Inquiry into the phenomenon of surfaces

Leiden, Febuary 23, 2008

I am working on a conceptual series in which I examine the phenomenon of surfaces.
Part of the series will be sequential, showing one surface in different seasons and time of the day. Another part is more associative - showing different surfaces with the same patterns, colours or ideas.
Some of the photos I will include in this series are already posted here - labeled as phenomenon and inquiry.

Blazer window

Den Haag, September 19, 2005

Void - 8

Disturbed peace

Den Haag, Laan van Eik en Duinen, December 1, 2006

Family

Voorschoten, April 26, 2008

My great-niece Merthe Elizabeth Schippers

Had a wonderful family day yesterday with my brother and his children and grandchildren and my sister.

Surfaces - 7

Leiden, Langestraat, April 25, 2008

Street photography - 6

Van Immerseelstraat
A sunday morning in Antwerp (Belgium).
November 18, 2007

Things I saw in my hometown - 7

Leiden, November 30, 2006

Stream of conciousness - 7

Storm

Leiden, October 13, 2005

Travel - 6

Rome, Stazione Ostienze, January 2, 2008

Have been off line the last few days. Had a wonderful time with one of my sisters from Norway.

Street portrait - 6

Lena

I met this lady in Mangalia, Romania.
I asked her if I could photograph her.
Sure, she said and posed in a complete natural way.

Mangalia, May 15, 2007

Void - 7

Cemetery - 4

Den Haag, Oud Eik en Duinen, November 30, 2006

Serendipity - 5

Leiden, July 11, 2006

Ferrara - 9

White memory

Ferrara, December 28, 2006

Travel - 5

Warsaw - Ochota train station, June 28, 2005

FACE ON

The girls from Lublin
Lublin, June 30, 2006

Last Saterday (12, april 2008) I went to the Antwerp photo museum. To see the online Face-on exhibition in reality. I had uploaded three photos to the online photo wall and got notice they would be printed and exhibited on the wall. So nice to see them over there! "The girls from Lublin" was one of my entries.

The idea of FACE ON
I quote the FACE ON about:
FACE ON probes the most popular aspect of photography - taking and showing portraits of each other. It starts this exploration with work from leading Getty Images photographers, but does this with the intention of creating ‘a conversation of images’ and promoting discussion, creation and sharing with the viewer.

Everybody is invited to place their work in the exhibition, which is a first for a public photography museum exhibition; in doing so like to give the opportunity to act on Andy Warhol’s famous quote ’In the future everybody will be famous’.

FACE ON exists in two worlds - the real and virtual space. It is both a website and a museum exhibition experience.

More on the FACE ON website

Window portraits - 7

Den Haag, September 19, 2005

Surfaces - 6

Rome, January 2, 2008

Serendipity - 4

Katwijk, April 10, 2008

Void - 6

Cemetery - 3

Den Haag, Oud Eik en Duinen, November 30, 2006

Street photography - 5

Oslo, June 27, 2007

Things I saw in my hometown - 6

Leiden, August 27, 2006

Stream of conciousness - 6

Lake Wobigan

Leiden, October 13, 2005

Surfaces - 5

Oslo, June 24, 2007

Travel - 4

Backyard

Lodz, July 17, 2006

Ferrara - 8

Empty arcs
Jewish cemetery

Ferrara, December 27, 2006

vergeten, vergaan, verbrokkeld
Een schim houd hen recht en tekent enkele contouren
Ze zijn verbonden door zijn houtskool, zijn gedachten en ideeën
(© Dries Segers)

forgotten, decayed, crumbled
A shade keeps them upright en and draws some contours
They are united by its charcoal, its thoughts and ideas
(© Dries Segers - translation Giara)

Double layered window

Lisbon, September 24, 2006

Void - 5

Cemetery - 2

Den Haag, Oud Eik en Duinen, November 30, 2006

Publication - 2

Today, this photo - and also "Wild beauty", amongst others - is featured in the Editors blog of My-expressions, the host of my website.
I am quite happy with this publication!

Street portrait - 5

Wild beauty

Constanta, May 15, 2007