I’m still here

Perhaps you noticed, but I haven’t posted a lot lately. Should I start this site up again? Let me know!

Important news!

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Dear Followers,

This week PforPHOTO will get a brand new design. After hours of work I’m finally done and satisfied with the new design. So out with the old and in with the new. On top of the amazing new layout I will start hosting the site myself. I’m sad to be leaving WordPress.com. So to all the WP.com followers I would like to ask you to stay in touch via www.PforPHOTO.com The new environment will give me more freedom. As I am planning on letting PforPHOTO grow. Self hosting the site will let me grow all I want. And that gives me the opportunity to let PforPHOTO become something special!

So please make sure you bookmark www.PforPHOTO.com.

I would also like to use this opportunity to let everybody know that I am looking for a guest poster. Are you fluent in English and are just as crazy about photography as I am? Then please send me an email: info@marceleverts.com.

See you soon on the all new website!

Cheers,

Marcel

Dark and Intimidating

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Photographer Jonathan Andrew set out to photograph some of the concrete residues of World War II. Bunkers. These bunkers are scattered around the Netherlands and other places in Europe. His long exposure photos deliver an impact that somehow suits the time period in which the bunkers where used. Dark and intimidating. Almost like the feeling one would have when being at war. A great reminder that Europe has been free of war for almost 70 years. If you look around in the world at other continents, one can’t say the same. Let use Jonathan’s work as a reminder and as an inspiration for great photography.

Jonathan Andrew’s website: www.jonathanandrewphotography.com

Gravity Defying Photography

Li Wei is a true artist and he manage to amaze and inspire many with his work. This video shows us how Li Wei works.

Li Wei’s website: www.liweiart.com

Photography Websites

A couple of websites I like to visit. No top 10. Just a couple of sites that are worth a visit if you are into photography. I sum them up in this list to make the internet just a little bit more structured 🙂

Luminance | The intersection of business, technology, culture & photography 

PetaPixel | Blog about photography geared towards tech-savvy photo-enthusiasts

500 Photographers by Pieter Wisse | Showcasing photographers’ projects till number 500 has been reached

TED.com | Ideas worth spreading, Not always on photography but still quite interesting.

Photo Booth: The NewYorker | Blog on photography

GUP magazine | Guide to Unique Photography

I Love That Photo | Photography magazine

Can you find Momo?

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We all know the children’s books Where’s Waldo or similar books in which you had to find somebody or something. For Andrew Knapp and his dog Momo this was an idea to match. With the popular photography service Instagram they set out to create some of those Where’s Waldo types of photographs. Very creative and fun.

Andrew Knapp’s Instagram website: instagram.com/andrewknapp

Moscow Metro

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Photographer Tomer Ifrah visited Moscow’s metro system. The Russian capital has an underground metro system which transports an average of  6.5 million people per day. If I look at the images of Tomer Ifrah, it gives me a feeling I get when I look at old movies. A romantic depiction of the day-to-day lives of so many Russians.

Tomer Ifra’s website www.tomerifrah.com

2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 20,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 5 Film Festivals

Click here to see the complete report.

Merry Xmas and an Artful New Year!

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I would like wish everyone a merry christmas and a very very good new year! I will be back in 2o13 with lots of interesting photography. See you in 2013!!!

Joey L’s Holy Men

Above the video shot during a visit to India by Joey L and his crew. He visited India to continue his series Holy Men. A portrait series of the men that leave their ordinary and material lives behind and set out to find spirituality. A truly wonderful series. As they put it themselves, they photograph something that seems ancient but is non the less happening in the present. If I think of India, I think busy places, noises, all kinds of aromas. But the photographs by Joey shows a peacefulness. Perhaps the spiritual lives of these Holy Men resonates through the photography of Joey L.

Joey L’s website: www.joeyl.com