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Sarah Elize / May 2012

smileinyourfacesmileinyourfaceSarah Elize van Rij is a lovely creative girl from Amsterdam and I was happy to be spending a little time with her recently, taking pictures together, listening to Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue’ album. All black and whites, bringing things back to the essence, the lighting, the expression, the atmosphere, a cosy apartment with nice garden[...]

Pierre David ‘The Human Pantone’

smileinyourfacesmileinyourfaceGreat re-design of the famous Pantone color chart by French designer Pierre David. Instead of using the regular color tones Pantone is famous of, used by artists, designers, painters and decorators all over the world, Pierre David used the enormous variety in human skin tones to make his own version of the color chart. Some nice[...]

Stella Bergsma ‘Bad Deeds’

smileinyourfacesmileinyourfaceBad deeds I bet you can pet my pet you know where it’s at I will hunt your head like the monster feed me scream me cry me bleed me if you answer I’ll cancel your cancer I’m getting all beastly till you squeeze and beat me I’m in heat and greedy let me get[...]

Rachel @ Hotel Washington

smileinyourfacesmileinyourfaceThese photos are a registration of a couple of hours that I spent taking pictures of the beautiful and sweet Rachel Tauwnaar, a talented musician, singer and model, in some old Amsterdam hotel named ‘Hotel Washington’. Together with a few cans of coke, chocolate bars, cigarettes and the sounds of Nina Kraviz and Burial in[...]

‘The Art of Nowness’

smileinyourfacesmileinyourfaceIn samenwerking met Hotel Arena presenteert creatief platform PUP Amsterdam aanstaande vrijdag de expositie ‘The Art of Nowness’, een ode aan rust en stilte in deze drukke en chaotische tijden. PUP zal een jaar lang curator zijn van het prachtige hotel en er verschillende expo’s organiseren en ruimtes vullen met werk van getalenteerde kunstenaars. Deze[...]

Gino van Weenen ‘De hoek vergrijst’

smileinyourfacesmileinyourfaceHet verzorgingshuis op de hoek van de straat, ergens in Rotterdam. Daar tegen over bevindt zich een hoek, hij kijkt uit op een drukke kruising. Door de drukte en uitlaatgassen heen verzamelen zich dagelijks groepen mensen. Veel daarvan wandelen dagelijks de gangen af om zich te voegen bij deze groeiende troupe. Gemeenschappelijk is dat zij[...]

Doutzen Disrobes

smileinyourfacesmileinyourfaceVery nice photos featuring the amazing Dutch model Doutzen Kroes, shot by international fashion photographer Sebastian Faena for a not so recent but stil great editorial of V Man, the Spring 2009 edition. The series show a pretty nude Doutzen looking super beautiful. Loving the black and whites. _ _ _ _ _ TweetThis article is[...]

Eric Antoine ‘The Ambrotypes’

smileinyourfacesmileinyourfaceBeautiful images of dreaming people in nature, people taking their time, just like the technique French photographer Eric Antoine uses to make the images. The works are made using wet plate collodion technique which requires long poses because of the long exposure process, an almost impossible time-taking technique to use on location, for portrait photography, also[...]

Brea Souders ‘Counterforms’

smileinyourfacesmileinyourfaceWonderful mix of techniques in this beautiful series, a ‘search for her European roots’, called ‘Counterforms’ by American photographer Brea Souders. Brea is one of the selected photographers for this years Hyères Festival International de Mode & de Photographie. (Really worth having a look at the other selected photographers too) ‘As an American with typically mixed bloodlines,[...]

Smile In Your Music Video Sundays:

smileinyourfacesmileinyourfaceEvery Sunday, we present a list of music videos that we like, mostly new ones, in combination with the occasional still relevant classics of the past…. This week there’s videos by XXYYXX, Giraffage & XXYYXX, Kuhrye-oo, Modeselektor & Thom Yorke, Cut Copy and Nelly Furtado. XXYYXX: About You _ Giraffage & XXYYXX: Even Though _ Kuhrye-oo:[...]