by Nicolas Genty | Nov 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
A lot has been said about who she was, how she was discovered, how she worked, how incredibly smart and such a wonderful businessman her discoverer,John Maloof, is, but one thing remains, Vivian Maier was a true artist, working hard, in the shadows of her anonymity,...
by Nicolas Genty | Nov 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
I discovered the Azzedine Alaïa Foundation by chance, because a dear friend visited it recently as well and sent me this incredible vision of rows of fashion photos exhibited in an orderly, artistic way. Fashion is the word. Azzedine Alaïa was a couturier, designer of...
by Nicolas Genty | Nov 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
When I saw the announcement for the Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam, I did not know what to think… What is affordable? What is art? anyways. The venue was the same as two years ago, before COVID. A large exhibition hall in the north of Amsterdam, full of galleries from...
by Nicolas Genty | Oct 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Chas Gerretsen is one of these lesser known famous figures. Chas who? is the most likely question you may get when mentioning a visit to the first ever Chas Gerretsen retrospective exhibition of his work and life exhibited in the Nederlands Fotomuseum, in Rotterdam:...
by Nicolas Genty | Oct 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
A beautiful old city: Leiden, a gorgeous Autumn sunny day, a quiet morning with fresh air, more than 10,000 daily steps and a 10 km walk with a wonderful company, a stop for a delicious capuccino, an open air photo festival along the way with talented local and...
by Nicolas Genty | Oct 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Three photographers in their thirties dream of China in their own way. Two Dutch men and a Chinese woman. One lives in China, two in The Netherlands. The Chinese is here, the Dutch is there. The third Dutch goes back and forth. The Chinese speaks Dutch, the Dutch...
