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Kurhaus food

2007-11-06T22:09:00.001+01:00

Pasta with Mushrooms and Cheese sauce
Originally uploaded by Amontillada.

in case you ever wanted to know how the rooms and food in Kurhaus Scheveningen looks like... (i did and i am quit shocked). thank you amontillada for showing the info!

Kurhaus room

2007-11-06T22:04:00.001+01:00

Kurhaus room
Originally uploaded by Amontillada.

in case you ever wanted to know how the rooms and food in Kurhaus Scheveningen looks like... (i did and i am quit shocked). thank you amontillada for showing the info!

new exhibition

2007-10-06T15:48:00.001+02:00

new exhibition
Originally uploaded by viory.

new exhibition

I am exhibiting again. Until the end of November at Psyq, Stadhoudersplantsoen 2, The Hague Holland. The theme of this exhibition is 'burnout'. More about this exhibition on my website

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in memoriam jos brink

2007-08-24T01:34:00.001+02:00

in memoriam
Originally uploaded by c'est la Vi

today was his funeral. we were already able to visit his stone. he truely will be missed a lot.

opening exhibition

2007-06-10T14:49:00.000+02:00

by alderman of Culture Jetta Klijnsma

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Saturday the 9th of June, The Hague alderman Jetta Klijnsma of Culture openend the second exhibition in art gallery Toon je kunst [Show your art]. I am showing works from my series 'Glassphemy' in the gallery. This video gives you an impression.

video by Maurits Burgers, music: Marco Raaphorst - Sea Bird Truncated

exhibition starting next saturday

2007-06-03T09:51:00.001+02:00

exhibition
Originally uploaded by viory.

- translation will follow -

glassphemy

glas-in-lood reclamestijl
een ode aan de goddelijkheid van de materie

Tijd voor een feestje! Ik heb namelijk mijn eerste fotoexpositie. En ik doe het meteen goed, want deze wordt geopend door de Haagse wethouder van Cultuur Jetta Klijnsma. Dit alles op zaterdag 9 juni tussen 16.00 en 18.00 uur en wel in Galerie Toon je kunst op de hoek van de Beeklaan (nr. 341) en de Copernicusstraat (nr. 123) te Den Haag. De expositie loopt tot en met 17 juli.

Onze wethouder/loco-burgemeester komt natuurlijk niet alleen voor mij opdraven. Ik ben in goed gezelschap; andere deelnemers aan deze expositie zijn Peter Albus (fotografie), Maurits Burgers (schilderijen), Anja Gerritsen (schilderijen), Marcel Prins (beelden), Hans Rietbergen (schilderijen), Lucia Schouten (beelden), Liesbeth Spek (schilderijen), Peter Tholen (miniaturen, diverse technieken), Ed Vervoorn (schilderijen) en Kees Wattjes (schilderijen).

Verwacht je dat het de negende te druk wordt om de werken goed te bekijken? Ik wel! Daarom nodig ik je ook van harte uit op zondag 1 juli in de galerie. Ik ontvang dan mijn gasten tussen 14.00 en 17.00 uur en zal zorgen dat er een paar flesjes wijn klaarstaan. Ik hoop je te zien!

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check the slideshow

2007-04-01T13:38:00.001+02:00

here

My creation
Originally uploaded by viory.

my blogging identity

2007-03-22T21:55:00.001+01:00

Your Blogging Type is Artistic and Passionate

You see your blog as the ultimate personal expression - and work hard to make it great.
One moment you may be working on a new dramatic design for your blog...
And the next, you're passionately writing about your pet causes.
Your blog is very important - and you're careful about who you share it with.

What's Your Blogging Personality?

to viory xuan

2007-03-03T12:49:00.001+01:00

for a friend
Originally uploaded by viory.

"put your hands in the air
bye bye sadness!!"

hang in there dear!

For Maurits

2007-01-20T23:36:00.001+01:00

A few months ago I made a new version of a video I once made as a tribute to Maurits. We both left the moblog Textamerica and were looking for new places to settle. Blogger, Flickr and YouTube were easily found, although Maurits also has videos on serveral (better playback quality) sites. Check out http://www.mauritsburgers.com to find them yourself.

Another thing about this vid: I took it the first time I saw Maurits IRL after meeting him online at Textamerica. At the point this video was made, we even didn't say hello. Well, at Maurits vid you can see what came out of that.

For Viory

2007-01-20T23:18:00.001+01:00

Maurits made this video as a tribute to me. "I couldn't have come this far without you." See more of his work: http://www.mauritsburgers.com

2007-01-01T12:32:00.000+01:00

Saddam Hussein on Eid ul-Adha

2006-12-30T18:11:00.000+01:00

Again people dancing. This time shiite around the body of (sunni) Saddam Hussein who has been hanged today, ON ANOTHER RELIGIOUS DAY. Here in the Netherlands it is the 30th of december, also known as the first day of the Muslim sacrifice festival EID AL-ADHA, which is all about forgiving.
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_ul-Adha ).

So... announcement on Christmas Day, hanging on Eid al-Adha.
So... far from humanity again.

Btw: do you think Saddams "symbolic sacrifice” on a religious day when Muslims slaughter animals will make things worse?

Btw: What was Bush doing during this word event? Something as spectacular as talking to kids in school? I can't believe it's true, but I've read somewhere: "According to government spokesman Scott Stanzel, the execution happened at 10:00pm local time in Texas where Bush already slept at his ranch in Crawford. The president had been informed about the time of the execution by his security adviser Steven Hadley but prefered to end his day prior the event."

Saddam Hussein on Christmas Day

2006-12-26T19:13:00.000+01:00

I'm flabbergasted and mad. Here in the Netherlands Christmas is celebrated two days. I was watching a feel good movie on the BBC after Sissi and it all worked great together. I was even dancing after the last movie. Yes, you can be human, look strange to others but be powerfull, yourself and still be a sweet person. I loved this Christmas thought.

Then the (English time) 8 o'clock news started and I found out that TODAY, the second day of CHRISTMAS, Saddam Hussein (yes, the the bastard) heard he will be HANGED in 30 days. So far for humanity. Shame on this.

2006-12-26T02:14:00.000+01:00

2006-12-26T02:12:00.000+01:00

christmas angel

2006-12-26T01:49:00.001+01:00

this christmas our angel reached 5000 views on flickr.

#1: here i am

• 5003 views / 93 people count this as a favorite / 76 comments

merry christmas everyone!

happy holidays!

2006-12-16T11:36:00.000+01:00

I wish you all merry christmas and a happy new year!

I hope all your wishes and plans will come true.

(My next year's project has already started.
Check out http://viory.com in progress.)

Cheers!
Viory

2007 B&W Single Image Award

2006-12-10T13:48:00.000+01:00

I thought we all took this picture

B&W, a paper magazine for collectors of fine photography just released her FEBRUARY 2007 issue. It's a special that features the winners of the yearly B&W Single Image Contest.

I was suprised by the winning photos. But not in a positiv way. Especially the choice of the golden award winner in the category pattern / texture raised questions.

I really like the photo, but... not much more than I liked mine when I took about the same picture a while back.
Doesn't every photographer have a simular picture in his archieves?

Magnum in Motion

2006-11-03T23:10:00.000+01:00

I am proud to tell you I am a Flickr contact from Magnum in Motion. Magnum In Motion is a production team from Magnum Photos dedicated to exploring the possibilities of photographic publication in the digital era. Launched in 2004, Magnum In Motion produces innovative multimedia essays tailor made to the web experience.

For those who don't know Magnum Photos (do you exist?) Magnum Photos is a photographic co-operative of great diversity and distinction owned by its photographer-members. With powerful individual vision, Magnum photographers chronicle the world and interpret its peoples, events, issues and personalities. Through its four editorial offices in New York, London, Paris and Tokyo, and a network of fifteen sub-agents, Magnum Photos provides photographs to the press, publishers, advertising, television, galleries and museums across the world.

check out Magnum in Motion on Flickr.

soon to be seen in FILE magazine

2006-10-29T12:03:00.000+01:00

i've been invited to submit pictures to the online photography magazine FILE. FILE publishes images that treat subjects in unexpected ways. alternate takes, unconventional observations, odd angles -- the photographs in the collection reinterpret traditional genres.
here you can see the invitation. more news follows.

Hello, Viory:
Thank you for requesting that we review your site; we enjoyed what we saw. Based on review of your site, we feel the following images would fit into FILE's stylistic vision:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/viory/270043066/in/set-72157594342675931/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/viory/216720497/in/set-72157594342675931/

Please let us know if you would like to contribute these photos. Thanks for your interest in FILE!

Regards,
--
Beerzie Boy Editor, FILE Magazine

GATA moved on (2)

2006-10-22T21:56:00.000+02:00

graffiti
Originally uploaded by akbar1947.

see previous post

GATA moved on (1)

2006-10-22T21:47:00.000+02:00

are you one of my textamerica friends wondering where GATA went to? well, after ta started to suspend her loyals - in the end including GATA, of which the staff was so proud - GATA decided to start it's own carrier like others. of course you can find it on flickr as well.
see the next post.

greetings from the founding fathers ;-)

new pics to vote for

2006-10-22T20:51:00.000+02:00

i have been sending in some pics to jpg magazine again. to get them publiced, they need some votes and get choosen by the editors. so please go there and vote for

theme 'intimate': http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/9869
theme 'embrace the blur': http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/9885
and theme 'tourist': http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/5857

. thanks!

big girl already?

2006-09-29T16:29:00.000+02:00

3 days left to vote!

submitted to JPG issue 7: big. is it a good fit? vote now!
http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/4158

i've submitted a few pictures to the paper edition from JPG magazine. my photo's might get chosen for #7 and you can help a hand by voting on them! of course you can try to take your change as well. this is how it works:

1. shoot & upload
go take great photos like you always do. then upload the best ones here. photos must be high resolution originals - at least 2200 pixels tall or wide.

2. submit
you can submit your favorite photos to themes. themes are groups of photos on a common topic. you can only put one photo in each theme, and each photo can only be submitted to a single theme.

3. vote box
when a theme is scheduled to be included in an issue of JPG magazine, the voting box will appear on each of the photos you've submitted to a theme.

4. peer review
Your fellow photographers vote on your photo. Voting is about the quality of the photo as well as how well it fits the theme. getting lots of votes doesn't guarantee publication, but it helps.

5. final selection
the JPG editors make the final selections and put together the issue. this takes a few weeks. you will be notified by email on the status of your submission.

6. publication
if your photo is included in the new edition of JPG magazine, you get a free year subscription and $100.

staring

2006-09-18T07:22:00.000+02:00

sunny
Originally uploaded by viory.

holy

2006-09-18T07:21:00.000+02:00

holy
Originally uploaded by viory.

afterparty

2006-09-18T00:43:00.000+02:00

afterparty
Originally uploaded by viory.

sundaymorning in le marais, paris.

coriolanus

2006-09-09T10:23:00.000+02:00

coriolanus
Originally uploaded by viory.

war! what is it good for?

viory.com

2006-09-06T12:31:00.000+02:00

viory.com = mine now! still under construction, but check it out!!

captured

2006-09-03T12:50:00.000+02:00

captured
Originally uploaded by viory.

introduction

2006-08-27T14:56:00.000+02:00

viory
> journalist / photographer

about me
i'm a graduated journalist and a self-educated photographer as well. you can contact me for freelance assignments in both fields.

my interest in journalism especially goes to social issues and... suprise, suprise, i already noticed that the photographer in me is attracted to those same issues.

as a journalist...
i've always been interested in the way people look at the societies they belong to. i want to know about their philosophies about daily life and their ideas about politics. therefore i worked for different media: newspapers, university press, music magazines and so on.

a significant time, i also worked as project coordinator at a debating centre. i invited famous specialists and ordinary people to talk together about the hottest issues of the moment.

as a photographer...
my camera always travels with me. i love street photography and documentary photography. on the other hand, when i want to relax i find myself taking pictures of a flower for over an hour.

i can't deny having a background in graphical design, which often leaves its traces in my photography. still, i am a dreamer. it seems my refection pictures are the most popular among my work.

recent
my most recent dreams are not about the past but about the future. i try to combine journalism and photography as my way of living. you won't find me describing the same scenes in words and pictures though. being objective in my stories i like to express my fascination and admiration in my photography.