Darkroom

① memo 20161108 ~ Darkroom ~ Nederlands Fotomuseum , Rotterdam , Holland (2013)

This is War!

① memo 20161107 ~ This is War! ~ Susan Meiselas (American documentary photographer and professor in Leiden, Holland) with museum director Ruud Visschedijk presenting the This is War! exhibition in the Nederlands Fotomuseum (film in background The Spanish Earth 1937) in Rotterdam , Holland , Nov. 2009

Paula’s Portrait

① memo 20161016 ~ Paula’s Portrait ~ Portraits by photographer Hendrik Kerstens of his daughter Paula at the 2010 exhibition (curator Maartje van den Heuvel) PHOTOGRAPHY! A Special Collection From The University Of Leiden in The Hague Museum of Photography. I filmed one of the portraits , that was reflecting the others on display across the room – April 18 , 2010 , The Hague , Holland

Girl Topsy-Turvy In Camera Obscura

① memo 20161015 ~ Girl Topsy-Turvy In Camera Obscura ~ Best way , right ? , watching the upside down Rotterdam skyline in a huge camera obscura (Rotterdam Cruise Terminal transformed into a camera obscura).
Filmed at the “Cruise Terminal becomes Camera Obscura” event of the ‘Nederlands Fotomuseum‘ performed by David Smeulders and co-workers with music from downstairs in the building by the Dutch Youth Accordion Orchestra ( NJAO , MD Marc Belder ) – Sep 11th 2011 (a cloudy day) in Rotterdam , Holland

Camera Obscura 1545

① memo 20161014 ~ Camera Obscura 1545 ~ Picture of camera obscura in Gemma Frisius’ 1545 book De Radio Astronomica et Geometrica – filmed at the 2010 exhibition PHOTOGRAPHY! A Special Collection From The University Of Leiden (curator Maartje van den Heuvel) in The Hague Museum of Photography – April 18 , 2010 , The Hague , Holland

Tin Can Pinhole Photo

① memo 20161013 ~ Tin Can Pinhole Photo ~ Your cameraman taking a pinhole photo of the Rotterdam Erasmus bridge, using a tin can punched with a pinhole (covered with tape except during exposure time) , painted black inside and loaded with photographic paper (supplied by SKVR Rotterdam). The Dutch Youth Accordion Orchestra ( NJAO , MD Marc Belder ) played nearby that day the Sonatina Piccola (Jan Masséus). The ’24 hour culture’ event of Rotterdam (’24 uur cultuur’). A second camera (Sony TX7) was used for video. September 11 , 2011 – Rotterdam , Holland

Bastion of Freedom

① memo 20161006 ~ Bastion of Freedom ~ Latin : “Libertatis Praesidium” – motto of the Leiden University – Academia Lugduno-Batava – CCTV in the Pieter de la Court Building – 10:59 AM Sep 16th 2008 , Leyden , Holland