So like I mentioned the other day, Sanna and I went to Fotografiska on Saturday to see the Henri Cartier Bresson exhibition. It was great but the biggest inspiration to me that day was a Dutch artist I’d never heard of before, Ruud van Empel.
I love the feeling of “is it a photograph or isn’t it”?
I love the colors and the weirdness.
Very beautiful and inspiring. Almost spooky too.
I totally recommend a visit to Fotografiska if you’re in town!
Very creepy indeed. I like it!
Posted by: Jill | March 13, 2013 at 08:21 AM
Wow! Love Henri Cartier Bresson but this new guy is just great. As you mentioned, is it a photograph or a painting?
Posted by: Helen F | March 13, 2013 at 09:00 AM
This looks really great! Thank you so much for sharing it with us! :)
Posted by: Kadi | March 13, 2013 at 09:54 AM
Wow. A photographer from my country who I've never heard of... Thanks for the tip!
Posted by: Messy | March 13, 2013 at 10:44 AM
Spooky and weird, but at the same enticing. That girl on the first photo looks like she has a porcelain face like Victorian dolls. A poltergeist? Suddenly it feels like Halloween ;-).
Posted by: Zosia | March 13, 2013 at 12:01 PM
I'm agree with you. Very strange porcelain face. I think can't sleep with this in my bedroom. But it's nice and strange.
Posted by: Menage Lille | March 13, 2013 at 12:52 PM
Very beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Rita from designmegillah | March 13, 2013 at 01:53 PM
Very cool! "I like the colors and weirdness"--Exactly!!! :)
Posted by: Lisa | March 13, 2013 at 03:12 PM
Same here, also never heard of our fellow Dutchmen. But indeed, great tip!
Posted by: Kirsten | March 13, 2013 at 04:47 PM
Hello Benita!
we know that today people look to photos as pieces of art. And they sale like real art. I like photos but, to me, 99% of them aren't art: they are only beautiful.Photos by Ruud van Empel belongs to the other 1%.
ROSÁLIA
Posted by: Rosália Moreira | March 13, 2013 at 08:06 PM
These are stunning and so unique. Somehow they're dark and bright simultaneously.
Posted by: Juliane at Modern Mural | March 13, 2013 at 08:35 PM
So cool! What I notice is that each picture is simultaneously high contrast (color wise) and "flat" (doesn't seem fully three-dimensional)--juxtaposed with the detailed surface of each image--maybe that's why it looks so real and not real at the same time. Or maybe I've had too many glasses of wine. ;)
Posted by: Amy | March 13, 2013 at 09:32 PM
Wow! Thanks for passing that on - so great!
Posted by: kim | March 14, 2013 at 08:49 AM
What a beautiful exhibit! Thank you for sharing it with us!
I love all the colors used.
Posted by: sunny | March 15, 2013 at 02:25 AM