Travel Photo ##8

Self(ie) reflection in Berlin. 2015/7/7.

A.D. 2018 #27.

Man, wearing a hat. Self-portrait 557, Diemen-NL, 6/25, 7.43 pm. AD. 2018 is a selection from photographs I made during 2018.

A.D. 2018 #22.

A man’s face as a statement about the irrevocability & obedience of Time (2). Photograph: Self-portrait 531, Diemen (NL), 1/29, 11.21 pm. A.D. 2018 is a selection from photographs I made during 2018

A.D. 2018.

A man’s face as a statement about the irrevocability & obedience of Time. Photograph: Self-portrait 537, Diemen (NL), 1/28, 11.39 pm. A.D. 2018 is a selection from photographs I made during 2018.

Some recent Self-portraits/Selfies

Some recent self-portraits/selfies. Light, shadow & (un)sharpness are the main ingredients.

Up: Bakkum NL, 2018/6/9, 6.56 pm

Middle: Bakkum NL, 2018/7/4, 7.04 pm

Under: Dronten NL, 2018/8/1 2.16 pm

Three new self-portraits.

The making of self-portraits form a significant part of my life. Here 3 recent examples. Up: Diemen 2017/11/16, 1.45 pm. Middle: Diemen 2017/11/21, 12.05 am Under: Diemen 2017/11/21, 12.18 am.

I am a Winner!

Dear Jaap,

CONGRATULATIONS on being a Winner at the 12th Annual Black & White Spider Awards. 8,121 entries were received from 74 countries and your work received a high percentage of votes overall. Certainly, an achievement, well done! The Jury represented the industry's biggest names and tastemakers including The Armory Show, New York; Christie's, London; McCann, Singapore; GQ, New York; Hot Docs Film Festival, Toronto; Y&R, Malaysia; Sharon Calahan, Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville; Bloomsbury Auctions, London; and Donald Schneider Studios, Berlin who reviewed the entries online before making their nominations and honoring 672 title awards and 1034 nominees in 31 categories. The Awards could not have wished for a better group of professionals to work with. Congratulations once again, we wish you a most successful photography year.

Basil O'Brien Creative Director

Three more self-portraits (or selfies wtf)

Up: Dronten, 10/08/2017, 1.29 pm
Middle: Bakkum 17/07/2017 3.40 pm
Under: Bakkum 3.29 pm

Final Day!

From the left to the right: Me, Jeanette Bos, Yvonne Meyer, Kevser Gün, Sebastian Rypson, the last visitors of “Selfies/Self-Portraits. WtF! © Jaap Bijsterbosch at the Gallery WM in Amsterdam. Made yesterday at 6.00 pm, closing time of the exhibition. To me it felt a bit like “Partir, c’est mourir un peu”. Grateful for the fantastic & professional & lovingly cooperation with Wanda, Paul and Sebastian!  And the great interest from everybody!

Finissage!

The last week of my show at gallery WM Amsterdam:  Selfies/Selfportraits WTF! © Jaap Bijsterbosch. (http://gallerywm.com/WP/jaap-bijsterbosch/)  You’re cordially invited for a last glass at the finissage from 4.00-6.00 pm17.55! Don’t miss the making of a last selfie at 5.55 pm!

Up: Diemen, 17/03/10, 8.44 pm. Middle: Diemen, 17/03/01, 11.34 am. Under Diemen, 17/02/16, 8.24 am.

Selfie/Self-Portrait WTF! © Jaap Bijsterbosch

This one I made in de dune area in the province of North-Holland, The Netherlands. Early spring and windy.

Selfie/Self-Portrait WTF! © Jaap Bijsterbosch

This one I made in 1989. I was doing a project because of the poetry of Dylan Thomas. Once he wrote: "I died and dreamed my Genesis again". Those words were the inspiration for this photograph.

ART OF THE DAY!

Today the upper self-portrait is “Kunst van de Dag” (Art of the Day) at the Dutch Site Galeries Aktueel (http://www.galeries.nl/nbr2.asp). I’m pretty proud. Come to the opening of my exhibition at februari 11, 5.00 pm! ((http://gallerywm.com/WP/jaap-bijsterbosch/)

Up: Diemen NL, 16/11/01 3.46 pm. Middle Bakkum NL, 16/04/21 4.39 pm. Under: Diemen NL, 16/12/05,10.09 am.

Honorable Mention!

This photograph, “Self-portrait 427” had an honorable mention at the “Black Spider Awards”. I feel honored & proud.

Another reason to attend the opening of my exhibition “Selfies/Self-portraits. WTF! © Jaap Bijsterbosch” at Gallery WM at Amsterdam (http://gallerywm.com/WP/).

Winter Time!

Winter Time! I hate it!

Some more Self portraits/ Selfies.

Last one  is because of Francesca Woodman. The first one is because it was raining cats and dogs and I could not go out to take photographs. The middle one is for fun. Watch the strong saturation of the colors on the LCD screen in the shopping window. Up: Diemen 16/1/12, 2.54 pm.  Middle: Düsseldorf 15/12/09, 2.54 pm. Under Diemen 16/1/7, 1.51 pm.

Some Selfies or Self-Portraits

You may call them Self-Portraits, you may call them selfies. Up: Berlin, 15/07/10 pm. Middle: Diemen, 15/11/19, 1.16 pm. Under Diemen 15/11/27, 10.40 pm.

Berlin.

Last summer the family and I went to Berlin for a week. Strange experience, at one hand thousands of tourists, at the other hand all that grim history. Up: Berlin, 15/7/7, 11.15 am. Middle: Berlin, 15/7/7, 11.38 am. Under Berlin, 15/7/7, 2.15 am. 

Man & Light.

It has been quite a while since I posted something on this blog. Summertime you know. That meant to me a trip to Berlin, doing 4 workshops at www.Buitenkunst.nl , and having a good time with my wife and family. Summer is almost over now so I want to show photographs again on a regular base. I made a lot of photos, but did not find the time to postprocess.

To start today with self-portraits, which have the theme: Man & Light. Sometimes I was almost swallowed by the Light.

Up: Dronten, 29/7/2015 8.14 pm. Middle: Heiloo 21/7/15 8.48 pm. Under: Bakkum 12/8/15 6.12 pm

June 15 (Man & 3 situations)

Man & Mirror. Antwerp, 15/3/13, 5.33 pm-Man & Tree, Schoorlse Duinen, 15/5/16, 4.12 pm. Man & Photo Camera. Deurne, 15/6/4 8.49 pm.