Size:21 x 21 cm
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This is the book I wanted to find in an Amsterdam bookshop the first time I went there. And all subsequent times.
Read it carefully, don't just look at the pictures. (B.H.)
Hi, I’m Frans Kemper. A Dutch semi-retired corporate gipsy and a professional stranger.
Born and raised in the lovely Amsterdam, I spent almost three decades racking up air- miles and living in different parts of the world.
For now, my residence is in the concrete jungle of São Paulo, Brazil. Not sure yet if this will be the last stop, there are some interesting options. We’ll see.
My dad photographed the family with an Agfa box, that’s where I got the fever... He let me use it and I was sold. But boy oh boy, making images was an undertaking at that time.
My first owned camera was an Olympus Pen EEE with a retractable lens, followed by the legendary Nikon EL2. Long time later the Nikon F4S, too many lenses and other “useless” stuff...
Finally “it came to me” and now I settled for a fixed 28mm lens on a full-frame body. Black & White only. Being mainly into street, travel and architecture photography, it suits my needs and I’m loving it.
My view on street photography: The flow of life, see it happening and freeze it before it’s gone and will never come back. My eyes think, not my brain. My hands react and make the image, not my camera. The flow of life is for me the essence of the so-called street photography. It comes to us in every aspect of life, filled with emotions, every day and anywhere. I can only do this alone, undisturbed. Not bothered by any company, how lovely it may be. It’s me and me alone. Does that sound egoistic? Maybe so, but that how it works for me. It’s emotional for me, as is the flow of life.