[fotoskiasi] Bert Teunissen

From: Michalis Polakis <mpolakis@xxxxxxxxx>
To: fotoskiasi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:55:35 +0200
Γεια σας,

χθες είδαμε φωτογραφίες του Bert Teunissen.

http://bertteunissen.com

"BERT TEUNISSEN

Born in Ruurlo, the Netherlands, in 1959.

For the last thirteen years I have been working on a photography
project called Domestic Landscapes. This project is about light -
natural daylight. The photos show how daylight illuminates the
domestic interior, and how it dictated the way the interior was build,
used and decorated. This specific light and the atmosphere it creates
have their origins in the architecture of the pre-electricity era,
when daylight was the main source of light. This kind of light started
to disappear from European homes after World War II when the old way
of building was abandoned. At this moment few of these homes remain.

Domestic Landscapes is also about identity and diversity. Every
country, every region has its own distinctive culture that can be
recognized in its homes, customs, cuisine and traditions.

The inhabitants of the houses where I take photographs still know how
something ought to taste and how it should be made; they understand
the importance of time and ripening, and the value of daily and
seasonal repetition. I found that when local traditions disappear,
most of their visible aspects are also lost. When a small farmer stops
slaughtering, the open fireplace becomes redundant. Sausages and hams
will be dried artificially and smoked in a factory losing their
original flavour and appearance. And when a small farmer stops
farming, the stables are converted into storage or living spaces, the
stable doors are replaced by windows, the cement floor by parquet, the
hayloft is altered into bedrooms, the kitchen is moved to the former
parlour, and slowly all rooms and spaces will have lost their original
meaning and significance.

The title Domestic Landscapes refers to the characteristic panoramic
format of a landscape photo. It also refers to the idea that the homes
that I photographed form a landscape of the life of the people that
live in them. These homes have changed just as slowly through the
years as the landscapes in which I found them. The people in the
photos have aged with their habitats and have become part of it."

Μιχάλης

-- 
Michalis Polakis
http://michalispolakis.com/
Twitter : michalispolakis
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