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This photograph was not selected to be part of the upcoming exhibit “The Russians Are Coming!” although the portrait was shot during the same two weeks in Moscow at the Sunlight Studio. I believe this portrait is special, and certainly not the kind of picture that easily fits in that particular series.
From December 8 – 11 we will participate in the Kriebels spectacle at Ahoy Rotterdam with a fully equipped photo studio. Visitors will be able to experience a real photo shoot. At this mobile photo studio there will also be an exhibit of photographs made in Moscow early November. This show entitled ‘The Russians Are Coming’ will be a premiere for The Netherlands. A larger series will be exhibited later in 2017.
Body paint photographed at KamaSutrA Festival Utrecht 2016. Artists: Studio Hesserzand.
While organizing a trip to Amsterdam for my old friend Alexander Donskoy who facilitated my first exhibit in Moscow, he unexpectedly asked me how much time I could free up for him. I hesitated, but he persisted and I answered two weeks, not knowing he was going to invite me to Moscow. It was a present for something I had done for him that I would have done for any of my friends. To be precise, I had no real clue what I could have done for him that was important enough to receive such a gift, so at first I refused.
During my previous visit to Moscow Alexander and his crew noticed that I smoked like Brezhnev and drank Vodka like Boris Yeltsin. Also my political ideas where a bit to the left of theirs. It must have been a funny sight, me drinking vodka and chain smoking, while they were all non-smokers and drinking water or Starbucks coffee. I was living up to the worst of Western prejudices against Russians, while they were perfect global citizens.
This must have been at the root of their decision to surprise me at the airport with a traditional Russian ceremony, a Soviet hat and a vintage Чайка Limousine – the kind that Soviet leaders used – waiting for me to escort me to Moscow’s Business Center. It turned out to be the best two weeks I had in a long, long time and of course I did a lot of photography there too, and I will be posting a selection of these works soon.
At first, we were a bit reluctant to participate in The KamaSutrA Festival in Utrecht. We imagined the event to be all about vibrators, piercings, sex toys, pole dancing etc.
This was also the reason we hesitated just having an exhibit with photographs at the KamaSutra Festival. However, as we were once again invited to participate, the idea came up to have a full photo studio setup and to invite people from the audience to be photographed. Short photo sessions, but done with the same quality equipment we would use in our own studio.
Our biggest fear was that people would not be willing to be photographed in front of a crowd of people visiting the event, but this turned out to be a very pessimistic thought, because we photographed hundreds of people during the three days of the Festival. Actually we are still editing the photos made during the three days of the festival.
So far, the results of Day One and Day Two photo shoots have been sent out to the people photographed, but photos taken at Day Three are still being edited and we hope to send them out before we leave for a photographic journey to Moscow, Kazan and Petersburg on October 20th.
Our participation turned out to be such a success that you will also find us in the Ahoy Rotterdam with a similar setup for the ‘Kriebels‘ event. We sincerely hope to see you there too!
Special Thanks go to our Dream Team: Leonie van Carl and Bára Queenbee. And of course to our sponsors The Kinky Web and ArtCrazed.com.
On September 30 the KamaSutrA Festival kicks off and an ArtCrazed crew will be there to promote Hans van der Kamp Photographs and The Kinky Web.
A complete mobile photo studio has been built, so that visitors can be photographed by master photographer Hans van der Kamp at the festival. A video will be played with ‘behind the scenes’ footage of actual photo shoots at the Amsterdam studio.
Van der Kamp is strongly connected to The Kinky Web through photographs, drawings and text and with the help of ArtCrazed he will also promote The Kinky Web with a brand new poster showcasing one of his best works and plenty full colour folders for those of you who still need to be introduced to The Kinky Web and Van der Kamp’s work.
For more information visit the KamaSutrA Erotic Festival site.
The festival will be open for visitors on September 30, October 1 and 2. Opening hours: Fri: 15:00PM – 01:00 AM / Sat: 12:00AM – 01:00AM – Sun: 15:00PM – 21:00PM
We hope to see you there!
The KamaSutrA Erotic Festival is located at the Jaarbeurs Hallen in Utrecht, Hall 1. How to get there? We strongly advise visitors to come by public transport but if you decide to use your own transport, here is your itinerary:
KamaSutrA Erotic Festival
Jaarbeursplein 6, Hall 1
3521AL Utrecht
Phone: +31302955911
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