photography
Existence and decay: different phases in the transient state of life (photographs can be ordered as print in limited edition)
dated 1978 until 2023
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Mrs Marou, baker in Edessa
2023with informed consent
Two lions
1978scan of analogue negative B&W, Corse July 1978, edition max 5.
Bologna, five past eight
2021Stazione ferroviaria, Bologna Centrale (October 17, 2018)
some leaves had fallen
2021Some leaves had fallen / and the roof no longer served as barrier / not even for the light.
Time
2020"Every where we go / time goes the other way"
Iron tubes
2014Tubes looking over left shoulder. / Should I turn around?
"Still going strong"
2014Francis J., still enjoying his work at the market, at age 74. London Aldgate.
Precautions
2019Well, I think / under some conditions / and with proper precautions / one might... (walking the Bronx)
Longing
2015"Staring outside / longing for the unreachable / outside world" (limited edition max 4)
Four are stronger
2014
"With four we would stand / more chance // since this is / a dangerous world."//
"Yes, but number four / is still dancing / and chasing the other / wagons"
Various Authors
2017"all artists are invited / to share their view / on the role of / authority in an inflammable environment" (Paris, Montmarte)
Point of return
2017The point of return / lies just before / the point of no return. (coastal path near Sao Jorge, Madeira, 1988)
Connected
2017Wires, coils and high voltage // electic happiness
At second thought-2
2016"You may think / on second thought / there must be an escape. // Well, there is / but it needs / a change of mind-set / to get there".
Pair
2016"As long as their noses / point in the same direction / and their taste is similar / the couple remains a pair." (limited edition)
CO2(co)lonialism
2015"There is something / problematic for politicians: / in order to serve / our inner wishes, / to comfort our fears, / beat our enemies, / to this aim, / the politicians need to bribe, / to deal and wheel, / lie and betray. // Only then / will we trust / our beloved leaders / and re-elect." (Hope the(se) demonstration(s) to fight climate change will turn matters to the good, Amsterdam, 29-11-2015)
The Neighbour
2015The neighbour The neighbour, whoms wife owns the vest / couldn't tell when he had seen the dweller / an elderly salesman / for the last time and also / he wasn't able to tell / whether the bike had been sold / or not.
Vacancy
2015Vacancy: People with at least / two your of experience / in this field / are invited to send their CV / plus at least two letters of reference / to Lazy Chair LTD, Sussex, PO-box 67045, zip-code DE 19947. small sized glycee 'german etching'can be obtained in limited series of max 8 prints
Granules
2016The contrast between presence and absence / is nowhere greater / than in our lagging memory. ("On the road", area Merida)
Lighting
2015In dark spaces / light is most wanted / but often absent. // Sometimes my words / have the same effect.
A heap of sand
2015One heap of sand / can be the start / of something prosperous. // One heap of sand / at times can also impede / any progress.
Lost in blue
2015
Fragile
2015Fragile states / are recognized / by the threat / of imminent power. // Once this power broke loose / fragile states no longer / exist.
The postman
2015The postman: The postman always rings twice / perhaps because Jack Nicholson / whom I admire / was short of memory / or because at dawn / most people have bad hearing. (Palma de Mallorca) (limited supply as glycee)
With patience
2014https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lPTRgZ8Vd8
Retired
2014"OK people, / after so many years / of having to tolerate / ill-tempered characters / with much too big self-esteem, / and lack of senses / I have retired. // No TV, mobile, or lap-top. // If you want to see me / then, one at a time please / and with forewarning / at least 2 days before / so that I can take some precautions. // The dog has no name / but even more teeth"
Tunnel Vision
2014Tunnel vision: take it, at is is, without any manipulation (may be obtained as glycee)
Captcha TN08849 CRIZ9
2014
Latest news: computers are designing / a test to set people apart from computers / and block entry into the digital world. // Some say, it has already been accomplished.
(Gomati, Chalkidiki, Greece)
From behind
2014From behind / this looks like a project / while up-front - it seems like something / wrapped in gift-paper. // Reality is like a figure / without a soul.
Belonging
2014Belonging: If you think you belong / but you don't fit / than the instrument remains silent. // And questions arise / why you do not adjust and attune / and you cannot answer.
Airship
2014Where ever you are / there is always something to light-write Near Schagerbrug, NL (Can be obtained as glycee print.)
This wheel is on fire
2014Song by Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger and Trinity, called: this wheel's on fire. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkCBVZHrstE (german-etching, passepartout, bronze frame, museumglass)
Naked or not
2014Some need cloths / not to feel naked / others just want to look good. // Me, I stand naked / with my camera. // Madrid, you name it.
reflect
2014Reflect: Dear Sir / I want to reflect on your add / in Timehill Journal last Saturday / about a studio on the second floor. // Can you ascertain / that no cats lived there / since hair even from 10 years past / leads to cough and hiccup / in my lady. // Have not been there yet / and just want to exclude / sealed cat flaps.
Spider
2014Progress is / to shape new city council buildings / in order to empty older ones. // Progress is to create emptiness / behind the slow passing of the turtle. (Utrecht city council building, under construction)
Color in planes
2013In Lisbon / old and new / are mixed / and the latter / displaces the former. // The windows of the building / up front / are silenced / probably for always.
Cans
2013A factory is sometimes / a gathering of cans / square or rectangular / connected by wires / and a command-structure / that make it into one body / dat causes awe / or sometimes disgust / the form of emotion / stronly dictated / by the colour of the smoke / from the chimney.
Fume
2013The boat came / to collect the fume / but some-body / opened a fuse.
This tube-1
2013This tube (number 1) / served for many years / as part of a long system / to transport heat. / That is finished / and the new generation of tubes / stands ready. / That's how it goes / with tubes / and with people.
Locked
2013For long / I was locked / in myself / and in the eyes / of others. // Untill the pressure / became too high / and made me explode. (echo from Keefman, bundle by poet Jan Arends)
Barges on the river Maas
2012Barges flatten the water / till waves / roll aside / from the prow, / take distance / and break upon the river-bank. // Reeds move / and dampen the billows. // On the river / the distance is crossed by foam / that separates left from right, / there, where the goal / has been passed. // With eyes looking ahead / steers the skipper / the vessel / towards another bend / in the counter current. // Crawling crosspoint / in going / passed the mill-point. (poem 04-02-2000; photo in Maastricht 12-10-2012)
who is watching
2013Manifesta Genk 2012: old mine company building: in the exposition relatred to mineinh history, this sculpture made by miner, amidst other, sometimes colossal ones
supervision
2013Genk: old mine: The building above the mine-shaft operating the elevator
dead end
2013The Old Mine (Genk, B) // Where earlier / people walked through / out of pure need / now a gate / closes the entrance / to deep burroughs / since the modern spectator / is not allowed / to feature tomorrow / in a black frame / in the Gazette
supervision from below I
2013elevator-building old mine: seen from below (1)
supervision from below II
2013elevator building above old mine-shaft: seen from below (2)
ready
2013Genk, old mine: instruments frozen in time "ready for use"
I didn't tell
2013Sculpture by former miners (Genk) early 20th century
Stone stairs
2013The art is inside: Museum Bonifante Maastricht: but first climb the stairs.