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Whichever way I am the sort of person that thoroughly enjoys looking at old camera's (yes I own several too), likes to read books with just photo's, cannot help but take (and see) pictures and loves seeing photo's in a museum.
Keeping this in mind the FotoMuseum in Antwerp is a little piece of my heaven. It's a nice quiet museum with usually very nice exhibits. It's spacious so you have enough room to really see everything. And I think I've recommended before to go there when there's several exhibit' because otherwise it's quite small.
Yesterday there were 4 different exhibits (and the fixed presentation of old camera's).
- A presentation of the collection: old and new pics, always interesting
- Roger Ballen: impressive surrealistic realistic work, his site
- Ed van der Elsken: retrospective of this well known Dutch documentary maker and photographer
- Press photography prize (in the gallery): some impressive news pics of the last year
Very enjoyable all! We'll surely be back for other exhibits ;-)
Their site: fotomuseum
There is also a very nice photo museum in Charleroi, it's in an old carmel. sometimes we have medical meetings there, very nice environment for thoughts.
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Oh yes I should go there once. Never been to Charleroi either and the name of the city fascinates me ;-)
ReplyDeleteoh, slowly, slowly... i didnt say it was a nice CITY. i said it was a nice MUSEUM :)
ReplyDeletethere's a big difference, as you will see if you go. Be cautious in Charleroi !
I know it's not such a nice city but you must admit it is a fascinating name ;-)
ReplyDeleteeuh... yes, Charle and Roi. but what about 's-Hertogenbosch... what a wonderfully crazy punctuation in that name : apostrophe, single letter, then line, then caps. wow.
ReplyDeleteoh, and the french name of den bosch is "Bois-le-Duc". isnt it fantastic ?
ReplyDeleteAnd "The Dukes Forest" (= 's-Hertogenbosch) IS a very nice city ;-)
ReplyDeleteoh yes, wonderfull ! i've been living there for a while :) i'm a connoiseur of "de echte Bossche bolle" :)))
ReplyDeleteWell, we can shall explore some of Charleroi while this years City Parade on June 24
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