maandag, februari 13, 2006
CNN praat met Anton Corbijn
Op de website van CNN is een interview na te lezen dat het programma The Scene had met fotograaf Anton Corbijn, vooral over de invloed van de stad Amsterdam op zijn werk.
Lees het hier.
TS: Why did you leave Holland for England in 1979?
AC: In England it felt like art, photography and music was much more life or death, whereas in Holland it felt subsidised so that was why I left. When I photographed musicians in England in the 1970s I got so much more out of the pictures than photographing people in Holland because the whole intensity of being a musician in England -- trying to get out of those grey tower blocks and trying to make a name for yourself -- it really meant so much to those people, they really meant everything they were doing. In Holland it felt like music was a hobby. For me photography was also very important as a way of survival and I felt I was much more linked to the English spirit than the Dutch spirit. I think I was always and still am attracted to people who care very much about what they're doing and who involve themselves totally.
Lees het hier.
TS: Why did you leave Holland for England in 1979?
AC: In England it felt like art, photography and music was much more life or death, whereas in Holland it felt subsidised so that was why I left. When I photographed musicians in England in the 1970s I got so much more out of the pictures than photographing people in Holland because the whole intensity of being a musician in England -- trying to get out of those grey tower blocks and trying to make a name for yourself -- it really meant so much to those people, they really meant everything they were doing. In Holland it felt like music was a hobby. For me photography was also very important as a way of survival and I felt I was much more linked to the English spirit than the Dutch spirit. I think I was always and still am attracted to people who care very much about what they're doing and who involve themselves totally.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 13:05
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