There is no such thing as ugliness for a photographer. As pathetic as this might sound.
I love small towns, touched by time, and slowly dying. I look into backyards and sneak into various nooks and crannies. Not only that, but I love the beauty of passing the time.
I’m recently working with[in] my photography archive. Trying to organize projects which never were published. What a surprise I had when I found these pictures. I was photographing the artworks hanging in strange and hidden places in the city of The Hague. When I discovered the first one, finding more was much easier. Hopefully, I’m going to find the name of this project as well. It is somewhere deep 😉
The Hague 2015/2016
2022
2022
For the last 10 years, I’m photographing daily mornings as the main part of my documentary project “Mornin’ “
I’m using only a mobile phone, starting with my iPhone 2 (the first one with a decent photo camera).
I’ve struggled with depression at that time and as a photographer, I couldn’t do anything. I was paralyzed on so many layers. One day I realise that my days going on autopilot, quite scary if u don’t remember the route u took to work, etc.
Photographing with the smartphone which I always had with me was my therapy. The idea was to take just one picture in the morning. So I start looking around while on my bike. And even if it sounds pathetic to you I realize how beautiful (and imperfect) the world around me is.
I start posting it on social media – Instagram- and still doing it –
https://www.instagram.com/olgu_daily/
Mindful living and creating.
Disturbing
Mind Blowing
Inspiring
“Do algorithms decide which (dis)information we get to see? How can we reinvent our imperfect, messy narratives? “
“FAKE ME HARD is your guide to the post-truth society. A spectacular hands-on exhibition with installations by over 40 artists exploring the complex reality of the 21st century.
In the year 2021, we can no longer afford to feign that technology is neutral. In these times of deepfake videos and populism, it is becoming increasingly difficult to tell the difference between ‘real’ and ‘not real’. Algorithms facilitate a web of lies, with direct consequences for society and democracy. Just think of the recent storming of the Capitol by pro-Trump rioters, partly attributed to the large scale dissemination of QAnon theories by algorithms. Driving those algorithms is the shadowy business model of a handful of all-powerful big tech companies. Platforms such as Facebook and Google use our data to personalize our experience – and to influence us. With our clicking behavior we build our own mirror-palace, a hyper-personalized parallel universe. To speak in Matrix-terms: we can no longer choose between the red and the blue pill, between the truth and blissful ignorance. It seems that only the blue pill is available. But it is not too late. We don’t have to stand by and watch a new feudal era unfold. We can arm ourselves by becoming ‘robot-proof’ and by making algorithms ‘human aware’. By talking back to AI, we can teach it a language in which there is space for human significance and interpretation. Team Human can reimagine the mirror palace as an ecosystem of freedom and possibilities.” https://fakemehard.nl/
If u feel like, listen to this album https://open.spotify.com/album/0UcHfoo7KMso767JwePBMh?si=CbyhQv58Tb-8iBupGB2XDA of FSOL from 1994 i had in my head while exploring this disturbing, mind blowing and inspiring exhibition few days ago in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. My past meets the future in present day.
“Reality is approximately as dependable as a politician’s promise… the result is the same: Reality, of the capital “R” variety, has become as relative a thing as the dryness of our respective Martinis. Yet the struggle goes on, the fight continues. Against what? Ultimately, Powers, Principalities, Thrones, and Dominations, often contained in hosts who are themselves victims, prisoners, manipulated men and women.”
― “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”
[almost]
Morning walk in Zuiderpark which i s rarely on my way way. U can feel and smell spring in the air. And the sun. oh!
Spring this year arrives later than last years. Maybe after a year when people had to slow down, mother nature is taking a long breath. Maybe. Two weeks ago i had a long walk in one of the magical parks in the city. They called it forrest. I was hunting fresh herbs but not succeeded. Instead of lots of forms, shapes catches my eyes. Surreal forms in the shadows.
