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  • FOTODOK Book Talks Episode #31 (Season 8, Episode 3)
  • TV Episode | Biography, History, Talk-Show

FOTODOK Book Talks

Episode #31 (Season 8, Episode 3)
TV Episode | Biography, History, Talk-Show
The FOTODOK Book Club is the place to hear stories from photo books. In this live talk show, photographer and photo-book enthusiast Rob Hornstra and creative editor-in-chief of De Correspondent, Sterre Sprengers, interview the storytellers...See moreThe FOTODOK Book Club is the place to hear stories from photo books. In this live talk show, photographer and photo-book enthusiast Rob Hornstra and creative editor-in-chief of De Correspondent, Sterre Sprengers, interview the storytellers - photographers, designers and publishers. They share with you extraordinary stories on a variety of subjects. Prins de Vos is a photographer and filmmaker from Amsterdam. Themes in his work are intimacy, sexuality and gender and other identity issues. Since 2014, Prins has been working on a photo series about Levi from Amsterdam. When he started, Prins did not know that he would follow Levi for 7 years. Levi is an artist, poet and trans man. Prins portrayed him at the important moments in his life. The title of the series, "Boys do cry", is taken from the tattoo Levi has on his stomach. It is an important phrase. Levi dared to be extremely vulnerable for the photos, and Prins and Levi want to use the series to break the taboo on male vulnerability. Because boys do cry. An unfiltered and personal account of Xylella, the plant epidemic threatening Europe. Piccinni and Caimi's book "Fastidiosa" is the result of the plight of local farmers and the catastrophic destruction of the environment in Puglia, southern Italy, which the two photographers have documented over a period of six years. Working under the project title "This Land is My Land", the duo stood alongside farmers when they were forced to cut down historic olive trees to prevent the spread of the infectious disease to Northern Europe. They were the witnesses to the destruction of their history, culture and livelihood. Millions of trees have already been cut down and there is still no known cure for the disease. "Fastidiosa" offers a mix of black-and-white analogue portraits and landscapes, colour images emphasising scientific research and experimental efforts, archive photos and stories from the region's inhabitants. Photojournalist and filmmaker Ed Kashi has been in the business for 40 years. The collection of photos in "Abandoned moments, a love letter to photography", taken over a period of 40 years, reveals imprecise glimpses of passing events filled with hectic energy - the chaos of everyday life. They preserve moments that can never again take place in exactly the same time and space. In contrast to his journalistic approach of deep personal connection and sharp observation, this work is about capturing the untamed energy of a moment with abandon. "I Just Wanna Surf" captures the friction of finding one's identity and community during the pandemic and post-George Floyd era in a sport dominated by white men. Growing up in one of the only mixed-race Black families in a small Orange County beach town, Angotti-Jones reflects on how her early relationship with the ocean and Californian surf culture became intertwined with her identity as a Black woman. In a mix of photo book, zine, and diary, Angotti-Jones challenges the traditional surfing narrative by documenting Black women and non-binary surfers living the surfing lifestyle inspired by 1990s and early 2000s surf culture, while making it their own. The images juxtapose the joy of friendship and the refuge found in the the ocean's wilderness with the underlying racial tensions at the core of the Black American experience. With sensitivity and vulnerability, her text explores her experience with depression and the sense of peace brought by riding waves. Written by FOTODOK See less
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Director
Femke Rotteveel (as Femke Rottenveel)
Producer
Femke Rotteveel (producer) (as Femke Rottenveel)
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Updated Oct 12, 2022
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Oct 12, 2022 (Netherlands)

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