Today I visit photo exposition of two photo clubs. One is Dutch, named
Plata and other is Belgium with name 't Slot. I was invited by my friend
Els, who is member of Plata and with who I was last year member of
portfolio curse and two three years earlier student of Photo Academy in
near by city.
I was very curious about Els work. I like her photographs very much. She
was exhibiting series of photographed made from train window on her every
day travel to and from work. I saw part of it before so I was expecting a
lot. I must say I was a bit disappointed. She had, I think too much
photographs in very small place. All photos in dimensions around 25x25cm
were placed next to each other and creates chain long about 3.5 meter. She
works in color, but photos didn't create this nice photo atmosphere I have
saw before, when she showed me only small subset of this series. I must say
that less would be more. I think if she makes prints a little bigger and
less of them (maybe around seven) it would have much nicer effect. It is a
pity as I think pictures very very good, just a way they were presented is
not the best one.
Rest of the photographs talk very little to me, also mostly the theme was
takes t the letter and not in sense of abstract inspiration. There was a
one huge exception. Far best work, and I have to say it better than work of
Els was two black and white photographs of Agnes van der Hoek. One of the
picture you can see here and I took it from invitation material and I hope
she will be not against it. Unfortunately she wasn't present at opening.
Her second photo, is in my opinion even better. It is showing blurred woman
from back on side of the frame coming to the open window in a back of
scene. Window is in focus she and her way there is out of focus. It is
difficult to describe it by words you need to see it. Simple motif but very
powerfully done. I hope I can talk to her one day. I think, and I have to
write it once again here, her work is far above rest of the work presented
today on the exhibition named Kijken met je ogen dicht which in English
means, Look with a closed eyes.
