The reminiscence of a bullet.
A lot of things wait and ripen for years in my studio before I have the courage to use them in a setting for a photo shoot. Some objects are difficult. They look, at first glance, obvious. Too obvious. Like a Coca-Cola can, a doll, or a bullet. They are just that, and...
Time’s story
Scanning through my photos I suddenly have to think about Antoni Tapies. The canvas enduring gestures and left with traces of actions. The stones near where I live have endured and are shaped by time. Like the biggest artist of all, Time shapes and creates with...
First contact.
For where I went I did not know the rituals and customs. It was a language without word or gestures. But they understood each other. They knew were to go and how to go about it. There is that strange feeling that you suddenly enter a world but you can't speak the...
Not a stone is alone
The stones have patience. A slow wait. They change with the position of the sun, the precipitation of the rain and the breath of the wind. The Stone I am talking about was already present to me. And after me she waits patiently. She doesn't wait for anything. The...
Dust tracks
The strange thing about the photo is that it shows you something else than what you see. In many ways. This photo was taken without looking through the viewfinder. As I took it in a hurry and hadn't time to lie down on the ground and take a proper picture. So I...
The identity of objects
When I work on a still life photo I need an entrance. A way to get a feeling for the objects. Still life photography and painting is all about empathy. You can't make a good still life without understanding deeply what the objects mean to you and what they...
The art of imperfection in still life photography
Wabi Sabi and Still Life Photography There's a lot of food that will never reach the shelves of the supermarket.There's a whole election process going on where the food is selected and rejected for the trip to the groceries. Some of the food that looks a bit weird...
Revisiting old photos
The flexibility of a trio. Sometimes it's good to look back at old photos. Especially to get a more objective picture of what you have done.When you make a photograph or a painting or drawing, it is often very difficult to determine where and what the important points...
Still life with pear and bowl.
Still life with bowl and pear. Usually, it is difficult to describe exactly how you arrive at a work of art. The process grows and often flows from the works that preceded it.I think my photographic work is strongly influenced by years of painting and drawing. And so...
Dancing with AI
Dancing on the edge of Artificial Inteligence. Artificial intelligence is entering our homes super fast. The machine learning helps us with writing, science, photography. AI and photography are mind-boggling and perspective-changing combinations. Perhaps as big ad the...