Elliott Erwitt, born Elio Romano Ervitz to Russian-Jewish parents in Paris in 1928, past away at Wednesday 28th of November 2023. His work was original, sometimes provoking and sometimes funny. He loved photographing dogs. He joined the Magnum group in 1953. Many documentaries can be found on YouTube, like this one

1-11-23 Creating an image looks simple but is the result of a more complex process. It's easy to take a snapshot during your holiday as an amateur. However, the professional photographer will take much more variables into consideration. The photographer interprets reality. That is the result of style and intention. But the question is whether that intention is also clear to the viewer. Is the image close to reality or has the photographer given...

12-05-23 The website was in need of an update with the aim of making it more accessible to visitors and that it also looks good on various media: PC, tablet or mobile phone. Julius Huitema helped set up this renewed website. Gregg and Tiffany Matson were very supportive to improve the contextual content.

More with photography is an initiative of photographer Jaap de Bussy Partly due to social media, in addition to newspapers, magazines and TV, we are inundated with images. Taking photos has increased exponentially with the introduction of the smart phone, but the quality and shelf life has partly been lost. How do we value a good photo and what distinguishes that photo? How can we take better photos ourselves and ensure that they survive the...

The book ’t Hof Ravestein - meer dan een tuin, is published in may 2021This photo book is about a special court in Zeeland. The retired owners have redesigned the garden based on an old map from 1770. They were able to have their personal preferences reflected in this design. Harmony and the conservation of nature are central to this. For the photographer, this provided a wonderful balance between history and vision of life. In the book, the...

On 26 December 2020 NH nieuws has broadcasted a video interview with Lisette, the mother of a still born child. She expressed her gratitude for the work of the photographers of the Still Foundation. The anonymous photographer in this story was Jaap. The shoot was done in the hospital in May 2020.Contemplation The chances for a miscarriage are very low due to the well organised medical pregancy care in the Netherlands. But in the very unlikely...

Vervreemding (Alienation), published in 2017 The photographer himself was hospitalized at the end of 2016 for open heart surgery. During his stay of almost four weeks, he photographed the cold and sterile side of the hospital. He ignored the medical and clinical aspects. Because of the blurring in the images, the book does not represent the space, but the alienating feeling in that space. In his afterword, he summarizes this with the...