door: MisjaB You are who you are Ben Akkerman (1942) is an optician and together with his wife he has a shop in Rotterdam: Eyeclusive. He started in the shop of his father. Ben: “My father was an authoritarian man. I always followed my own path; also in the way,...
by Elly van Zutphen The city as a backdrop During her search for non-tourist places for her book ‘How to avoid other tourists in Amsterdam’, Nina van der Weiden ended up in places where buildings were located with the most beautiful stained-glass windows. This...
Gentleman from Portugal António Sérgio Rosa de Carvalho was born in Lisbon (1953). For years now he moved to the Netherlands because of the love of his life. He is an architectural historian and writes public papers for Público, a Portuguese newspaper, as well....
Street style and jewelry On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Galerie RA in Amsterdam, I made a series of 12 photos. Not only women wearing flashy jewelry, but also men. I was allowed to choose the men and women, Paul Derrez chose for each of them an...
Brazil Flavio Pons (1947): “I was born in southern Brazil. After graduating from the Art Academy in Rio de Janeiro I won the annual prize for young artists, quite unexpectedly. A sort of ‘Salon de Jeune’, granted by the Museum of Modern Art of Rio....
Visual artist Steven Oprinsen (1961) lives in Amsterdam. Steven: “I am a visual artist for more than 20 years. Until about 5 years ago, I gave lectures in business as well. I see art as a kind of peacemaker. In museums people talk softly, they look at beautiful...
