in 2010, close and reopen these two pages several times very quickly’

…which seems a shame to me, surely it is obvious what the idea is and explaining it only weakens the effect?

i made a similar idea with hands back in 2008, on the cover of this brandbook for new recruiter maandag, at least it kind of reminds me of it a bit, the book had two covers: positive & negative (thumbs up & down)

m / 16-01-2011 09:58 - tags: , ,  

new work

i’ve just completed my latest ‘the dutch national ballet’ poster, for the upcoming ‘van manen – master of dance’ program later this year

the portrait of hans was shot by ‘erwin olaf’

m / 14-01-2011 12:21 - tags: ,  

the last living rose

documentary photographer ‘séamus murphy’ has directed the first video for pj harvey’s new album, they will be released one for one during the coming month…

in her own words as told to ‘pitchfork’: …he will also be making a film that will be coming out later this year. He’s a photojournalist whose work I came across from an exhibition of his work in Afghanistan over the past 10 years. He’s mostly a freelance photojournalist who works in conflict zones and doesn’t particularly work with people like myself…

m / 13-01-2011 14:57 - tags: , ,  

ali barber and the fourty haircuts

london-based photographer richard nicholson spends his time (in his own words) …working for magazines, shooting personal projects, and doing nothing…

for example this project documenting the clients of ‘ali’s barber shop’ in london… more info can be read in the following article east-end cuts

m / 11-01-2011 13:24 - tags: , ,