Moscow
While organizing a trip to Amsterdam for my old friend Alexander Donskoy who facilitated my first exhibit in Moscow, he unexpectedly asked me how much time I could free up…
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Moscow
KamaSutrA Festival
At first we were a bit reluctant to participate in The KamaSutrA Festival in Utrecht. We imagined the event to be all about vibrators, piercings, sex toys, pole dancing etc.…
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KamaSutrA Festival
Hans van der Kamp Photography at KamaSutrA Festival
On September 30 the KamaSutrA Festival kicks off and an ArtCrazed crew will be there to promote Hans van der Kamp Photographs and The Kinky Web. A complete mobile photo…
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Hans van der Kamp Photography at KamaSutrA Festival
Street Photography
Once in a blue moon I spend an afternoon with John Melskens, one of Amsterdam's finest street photographers. We don't go that far into the city and we don't spend…
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Street Photography
Working as a photo journalist
I started out as an assistant portrait photographer and I liked that job. When the contract ended there was this job opportunity in advertising. The pay was good but I…
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Working as a photo journalist
Herbert Gentry
Artist Herbert Gentry (1919-2003) made vibrant expressionist paintings of figures and faces, mixing global influences and African American experience. Referring to his childhood during the Harlem Renaissance, Gentry asserted 'Harlem…
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Herbert Gentry
René Shapsak
Born 1899 in Paris, René Shapsak studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, London, Bruxelles, emigrated to South Africa in 1932 or 1934, lived in Johannesburg (47 Saunders Street,…
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René Shapsak