Analogue
Every seven years I need to re-experience my discovery of photography. It started on the other side of the world in 2000, where I bought my first analogue camera
- a Canon - while traveling through Australia. In 2007 I made photography my job, working with a Nikon digital camera, having a studio and being commissioned by magazines and other clients. In 2014 I found the courage to switch to a Leica rangefinder completely, and niche down to mostly documentary photography. In 2021, during corona, I rediscovered the magic of analogue with a Mamyia C220 6x6 medium format.
Rey, at canvas tattoo Haarlem
Most people that know me, know that I’m into ink. So when my friend Bo and also my girlfriend decided to get another piece done, I highly recommended Rey, as I like his eye, his style and his gentle hand. I brought my Mamiya medium format with some Ilford HP5 and enjoyed myself both sessions.
Roadtrip
So the adventure in Spain didn’t turn out as expected. As my bike was still in the Southern part of Spain, I decided to make something out of it and ride it back to The Netherlands, via Portugal. Meeting some very dear old and making some beautiful new friendships. I even did a bit of blogging (not my strong suit.) Cool thing was, I bought an oldschool Rollei 35 and 10 film rolls to document the whole quest.
New Adventure
Exploring life on a mountain. A photographic journey in the far South of Spain, where I will join the community of one of my closest friends and his girlfriend. Living in a wooden shack at 1500 mtr height, twenty minutes walk away from the nearest village.
Canvassing the making.
A project of Susan Smelt and Ingeborg Meijssen for Rijks Museum.
Understanding plain woven canvases of old master paintings by hand-weaving and analysing reconstructions.
‘Baileo Moves’
Recordings at Power Sound Studio’s by Paul Pouwer.
Guitar 1: Chris Latul
Guitar 2: Jahja Telussa
Bass: Aäron Bouwman
Percussion: Jeroen de Rijk