vrijdag, maart 09, 2007
Magnum-fotograaf John Vink kreeg het benauwd in België
Ik las net een interview van schrijver/fotograaf Wayne E. Yang met de Belgische Magnum-fotograaf John Vink die in Cambodja woont en vertelt waarom hij zijn vaderland verliet:
"Belgium is a really interesting place with a rotten climate. It is the friction line for two strong cultures and has been a battlefield for every european army (and even a few non-european armies) for many centuries… It counts an abnormal proportion of creative people doing things no one else in the world could come up with and counts an even more important proportion of narrow minded bigots. The food is fantastic, the beer is the best in the world, quality of life is probably unequalled, but sometimes I feel this is a cover-up for a lot of hypocrisy. Belgium is the champion of compromise (maybe that’s why it is the siege of the European institutions). Belgium is catholic. Belgium has a coastline of 60 km. Belgium (the Flemish part at least) is one village. Belgium is crowded. Belgium is satisfied. Belgium is small. You want to get out of there…"
De rest van het interview, over zijn carrière als fotojournalist, is ook de moeite waard.
"Belgium is a really interesting place with a rotten climate. It is the friction line for two strong cultures and has been a battlefield for every european army (and even a few non-european armies) for many centuries… It counts an abnormal proportion of creative people doing things no one else in the world could come up with and counts an even more important proportion of narrow minded bigots. The food is fantastic, the beer is the best in the world, quality of life is probably unequalled, but sometimes I feel this is a cover-up for a lot of hypocrisy. Belgium is the champion of compromise (maybe that’s why it is the siege of the European institutions). Belgium is catholic. Belgium has a coastline of 60 km. Belgium (the Flemish part at least) is one village. Belgium is crowded. Belgium is satisfied. Belgium is small. You want to get out of there…"
De rest van het interview, over zijn carrière als fotojournalist, is ook de moeite waard.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 17:15
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