RPS Benelux Chapter eJournal Issue 5 Autumn 2024 by Royal Photographic Society

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Cover photo

Joaquim Capitao

Views from the Organiser – Autumn Edition eJournal

Welcome to our Autumn Edition of our eJournal!

It is still summer as I write this piece, Katherine has been busy collecting articles and photos for this edition and Sue has done a great job with the English proof-reading. Of course, thanks to the many contributors for this Bumper Issue! We hope you enjoy the reading of it all.

The International Photo Festival in Pelt 2025 has started its organisation for the event – from 8 June to 28 September 2025. ‘Focus on Man’ is still the main theme and the sub-theme will be “Human Vulnerability” “Kwetsbaarheid” in Dutch, to help those translating to English. To submit photos for their exposition, dates have been announced: 15 October 2024 to 3 February 2025. Watch their website for further information.

We are again ‘Supporters’ to the Photo Festival, though we have yet to start our own organising. ThinkWorkshop Weekend; photo themed competition for our Members Print Exposition etc etc. If you want to help with our planning, drop me a line. We will need to come up with a theme related to human vulnerability. Fragile comes to mind. This is exciting as the photo festival is fabulous and we want to remain part of it!

Being a member of several SIGs of the RPS is a challenge! I enjoy being part of it, joining in with the many Zooms, sharing photos, sending in for competitions, making books and just generally meeting people from all over! Themes like ‘Water’ and ‘Change’ are just two that I am thinking about for two new books in Contemporary and Contemporary/Documentary, it has my brain racing!

Late last year I also joined the Digital Imaging Group, Janet Haines ARPS is the Chair and as you can expect with her, a lot is going on! Fun things to be sure. My first job is to be a ‘Selector’ for the Annual Digital Imaging Competition with two others. This will actually take place tomorrow (as I write this) and I am looking forward to it. We will select the best three photos from 25 winners in the popular vote, from five different themes. Go check out the webpages on the RPS site to see which ones we selected! Maybe you are live on the Zoom to see the event itself and already know!

As you see, being a member of the RPS offers many good opportunities, there is a lot to join in with if you want to.

The Benelux Chapter also has many great things, as you can read in the next pages. Our Brussels Weekend Wonder Walks were really good – meeting up with new and familiar faces, taking lots of photos and having an excellent time. See our photos inside and on the website: https://rps.org/chapters/benelux/galleries/ workshops/brussels-weekend-wonder-walk-2024/

Have a wonderful summer break, don’t forget our Summer Challenge ‘Movement’, I look forward to seeing all the photos.

Carol Olerud FRPS

Benelux Chapter Organiser

1 August 2024

IN THIS ISSUE

RPS Benelux Chapter

Summer Challenge 2024

Wonder Walk Weekend

Brussels

Katherine Maguire ARPS

VIETNAM AT WORK

Armando Jongejan FRPS 52

The Unexpected Beauty

Madeleine Lenagh

‘Keerlingen’ (Turns)

Minke Groenewoud-Beerda LRPS EFIAP QFSA k-BMK 76

CrossroadsMeandering Istanbul

Astrid Preisz

Dark rooms of …

An Exhibition in Mexico

Members’ Photos

Phil Dunbar

Summer Challenge RPS

Benelux Chapter 2024

‘Movement’

Carol Olerud FRPS

Our Summer Challenge this year, will be ‘Movement’.

So let your imagination run free, anything is possible! The winning photos will be selected by an experienced jury.

RPS Members & Friends may enter.

Winners will be published online on our website at RPS and of course be presented in our eJournal which is seen by a very wide audience worldwide.

Closing date will be September 15th, 2024

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Wonder Walk Weekend

Brussels

The RPS Benelux Chapter and Viewfinders photo club organised a joint photo Wonder Walk Weekend in Brussels. This took place over 3 days: Saturday afternoon, Sunday and Monday.

Saturday Afternoon Walk: “Brussels and the EU”

The afternoon walk started off at the metro station “Merode”. This walk was led by Alun Foster, walking through Jubelpark. On that particular Saturday there was a medieval market taking place.

© Katherine Maguire ARPS

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We walked through the EU area, walking around the European Commission building and past a section of the Berlin Wall.

© Katherine Maguire ARPS

Then down Froissartstraat, on to Jean Reyplein, arriving at Leopoldpark.

© Katherine Maguire ARPS

We walked through the park until we reached the European Parliament and the walk ended at Luxemburgplein.

© Joaquim Capitao

We then headed by Bus and Metro to the center of town to have dinner at the “Houtsiplou” restaurant.

© Carol Olerud FRPS

Sunday Walk: “This is Brussels”

Meeting at the Parc metro station, walking through the Royal park towards the Palace, down to Koningsplein and to the “Paleis van Karel van Lotharingen”.

© Adrian Cornwell

© Joaquim Capitao

© Carol Olerud FRPS

Then via Museumstraat opposite the “Old England” art nouveau building.

© Katherine Maguire ARPS

Along Ravensteinstraat to the the “Galerij Ravenstein” shopping center, walking through the center to Kantersteen.

© Adrian Cornwell

© Carol Olerud FRPS

We stopped in Kantersteen opposite Central Station to have lunch.

© Katherine Maguire ARPS

© Carol Olerud FRPS

We then continued on via Spanjeplein to the “Koninklijke SintHubertusgalerijen” shopping center.

© Adrian Cornwell

© Eduardo Tardaguila

Moving on from there, we went to the “Grote Markt”

© Katherine Maguire ARPS

© Eduardo Tardaguila

We then stopped for drinks opposite the “Manneken Pis”, a 17 century statue of a young boy.

© Eduardo Tardaguila

© Carol Olerud FRPS

© Adrian Cornwell

After our break we continued to the skatepark Chapelle - Kapelle opposite the church “Kerk van Onze Lieve Vrouwe Ter Kapelle”. It was here that we experienced our first rain shower of the weekend.

© Katherine Maguire ARPS

We ended our walk for the day at the Justitiepaleis.

Monday Morning Walk: “Brussels Art-Nouveau”

The Monday morning walk was led by Paula Cagli. We were treated to a very interesting history of the Art Nouveau buildings in the Sint-Gillis , Elsene areas of Brussels. We met at the Maison Hannon building, and then went on to walk down Hervormingsstraat.

© Carol Olerud FRPS

Then along the Franz Merjaystraat, and Brugmannlaan, reaching the Hortamuseum in Amerikaanestraat.

© Katherine Maguire ARPS

© Carol Olerud FRPS

We continued to the corner of Livornostraat/Florencestraat,

© Katherine Maguire ARPS

Down to the Faiderstraat and onto the Paul Emile Jansonstraat. The walk then ended at the Paul Emile Jansonstraat for most of us.

© Joaquim Capitao

© Miguel Angel Vilar

© Gunnar Olerud

After the morning walk, we went with the tram/metro into the city and had lunch at a cafe close to the Beurs.

© Carol Olerud FRPS

Monday Afternoon Walk: “Canal Area and Tour en Taxis”

The final walk of the weekend started in front of the Beurs. This walk was led by Joaquim Capitao.

We walked past the Sint-Katelijnekerk and Brandhoutkaai.

© Alan Waldern

Then along Timmerhoutkaal to the canal.

© Alan Waldern

We continued along the canal to Tour and Taxis, where the walk ended for me.

RPS Benelux Chapter VIEWfinders Brussels

© Alan Waldern

© Katherine Maguire ARPS

© Alan Waldern

VIETNAM AT WORK

Armando Jongejan FRPS

Armando traveled from north to south Vietnam in 2023. He covered a distance of more than 2,000 kilometers. He has brought together a selection of 120 photos in his photo book Vietnam at Work.

Vietnam is a country with a turbulent history. The country was dominated by China for about a thousand years, was a French colony for 95 years and was at warwith the United States for 20 years. The Vietnamese call this war the “American War” instead of the “Vietnam War.” From their perspective, this name makes sense.

A TURBULENT HISTORY

You will find various memories from different periods. For example, the Chinese script, buildings built in French style and monuments erected in memory of the Vietnam War. For example, in Hien Luong, on the border of the former North and South Vietnam, there is the 'Flag Tower' and in Xuan Hoa the 'Reunification Monument', which mark the end of this era. The memorials are impressive, such as in Dong Loc, where ten young women died during an American bombing, and the monument in My Lai, where American troops invaded on March 16, 1968 and committed a massacre. There were 504 Vietnamese civilian deaths. I was there on March 16, 2023, 55 years after this black day in the history of Vietnam. It made a big impression. It made you silent.

DOI MOI

After the Vietnam War, North and South Vietnam were reunited in 1976 as the 'Socialist Republic of Vietnam'.

The Communist Party introduced political and economic modernisations in 1986 under the name 'Doi Moi'. And that is clearly visible in the country.

Saigon, the former capital of South Vietnam, was renamed as Ho Chi Minh City, after the leader of the North Vietnamese freedom army Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969).

Ho Chi Minh's final resting place is located in a 21-meterhigh mausoleum in the capital Hanoi. Even though Ho Chi Minh wanted to be cremated, he lies in state in a glass coffin. The image of Ho Chi Minh is visible in many places in Vietnam, such as in Qui Nhon where he is depicted together with his father Nguyen Sinh Sac with a bronze statue that is over 10 meters high. The statue symbolizes Ho Chi Minh's family bond and love for his country.

BIEN DONG

Vietnam borders Cambodia to the southwest, Laos to the northwest and China to the north. The eastern border is located on the Vietnamese East Sea (Bien Dong), with a coastline of more than 3,200 kilometers. This name is sensitive. Six Asian countries claim this part of the sea (Vietnam, China, Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei) due to its strategic location, rich fishing grounds and mineral resources.

ECONOMIC HEART

Vietnam has approximately 99 million inhabitants. The country is controlled from the administrative center in the north, the capital Hanoi. In the south lies Vietnam's largest city Ho Chi Minh City and also the economic heart of the country. The city has almost 10 million inhabitants; the urban agglomeration has no fewer than 21 million inhabitants.

ANCESTORS

Freedom of religion is included in Vietnam's constitution. That in itself is special for a communist country. Ancestors are worshiped by, for example, burning 'fake money' as in Hoi An or worshiping nature gods as in Nhon Nghia.

Buddhism and Catholicism are the most common religions. Caodaism has existed in the south of Vietnam for a hundred years. In Vietnam, this belief was only legalized in 1985. In Trang Bang is the Cao Dai temple, where daily prayer services are held. It is special to be able to experience such a service.

IT'S GIVE AND TAKE

Vietnam is an elongated country and the main connecting road, with a length of 2063 kilometers, is the CT.01, the North-South Expressway East. Certain parts are used as a motorwaywhile other parts run straight through

towns and villages. Thousands of shops, businesses and restaurants are directly adjacent to this road. At an intersection or a gas station you can cross the road or make a U-turn. A special sight on a highway. Many thousands of moped riders also use this important traffic artery.

Mopeds regularly drive in the opposite direction, and no one is surprised. You also see this in cities where millions of mopeds clog the streets. Crossing at a zebra crossing is a matter of just “doing it'. No one stops for pedestrians. It's a matter of looking at the drivers, crossing the road calmly and everyone driving around you: it's give and take.

The land is fertile and rich in water. Several rivers cross the country from west to east to discharge into the sea. The rivers bring fertile nutrients. Intensive work is being done in the fields. In the north, harvesting can take place twice a year and in the southern Mekong Delta even three times a

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year. The waterways play an important role for the transport of goods, daily laundry, sales of fruit and vegetables and for fishing. The rivers are busy and the fishing ports on the coast can be very busy.

The round boats, originally made of bamboo, are now usually made of polyester. The larger fishing boats are made of wood. The fishermen can repair these themselves. The harbor of Phan Ri Cua is a tangle of ships and boats. The fishermen go out for a few hours or a day and sell the catch at local markets.

AT WORK

The Vietnamese have a strong commercial spirit. Things are traded everywhere. Even caged birds can regain their freedom for a small amount of money in Ho Chi Minh City. The freshly caught fish are cleaned and sold at the market. Occasionally roast dogs are offered for sale. The dogs are bred for consumption. For Vietnamese it is a delicacy.

The lady at the butcher shop at the market in Nghen had no problem slaughtering the animal.

By Western standards it seems unusual Vietnam is working hard. The country is clearly developing. Vietnam At Work.

Armando Jongejan FRPS (1960, Egmond aan Zee - The Netherlands) studied photography at the University of Applied Photography in Apeldoorn and works as a freelance photographer. His work is characterised by a thematic approach. As a documentary photographer, he likes to make contact with people in their own environment being curious as to how they live and work. In addition to the photos, this also yields nice conversations.

Hardback, 30cm x 30cm, 132 pages, 120 photos in black and white € 49,95 + shipping

For a signed book, contact armandojongejan@hotmail.com

All photographs © Armando Jongejan FRPS

Unexpected Beauty of a ‘boring’ Landscape

Madeleine Lenagh

When, about two years ago, I told a fellow landscape photographer that I had embarked upon a long-term project about the Dutch coast, his response was, “I can’t imagine anything less inspiring.”

I understand what he was saying. To a photographer accustomed to dramatic cliffs and sea stacks or three-meter-high breakers on a brilliant turquoise sea, these beaches are downright boring.

Quiet beauty, however, is something one only sees when you pay close attention. The more I went out to the beaches in various seasons and weather conditions, the more sensitive I became to their ever-changing moods. Wind, tides, sand, and waves sculpt endless patterns, and the light is never the same.

Working on such a long-term project is an invitation to deepen one’s expressive vocabulary. I started using intentional camera movement and multiple exposures to capture the fleeting changes of tides and weather. It wasn’t enough to just register what was happening. My camera needed to look beyond that, to see what it was that was moving me.

At a certain point I had quite a collection of images I liked. I showed them to Theo Bosboom, one of the Netherlands most celebrated and creative landscape photographers. He said, ‘You need to make a book from these.’

It felt daunting at first, but Theo has been helping me curate and sequence the images and I found a good printer to work with (Roelofs in Enschede). The book is now online for pre-order on my website (www.lenagh.nl) and the release date has been set for November 1st .

As the pre-orders start coming in, I’m looking forward to not only holding the book in my hands but also sending copies out to the buyers. This has been a project very close to my heart, and I’m longing to share it.

All photographs © Madeleine Lenagh

‘KEERLINGEN’ (TURNS)

Minke Groenewoud-Beerda

LRPS EFIAP QFSA k-BMK

This 2nd edition of the Wieringen Photo Biennal in the northern area of the Netherlands, has already achieved international fame.

The photo biennial was held between 22 June and 4 August 2024, at several locations in Wieringen, The Netherlands.

For more information: (in Dutch) www.fotobiennalewieringen.nl

There were photo exhibitions at 6 locations. At one location there was work by non-professional photographers, including my work 'Childhood adventures', with which I won a 2nd prize.

The theme 'Keerlingen/Turns' was about connecting the island of Wieringen to the mainland and the fears of its inhabitants, 100 years ago on Wieringen and how Wieringen of the past can still be recognisable.

In loving Memory

My photo shows the Peilhuis from the year 1919: a recognisable place in Wieringen.

The gauge house was used to record the water level of the Wadden Sea.

Other photos I took for possible submission were:

The sea is man's friend and enemy: my photo 'In loving memory' symbolises honouring a deceased sailor (seaman's grave).

Photo 'Boulder with boy': On Wieringen there is also a large boulder from the Ice Age, which is cultural heritage. It is said about this stone that it would turn around when it heard the clock strike ("and child: then your face will remain like this forever"), and in earlier times certain powers were also attributed to the stone, including the ability to grow.

The former island of Wieringen is a photographer's delight and highly recommended.

The landscape is really completely different from the mainland of the Netherlands.

All photographs © of Minke Groenewoud-Beerda LRPS EFIAP QFSA k-BMK

Boulder with boy

CrossroadsMeandering Istanbul Astrid Preisz

When I traveled to Istanbul last May with a dedicated group of creative photographers, it felt like entering a whole new world. I found myself in a city full of contrasts, history, modernism, art, and a wonderful feeling of being alive.

My senses were tickled by shapes, colors, smells, grunge and glory. It was almost too much to take in.

Nothing was flat, everything was multi-layered. I was swept away by a whirlwind of impressions - and came home with a multitude of images.

I am slowly starting to group them together or create series.

I call one of these series "Crossroads"

It is about contrasts, paths and encounters with the unknown. And about wandering and wonder.

All photographs © of Astrid Preisz

An Exhibition in Mexico

Phil Dunbar

In 2023 I travelled with my wife Ann to Mexico where she was showing some of her artwork in an exhibition in Palenque. The exhibition was organised by an association called Water for Life, whose aim is to use art exhibitions to publicise the fact that only 1 in 7 of the world’s population has access to clean water. Water for Life is based in Canada and is supported by UNESCO Florence.

At the exhibition I got talking about photography with the artistic director, who is also a photographer. After some prompting from my wife, I showed him some examples of mywork: his reaction was that I must show mywork at the next exhibition the association was organising in Cancún, Mexico in 2024. And so that is what I decided to do.

The theme for the exhibitions is water in all its forms. After some thought, I decided to exhibit some of my more abstract work that I have done on that theme using ICM. I chose two images that represent the peace that I feel when by water that is still and calm, and to contrast this with images suggesting a wilder aspect of the stormy sea. For the latter I made some new photographs using ICM.

I explained the concept to artists and visitors at the vernissage. Although I have given presentations on engineering subjects before, talking about my photography, inspiration and process was a new experience for me which I found quite enjoyable.

The exhibition was sponsored by the Universidad del Caribe in Cancún, and as part of the event, they organised a conference on the problems of water, and also a music and dance show to highlight the traditional dance and costume of the different states of Mexico. I took advantage of the opportunity to capture the movement and colour of the dancing using ICM.

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At the time we were in Mexico, a total solar eclipse occurred that was visible in the country. Unfortunately, we were too far to the east to see it, so I made my own using multi-exposure techniques.

The experience of showing my work in an international artistic context boosted my confidence for future exhibitions. The exhibition was a great opportunity for me to experiment with some of the techniques I have learnt through the various online events I have attended.

The Dark Rooms of...

Kees Molders

An interview series

By Marcel Borgstijn

“The Dark Rooms of... is an interview series in which a photographer talks about his or her darkrooms, the digital and the mental, or technical and inspirational. What makes you click?”

Marcel Borgstijn

This interview has been previously published on Marcel’s site Darkrooms and is with Dutch photographer Kees Molder.

See the original interview on Darkrooms

Marcel has given his permission for it to be republished in the RPS Benelux eJournal

By the way, if you haven’t read the previous four interviews in the Darkrooms series, you can find them here

IWho are you?

Kees Molders, born and raised in Culemborg, the Netherlands (1955). Retired and busywith all kinds of things. I have been a hobby photographer since 1974. That means I grew up photographically with books on the New Topographics, the new American color photography and numerous magazines. I enjoy delving into photo criticism, photo reviewing and judging. I write articles about exhibitions, books and software, among other

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things, on my own website FotoCode.nl. My photo club is the Culemborg Photo Club Lek en Licht. I am also involved (off-topic) in historical cartography at a local historical society. When presenting the results of related studies, the knowledge of image editing comes in handy.

Technical

IDo you think technique is important?

As an artist (cough) I am of course supposed to answer here that technique does not matter, or at least is secondary to the result. Which would be a falsehood, since in the 70s and 80s we swelled in primary and secondary imaging errors, achromats and Modulation Transfer Functions. I still have "The Lens Book" by Rudolf Smit of 1973 on my shelf. Surely our PanatomicX of 32 ASA had to be processed in fine-grain developer. And many photographers are slightly gear crazy anyway. I can admire a nice body, although form follows function. Unsharpness in the corners - no thanks. I admit that smartphone photography is loosening me up from the craving for technical perfection.

IWhat equipment do you use?

I had a time when full-frame was sacred; anything smaller than the 35mm format was basically not done. A credo from the analog era, I think. However, there is no need at all to lug around brick-sized cameras. I now have a small APS-C mirrorless camera with 56, 35, 14 and 8mm lenses. The latter is a fisheye; strange, by the way, that few people accept it. The whole stuff weighs around three pounds. Lately, I've been getting more and more interested in smartphone capabilities. Even budget mobiles these days have more lenses (wide angle!) and can shoot in raw.

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IAnd what software?

I still use Photoshop Elements (PSE) and for raw editing CaptureOne. I am definitely trying to get rid of Adobe because I have come to find it an unsympathetic company. I swore off Lightroom after the advent of subscription enforcement. The British Affinity Photo, which a reader of my website alerted me to, may well prove to be a replacement for Lightroom, PSE ánd CaptureOne. For less than thirty bucks without subscription. Furthermore, IrfanView is my file manager. I prefer to manage my photos myself rather than leave it to libraries and catalogs that bind you to a brand. On the smartphone, I use Snapseed.

IHow do you edit your photos?

Mostly the old-fashioned way, that is, in accordance with the darkroom of the past. I like to convert to black and white, using the color sliders as a 'filter'. Okay, a vignette will sneak in sometimes, but otherwise I'm pretty purist. I am not very 'creative', more like a craftsman. On the smartphone, by the way, I'm a little looser with fun filters and fake collodion stains, although I can't explain why one would imitate a wet plate in a digital way. Or now that I bring it up, contrarily why you would mess with chemicals when you are digitally ... well you get the point.

Inspirational

IWhere lies your heart?

With urban environments and New Topographics, followed at some distance by landscapes and portraits, although I still find the latter difficult because I don't tend to walk up to someone saying I want to do a portrait.

IDo you have your own style?

Who am I to say so? Photography has its own vague language: style, imagery, handwriting. Everyone effortlessly adopts fashionable jargon from each other without being too precise about definitions. Anyway, the other day I found a nice description: Style is the sum of all creative choices you make consistently. I am happy when people recognize my work, but I fear that this recognition refers less to my creative choices than to my favorite subjects: there's Kees again with his cityscapes. So the answer is: I am not sure but secretly hope so.

IWhere do you get your inspiration from?

Mainly from photo books and exhibitions. From the Photographers Cafe Castle Woerden (red: a bi-monthly gathering in the Netherlands), where you are immersed in good photography and expert commentary. Sometimes from beautiful documentaries but YouTube is also a great source. Less from magazines. Don't ask about my favorite photographers? Neil Rantoul, Andrew Borowiec, Joel Meyerowitz, Stephen Shore, Gregory Crewdson, Thomas Struth, Stephan Vanfleteren, Sally Mann. Tomorrow may be different, but these are stayers.

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IDoes your project start with an idea or with a loose image?

Well often with an extremely vague idea, I want 'something' with (insert here: rugged vegetation, urban landscapes with high-rise buildings, wide cityscapes, black and white shots of inner cities...). When I see someone else's fantastic picture, I perhaps avoid getting too frenetic in the same vein. While imitation is still a good school of learning....

IWhen is your project finished?

When I get tired of the digital shuffling of photos. There does have to be an end to a project. You can take another look at your selection in a week, month or year and a different series is guaranteed to come out. Put an end to it. You have to learn to select, it's true, but for goodness’ sake don't take years... I also don't understand how people can spend decades on one project. If the series is not 'finished', at some point you are done with it yourself, aren't you?

IDuring your project, do you already know how it ends?

No, but I don't find that very exciting. By the way, sometimes my projects only last one afternoon, projects is a big word and worrying about how it will end is not the highest priority. More important is to feel with your eye at the viewfinder whether you have a bite - you have to learn that too, by the way.

What is your favorite photo and why?

You don't mention whether it has to be your own photo. I choose the photo Church Street and Second Street, Easton, Pennsylvania, June 20, 1974, nicknamed Der Rote Bulli by Stephen Shore. For me, that photo illustrates what the New Topographics are all about: an extraordinary photograph taken in an ordinary place, where there is something to discover, that you haven't read too quickly. You can see the dentist's sign "DR. HARRY UNGERLEIDER DENTIST," a boy has made a wax stain behind the waiting room window with his breath. And then that red VW bus....

Of myself, I first wanted to choose a photo from 2018, but I figured I should have more recent work anyway... Hence the silo. A cutout from an industrial landscape along the street, with a windswept piece of paper - or whatever it is - that such a photo needs as an accent.

Future

IWhat do you want to achieve?

To submit a series to the Photographers' Cafe reviewers. Returning with red cheeks with new ideas. Enjoy photographing without compulsion or assignment, otherwise you are not an autonomous photographer. I mean: an assignment should feel like you came up with it yourself, otherwise you shouldn't start it. A few nice prints. Maybe make another photo book.

IWhat would you like to know from others? You may ask one photographer one question. What would that be?

I'll come back to that one day. The favorites we already know pretty well through interviews and documentaries, it would be strange if inspirational gems or worldly wisdom were left out there. Stephen Shore, for example, is not only a photographer but also a teacher, in some of the documentaries he shows well how he thinks and works. Two photographers in YouTube:

- Lecture Stephen Shore with Melanie Crane

- JOEL MEYEROWITZ Les Rencontres d'Arles 2017

IWhere can we see more?

…and read: at www.fotocode.nl (in Dutch)

NOTE:

Kees is featured in the first issue of Darkrooms Magazine with his project ‘Rough Overgrowth’. You can read the magazine here: here.

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