Eastern Europe

[Out to Lunch]

Moldova, Chisinau. Canon 40D - EF L 2.8/16-35 @ 25mm.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Moldova, Chisinau. Canon 30D - 24mm - lens unknown.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Moldova, Chisinau. Canon 1DMIII - EF L 2.8/16-35.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Moldova, Chisinau. Canon 1DMIII - EF L 2.8/24-70 @ 25mm.

 

[Erik van Straten]

gelatin silver print (planar 45mm f2) contax g1

Zagreb, 1995

Erik.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Moldova, Chisinau. Canon 1DMIII - EF L 2.8/24-70 @ 50mm.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Moldova, Chisinau. Canon 1DMIII - EF L 2.8/24-70 @ 35mm.

 

[Erik van Straten]

gelatin silver print (planar 45mm f2) contax g1

Babroejsk, Belorussia, 1996

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

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Moldova, Chisinau. Canon 1DMIII - EF L 2.8/24-70 @ 35mm.

Have you never heard of the Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten? The academy was an initiative of Joseph Alberdingk Thijm, an art historian (professor of Art History) from the 19th century. He was the father of the well-known author Lodewijk van Deyssel. The Academy of Visual Arts was founded in the period when the Rijksmuseum was built. The imposing building is still there and is located on the Stadhouderskade, close to the Rijksmuseum. In 1876 Thijm became professor of aesthetics and art history there through the involvement of De Stuers. He was also the academy's first director. As far as I know, the Rijksacademie has been discontinued now, the institute as such no longer exists.

In the 1930s, there was a lack of living and working space for the professors at the Rijksacademie. A complex of studio homes for sculptors and painters was then built in the Rivierenbuurt, where Jan Wolkers, among others, lived. I live there myself since 1981. Jan Wolkers was a student of the Rijksacademie in the 1950's.

Erik.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Have you never heard of the Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten?

Erik, Yes, I have but did not recognize the 'Rijksacademie' as such. When the academy was closed, what did you do? I've read some books by Lodewijk van Deyssel and most of Jan Wolker's work but that was a very long time ago. You are a lucky man to live in the Rivierenbuurt. Groet, OtL

 

[Out to Lunch]

Moldova, Chisinau. Canon 30D - EF 1.4/50.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Moldova, Chisinau. Canon 30D - EF 1.4/50.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Moldova, Chisinau, The Circus. Canon 40D - EF L 2.8/24-70 @ 60mm.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Moldova, Coșernița. Canon 1DMIII - EF L 2.8/16-35 @ 23mm.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Erik, Yes, I have but did not recognize the 'Rijksacademie' as such. When the academy was closed, what did you do? I've read some books by Lodewijk van Deyssel and most of Jan Wolker's work but that was a very long time ago. You are a lucky man to live in the Rivierenbuurt. Groet, OtL

I had already been expelled from the National Academy for being stubborn. But the institute did not last long after that. It was a messed up mess.

Visual arts are very different from music. No one would dream of abolishing the Conservatory.

The Rietveld Academy still officially exists, but as a post-academic institute. The students have previously completed another study. Unfortunately, to achieve anything as a visual artist, you have to start young. That's why you never hear anything from the Rietveld Academy nowadays.

Erik.

 

[Out to Lunch]

During my student days, I shared a house with someone who later became a well-known visual artist. He studied at the Academie Minerva and, later as an artist in residence at De Ateliers, in Amsterdam. Does it still exist?

 

[Out to Lunch]

Moldova, Chisinau. Canon 350D - EF-S 4.5/5.6/10-18 @ 10mm.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Moldova, Chisinau. Canon 350D - EF S 3.5-4-5/10-20 @ 19mm.

 

[p.giannakis]

Poland - August 2023
Olympus OM4 / Zuiko 35f/2
Ilford HP5+ in HC110

 

[p.giannakis]

I spent a day in a farm in central Poland, photographing. Not many memorable pictures from that day, it was more challenging than i thought (no good light available) but here is one and i will scan some more next weekend.

Olympus OM4 / Zuiko 35f/2
Ilford HP5+ in HC110