The beginning of a story

I think a lot of people have seens some of the "Dreams of Flying" series by Jan von Holleben. I am rather fond of those images and very happy to see them around. Rooftop Cinema uses some of Jan's images and Dumbo Feather used the first photo (below) for its front cover a couple of issues ago. And for those who don't know Dumbo Feather … a ‘mook’ - half mag, half book. In each quarterly issue, 5 remarkable individuals tell you their stories. The images below are from Jan's series "It will happen here". What a great title for some amazing images of lonely places and imaginative happenings.

A secret made her giggle

Hiding in the woods
in the distance hours went by.
I remember silence
and yet -
the difference,
the fluttering ,
nothing to distract me
from the moment.

I knew by heart
everything was possible
for reasons I cant explain.

Certain patterns,
I noticed
generally speaking
for the first time.

A secret made her giggle
even then.

Such a delight

I seem to fall in love regularly. I can't remember when I came upon Jade Pledgers drawings, but it must have been a few years ago. As so often you bookmark that page only never to find it again. But I found her again here and here. Her sculptures are a delight I can't wait to see one day in real life.

Time flies when you are having fun

I cant believe it has been so long, but I have been busy working in the vineyard and learning all there is about grapes, picking, nets, blue skies, hot days and start to think more about wine making in general. After I got used to the hard work I finally found myself enjoying it more. And who doesnt love being out in nature all day long?
Then there are photos to be taken, wine labels to be designed and suddenly more then a week has passed without me noticing. I actually thought I had posted an article, but realised today I just saved it as a draft.
Anyway here is Frank Juery and his joyous adventurous polaroid images. They appeal to me because they are so summery, playful and beautiful. Enjoy!

Flight patterns

Last week went so fast, I never had a second to search for someone special to showcase, but today I found Richard Barnes. His work is such visual poetry. I adore his Animal Logic series - I have been trying to get access to the Museum for a while, but have not been successfull so far. I love looking behind the scenes and how everything comes to live. Here are a couple of images from his Murmur series.

Dream like

I seem to have a million bookmarks, and whilst I try to keep them organised, I often "loose" links or forget full stop where I put them or what I discovered in the first place. So I cant really tell you when I first came across Roger Ballen. I think it might have been in a book shop, but as I couldn't afford the book, I looked him up as I was intrigued by his richly textured photographs. I am so glad I found him again. After researching him more today I came across a great interview on lensculture. Enjoy.

Private Moon

I would like to share some amazing images I found today via photospion. Leonid Tishkov (artist) and Boris Bendikov (photographer) are two Russian artists, who joined forces to create this unique project called “Private Moon”. You can find a few more photos here.

No photoshop was used for these shots, which is very important to me, as I like the idea that we all could have our own private moon.

My lucky day

I am so excited. Yesterday I received a lovely email from Diana informing me she wrote a little spot about my etsy shop and then came the second great email from Moloko letting me know that some of my forest images were choosen to get published in the upcoming Moloko publications. Check out their amazing issues here. Their publications showcase various arists from around the world. Below are just a few pages from the last issue.

Massimo Nota from Rome





Cristiana Couceiro from Portugal





Manuel Dall’Olio from Italy

New on etsy

I have uploaded a few more images on my etsy shop. To jump start my shop and get away from that little number 0, I am going to offer the first person who orders one print - another print for FREE. Just email me and let me know which print you would like to have. Enjoy!

Butterflies of a brief summer

where ever one looks
stories appear,
in languages never imagined

listening to the rustle
of the leaves,
on a blue of an afternoon

counting butterflies
and dream of forever.