For months I’m working on a film documentary about the flemish painter and sculptor Piet Peere. This film shows his passionate way of working and the incredible amount of works he has made. (.....still in progress)
DOCUMENTAIRE FOTO-OPDRACHTEN 2015 TOEGEKEND
Wijnande Deroo, Marc Faasse en Jaap van den Beukel
In april riepen het Stadsarchief en het Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst op tot het indienen van voorstellen voor de jaarlijkse Documentaire Foto-Opdrachten. Er kwamen 91 plannen binnen die vervolgens aan de ‘commissie documentaire foto-opdrachten’ werden voorgelegd. De commissieleden (Gustaaf Peek (AFK), Thijs Wolzak (fotograaf ), Ineke Teijmant (stadssociologe UvA), Anneke van Veen (Stadsarchief) en Ellen Grabowsky (Stadsarchief) ) vonden elf ideeën verrassend en interessant genoeg om de fotografen om een nadere toelichting te vragen. Drie van die plannen werden uiteindelijk gehonoreerd met een opdracht:
Wijanda Deroo, Nieuwe hotels in bestaande gebouwen
Marc Faasse, Toeristen in Amsterdam
Jaap van den Beukel, Our Grid
"HOGER DAN DE TOPPEN EN DIEPER DAN DE WORTELS"
Deze documentaire gaat over een Haagsche kunstenaar die de afgelopen twaalf jaar lijdt aan het Tourette syndroom. Hij is uniek, intens, dominant , sterke mening, een hoop boosheid en tegelijkertijd een emotioneel mens. Achter zijn Tourette schuilt een zeer gevoelig, creatief en getalenteerd man. In deze film gaat zijn zoon op zoek gaan naar de man achter de Tourette, de man die zijn vader zijn vader maakt.
Op het FIN! FESTIVAL 2015 op 8 Juli is de eerste en enige sneak preview te zien van deze documentaire in de maak.
WIJZER MAGAZINE RABOBANK / MPG.TODAY
Schiphol activity for KLM Wolkenridder magazine
DOCUMENTARY PIET PEERE
The making off!.... docu about the flemish artist Piet Peere.
WIRED MAGAZINE / Portrait of Gerben Stouten
A FILM ABOUT GRANDMA NEL
A movie about 91 years old grandma Nel. her whole life she has lived at the same place. with some help she is still able to live her life. in her own house. Everyday people are visiting her for a coffee and a few times a week she prepares a hot meal for her son at lunch time. Oma Nel is quite a positive person, Although she had a some really difficult times in her personal life, grandma nel is quite a positive person.
PROJECT "ALSOCIETY"
"AlSociety" is a series of portraits I am working on now. All portraits are of people who can't participate completely in ordinary society. They are currently out of a job because of temporary mental and physical issues. Each has their own room or apartment in the same building. Under supervision and with guidance, they try to make a living and form a small, peculiar community.
Their faces show signs of their individual pasts. Their personal stories are often amazing and sometimes even hard to believe. But in any case, circumstance has forced them into dependency and now they are accompanied by an institute that helps them on their unique walks of life.
Project "City-me" Dublin / ALISTAN MUNROE
A portrait of Alistan Munroe in Francis street Dublin. Alistan was passing by and I asked him to pose for a little while. I liked the way he looked, his creme colored shirt, which looked quite similar to the background. The soft orange chair worked as a dissonant. The combination of graffiti, the sculpture of Maria and the crucifix in the background made this place feel a bit surrealistic. Alistan is a necktie designer, a nice contrast compared to his casual appearance.
PROJECT "CITY-ME" DUBLIN
While I was doing my 'City-me' project in Dublin I saw these 'lonely flowers' and nearly everything was red; the bricks, the flowers and the traffic sign. Suddenly this woman, wearing a green dress was passing by. The location is Bow street near Smithfield market.
PROJECT "CITY-ME" BERLIN / BRUSSELS
The City-me project shows still, industrial city perspectives where the individual merges into the graphic background. The work is a mixture of reportage and ‘semi’ staged photography. The somewhat surreal surroundings are just as important as the individuals themselves. Many of the images have been taken just outside busy town centers in quiet, often somewhat sober, suburbs. The people in the photos are unknown passers-by who are walking, unknowingly, through the created “street decor” of the photographer. A carefully structured decor sometimes illuminated, when needed, by a flashlight, stuck to a lamp post with tape. There is no traffic in sight; adverts or other signs where avoided or integrated into the image. The streets seem desolate, but that is just appearance. In reality traffic is rushing by, requiring lots of patience in order to isolate just one person. Sometimes there is no one in sight and I was forced to stage some of the shots by asking some lonely passers-by to pose.
A friend who moved 6 years ago to Spain and lives his life rather isolated, taking care of a farm surrounded by eagles, horses, 2 dogs and some chickens.
Music: TJO ( Tara Jane Oneil ) 'Drowning'
PORTRAITS FOR DUTCHICT
A portrait of Joost van Hest, boardmember of Dutchict
CAMPAIGN LUXOR THEATRE
For the new season we had to make 5 pictures of various people on their way to the Luxor theatre in Rotterdam.
Agency; L5 communicatie
Portraits for annual report 'Persgroep'
A series of portraits for The Persgroep for their annual report.
Agency: Scripta Media
PORTRAITS FOR VWS
For the ministry of VWS I have made several portraits about people who depend on health care. This is a portrait of Wies. She is living in a nursery home and her situation requires personal care.
STIENTJE VAN VELDHOVEN / Enexis Magazine
While my hands were freezing because it was below zero, Stientje van Veldhoven ( government administration ) is drinking a cafe. Without her winter coat she is standing in front of the government buildings in The Hague.
