We want happy paintings. Happy paintings. If you want sad things, watch the news. - Bob Ross

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Gustav Dore

De taak van de illustrator is in zekere zin altijd een ondankbare. Zelden treedt hij op de voorgrond. De illustraties zijn er immers slechts als ondersteuning van het ‘echte’ werk. Je hoort de auteur al bijna zeggen: “He! Maak jij er even een leuk plaatje bij?” Gustav Doré is een van de bekendste en wat...

Media Arts Festival Leeuwarden

Last Saturday, we went at the last moment to the Media Arts Festival in Leeuwarden. The festival lasted until Sunday. The festival took place in the old prison of the city and showed works of art made by graduates in new media. Some of the works were exhibited  in the solitary confinement cells while others...

The photography of Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll published his classic book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in 1865. Almost 150 years later films and plays are made regularly. Carroll was also an amateur photographer. He produced in his life more than 3,000 negatives, which was obviously a huge number in those days. He photographed landscapes, architecture, and he made portraits. “”From...

Cool Memories

It has been a while since my last blog post. I’m really busy with a photo-project which I hope to finish before august. I want to leave a fragment of text from Jean Baudrillard who is probably one of the most hated and loved philosophers (he died in 2007). He is accused by some as...