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Panoramic View Point
I just returned from a week’s vacation in the French Alps. My map marked this bench as a “panoramic view point”—how do you like the panorama?
Joris Kijkt: Noor van Schaik
After a brief hiatus while I was on assignment in Chile, my photo feature in Universiteitskrant Groningen is back this week with a photo of Noor van Schaik. As head of student information & administration, she’s responsible for the enrollment of the university’s 28.000 students every year. To symbolize her role as ‘gatekeeper’ I asked [...]
Joris Kijkt: Gert van Oortmerssen
For the January issue of my monthly feature in Universiteitskrant Groningen I photographed Gert van Oortmerssen. This work remains a matter of feeling—it can’t be automated. Gert van Oortmerssen is conservator and analyst in the Laboratory for Conservation and Material Studies of the Groningen Institute of Archaeology (GIA). With the greatest care he restores the [...]
Joris Kijkt: Frans van Rijn
For my monthly feature in Universiteitskrant Groningen I like to try and find a subject whose job is often overlooked and put this person in the spotlight. This month, that is literally what I got the chance to do with theater technician Frans van Rijn. What is more wonderful than a place to experiment? Frans [...]
Joris Kijkt: Jan Huizing
For the third installment of ‘Joris Kijkt‘ in Universiteitskrant Groningen, I photographed beadle Jan Huizing. It should stay this way—the way it’s always been. Jan Huizing has guarded over the university since 1980. He started working as a security guard and saw many incidents during those years. Recently he caught two burglars hiding in a [...]
Joris Kijkt: Maarten Loonen
This is the second installment of ‘Joris Kijkt‘ in Universiteitskrant Groningen, featuring biologist Maarten Loonen. Maarten studies barnacle geese and spends several months a year on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen for his field work. Since a quick round-trip to the Arctic didn’t quite, erhm… fit the budget, I photographed him while practicing another passion [...]
Joris Kijkt: Jordan van der Ziel
As of this week I have a returning section in Universiteitskrant Groningen called ‘Joris Kijkt’ (which translates to something like ‘Joris Sees’), for which I portray employees of the University of Groningen. The first installment features Jordan van der Ziel, who is a facility manager and oversees mechanical engineering projects:
Russell Lande Receives the Balzan Prize
The International Balzan Prize Foundation just announced that the Prize for Theoretical Biology goes to Russell Lande. Russ is one of the most influential biologists of our time. He has been at the forefront of population genetics and evolutionary theory research. He was also instrumental in the conservation effort to get the northern spotted owl [...]
Formentera
For the past four days, Nate and I have been working like crazy on our film about lizards of the Mediterranean islands. We’ve witnessed and filmed some truly spectacular lizard behavior. Today was our last day of filming and we now have many hours of footage to edit. Despite our busy filming schedule I did [...]
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf have left the forest, said goodbye to grandmother, and squatted a little property. Now they live together. But is this real love? Or is it only lust? Platform Broed commissioned me to shoot their new theater show Roodkapje en de Wolf (‘Little Red Riding Hood’). It was created [...]
Blaudzun and Other Highlights from Eurosonic 2011
Groningen often feels a little disconnected from the rest of the Netherlands, but for a few days every year my hometown becomes the musical centre of Europe for the largest showcase festival on the continent: Eurosonic. It also sets the stage for the Lex van Rossen Award for European music photography and the Popview photo [...]
Lone Rider in the Snow
Winter has arrived early again—Groningen awoke to streets covered in snow this morning. I’m taking the opportunity to post several photos from around this time last year of Hans Hannemann (of Hans Hannemann & the Lone Riders) playing the harmonica. Somehow they never made it onto the old blog. It had been snowing for weeks [...]
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