Charlotte
Techno is probably the hardest and most intense style of house music; conceived in Frankfurt, born in Detroit, and now residing in Berlin. I regularly visit the famous clubs in the Friedrichshain district. The city of Berlin has even declared the music and its clubs as cultural heritage, which is a tribute to both the […]
Collage
When you have a sticker and decide to place it on a metal door, how do you choose where to stick it? Naturally, you first look at the open spaces—areas where you’re not covering other stickers. But do you also consider color and composition? Or do you slap it on quickly and thoughtlessly, because you […]
Who is afraid of Red, Yellow and Black
I saw this stunning composition in an unexpected place, right in the heart of Amsterdam. I was visiting a friend, an artist who was temporarily living in a canal house through a special city program. The composition is wild, like raging flames that seem to use the posters beneath it as fuel. The lady in […]
Secretly danced
I found her at the NDSM site in Amsterdam, almost hidden, on a block of concrete. It looks as if she’s dancing while taming a rebellious lock of hair. Sometimes you catch that fleeting moment, when you see someone attractive making a graceful move. You’d want to dance with her, but the moment is already […]
Punk
She glances over her shoulder, in a pose made famous by Johannes Vermeer in his painting Girl with a Pearl Earring. But she’s of a different caliber. Her hair is red, she’s wearing a black leather jacket with a raven on it, and she looks a bit disdainful. It reminds me of Punk, a youth […]
Feminism
I love graffiti that speaks to the issues of our time. This Iranian girl is holding the Iranian flag. The text in French, “On en a marre du sexisme,” means “we’re fed up with sexism.” It’s fitting that it’s in French, the language of revolution since the French Revolution. This, of course, refers to the […]
Odin
The woman in the lower left fascinates me the most. Maybe it’s because I have a connection with the mythology of the ancient Vikings. To me, she represents Odin. Odin sacrificed one of his eyes to the giant Mimir in exchange for a drink from his magical well, granting him infinite wisdom. Odin also has […]
Cobain
Kurt Cobain, a sensation in the ’90s, was the lead singer of the band Nirvana. In 1994, he tragically took his own life. However, there are alternative theories, and Courtney Love, his then-partner, sometimes surfaces in them. Was it murder? This image can no longer tell us. The boy, holding a radio, may be trying […]
Baroque
The street is wild, untamed, and sometimes dangerous. Luckily, this little girl is protected by a sturdy baroque frame that not only surrounds her but shields her as well. She can peacefully drift away with her eyes closed, lost in her own pink cloud. “All that is valuable is defenseless,” wrote Lucebert. I understand what […]
In the wild
She also hangs in the graffiti museum ‘Straat’ located on the same grounds. So, I should probably know what this represents and who created it, but I actually photographed her for a different reason. I want to show that graffiti needs to be captured on a wall, in its context. That’s when it truly becomes […]