Rahi Rezvani joins Hazazah Photography
8 Dec 2009Photographer Rahi Rezvani (1978) joined Hazazah Photography. He studied at the art academy in Teheran, Iran and graduated in 2008 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague in Photography. His filmographical graduation project was exhibited at the FotoFestival Naarden 2009 and is in the current issue of Eyemazing. Rahi's portfolio and the images from Retreat to Nowhere can be viewed at the website, the filmography can be viewed at Hazazah.
Rahi photographed for among others Nederlands Danstheater, Bureau Pindakaas, Het Hoofdbureau, Indie, NRC Next, de Kunsthal en FashionWeek Amsterdam.
Watch Rahi's portfolio HERE
Watch the Eyemazing article HERE (click on Rahi Rezvani)
Tim Georgeson's new work for BEN on PDN New York
3 Dec 2009Photographer Tim Georgeson got carte blanche from KesselsKramer for making new work for BEN. The only requirement was 'a sense of freedom'. This resulted in a moving picture, that can be watched here: BEN
The influential blog PDN wrote about the unique result of Erik Kessels's 'unique open brief' to Tim earlier. Read the articles HERE and HERE.
4 Hazazah photographers nominated for PANL Awards
1 Dec 2009Work by Marieke van der Velden, Giuliyani, Jeroen Hofman and Arjan Benning is nominated for the 19th edition of the PANL Sony Alpha Awards, the most important photography award in the Netherlands for applied photography. The winners of the Gold, Silver, Bronze and Best of Members Awards will be announced at the awards ceremony in April 2010. All nominated images will be published in the PANL Annual and exhibited during the PANL exposition next spring.
Commercial Bram wins Silver Eurobest
1 Dec 2009Last Friday the Sensoor commercial Anniversary / The other story, directed by Bram Schouw won a Silver Eurobest in the category TV/ Cinema. Earlier this film was awarded with a Bronze Cannes Lion and a ADCN Silver Lamp.
Watch the commercial HERE
PLANK at IDFA
17 Nov 2009PLANK, a documentary by Billy Pols about the Moroccan-Dutch skateboarder Nassim Guammaz will be shown at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam from 19-29 November. PLANK will also be broadcasted on television next Saturday at 13.25 on Nederland 3.
The 15-year-old Dutch-Moroccan Nassim is a skateboarder -- even though he is well aware that Moroccans are supposed to like soccer or kickboxing. "They just don't think it's cool," he explains, "When they think of skaters, they think of that Gothic shit and people with black nail polish." Now that his parents are divorced, Nassim lives with his mother and sisters. Things were "not cool" at home before his folks split. Watching old family videos, he talks about his relationship with his father: "He was more interested in teaching me a lesson than teaching me stuff." Because his father did not keep his word about paying for soccer, Nassim started skating -- it is free, after all, and you can do it anywhere. Nassim wants to become a pro-skater when he is older. School, a job, or his own family are low on his list, so every day he practices dangerous stunts with his skate buddies. "Skating is my springboard to another world." This is the first year that Nassim will not be joining his family on their annual vacation to Morocco. He is participating in big skating competitions, including the Grand Prix of Rotterdam. Nassim demonstrates his coolest moves, although it sometimes ends up causing him (and even the camera) physical damage. The film also features some remarkable competition footage and a soundtrack with everything from hip-hop to the folk rock of Cat Stevens.
For IDFA tickets go to: http://www.idfa.nl/
Watch the trailer HERE
Spitting Ink at IDFA
10 Nov 2009Spitting Ink, a documentary by Ralph de Haan and Lars Siemens on beat poetry in New York City has its world premiere at the IDFA and runs in the competions Premieres of the Lowlands and First Appearance. Besides the sold out premiere at 23 November Spitting Ink will be shown three times at the festival:
25-11 at 18:15 (Munt 13)
26-11 at 15:30 (Tuschinski 4)
27-11 at 20:00 (OBA)
In the United States, a poetry subculture has grown up around a group of young, mostly non-white spoken-word artists. Although the work they produce is widely diverse, it tends to have a strong affinity with contemporary social reality and urban culture. The poets' work is not aimed at a mass audience, and they perform in small clubs. Each of them has found his or her own way to focus the power of the spoken word. Spitting Ink is a portrait of some of these artists. Interviews and live performances are interspersed with images of the streets of New York -- not the orderly, well-to-do neighborhoods, but their lively and sometimes dilapidated backstreet counterparts, with their graffiti-covered walls, subway trains, and bars. Spoken-word artist Mike Ladd speaks about this poetry's origins and background (its roots in gospel and other forms) and about how it reached a turning point with the arrival of rap. Beau Sia creates poetry both to impress the girls and to rebut prejudices about his Asiatic roots; Celena Glenn only writes once a year, when her head is full to overflowing and dozens of poems suddenly stream out.
The Spitting Ink trailer can be watched HERE.
Krijn fotografeert de eindejaarsconference van Jan Jaap van der Wal
26 Oct 2009
Paul Postma & Hazazah win Dutch Design Award
19 Oct 2009Last Saturday The Big Bank Theory by Postma Graphics & Motion won the Dutch Design Award for Best Motion Design. In cooperation with Hazazah and Dawn Paul Postma directed the completely in 3D animated ALEX commercial. Illustrator Raoul Deleo made the drawings; his 2D illustrations are translated by The Ambassadors to a moving 3D fantasy world, explaining The Big Bank Theory.
According to the international jury, comprised of among others Karien van Gennep, Li Edelkoort and Cara McCarty The Big Bank Theory is 'the perfect 'short story' with the speed of a powerpoint presentation. It is a smart story that fits the spirit of the times and therefore is relevant. The animation is beautiful and entertaining'.
The designs of all finalists and winners will subsequently be exhibited for one week in the Brainport Greenhouse on the Stadhuisplein in Eindhoven during Dutch Design Week. The exhibition will travel internationally afterwards.
Watch The Big Bank Theory
A Black & White from Krijn van Noordwijk
16 Oct 2009'Black & White', as shot for Stichting Borstbeeld. The outdoor exhibition will open tomorrow at five o'clock on Museumplein Amsterdam.
Read the article at Beautyjournaal.nl.
DROP DEAD! premieres at Dutch Film Festival
30 Sep 2009Last Monday Arne Toonen's short film DROP DEAD! premiered at the Dutch Film Festival.
Fons celebrates his fiftieth birthday with a parachute jump. He is actually afraid, but Mike, his instructor, reassures him. While Fons is already tied up to him, Mike hears his girlfriend has left him for someone else. Mike sobs his heart out the whole flight. Fons gets the shock of his life when Mike shows suicidal tendencies during the jump.
From Sunday 4th of October DROP DEAD! can be watched online at the NPS Short! website
DROP DEAD! t-shirts are available in a limited edition for 25. Send an email to info@hazazah with your size and sex.
DROP DEAD! is a Hazazah Pictures production.
Paul Postma nominated for Dutch Design Award
7 Sep 2009The Big Bank Theory by Postma Graphics & Motion is nominated for the Dutch Design Award in the category Best Motion Design. In cooperation with Hazazah and Dawn Paul Postma directed the completely in 3D animated ALEX commercial. Illustrator Raoul Deleo made the drawings; his 2D illustrations are translated by The Ambassadors to a moving 3D fantasy world, explaining The Big Bank Theory.
The finalists in this 7th edition of the Dutch Design Awards have been selected from more than 700 projects by committees comprised of experts in the design field. The designs of all finalists and winners will subsequently be exhibited for one week in the Brainport Greenhouse on the Stadhuisplein in Eindhoven during Dutch Design Week. The international jury is comprised of among others Li Edelkoort, Cara McCarty and Marcus Fairs. They will ultimately decide who will be holding a Dutch Design Award on the stage on Saturday, October 17, 2009 in the Frits Philips Music Centre.
Watch The Big Bank Theory
Bram Schouw wins Bronze Cannes Lion
29 Jun 2009For the commercial The other story (Indie) Bram Schouw won a Bronze Lion at the commercial festival in Cannes last week. Earlier this year this film won a Silver Lamp at the ADCN Awards. Watch the commercial HERE.
Arjan Benning fotografeert cover VPRO-gids
5 Jun 2009
Bert Teunissen photographs new Ben campaign
25 May 2009Bert Teunissen fotografeert voor KesselsKramer de nieuwe Ben campagne.
Arjan Benning photographs Klaas van der Eerden
25 May 2009Arjan Benning heeft het affiche voor de nieuwe voorstelling Schwalbe van cabaretier Klaas van der Eerden gefotografeerd.
Work Marieke van der Velden nominated for New York Photo Awards
20 May 2009Three photographs by Marieke van der Velden were nominated for the New York Photo Awards at the New York Festival 2009 in the category Editorial Single Image. Watch the photo's HERE.
Arjan Benning photographs Papercloth
22 May 2009Arjan Benning photographed the project Papercloth - clothes made out of paper - by Anne Smolders. She graduated with two nines at the Design Academy in Eindhoven last week with this project. Watch the photo's
HERE.
Wim van der Aar regisseert nieuwe Beter Horen commercials
14 May 2009Bekijk commercials:
Beter Horen
Jeroen Hofman photographs new Discovery campaign
22 Apr 2009Jeroen Hofman photographs new Discovery campaign
Billy Pols makes NPS Kids & Docs
21 Apr 2009Billy Pols' documentary plan PLANK received a realization grant from the Media Fund. PLANK (Dutch for BOARD) is about the young Nassim Guammaz's passion for skating and his life in a Dutch-Moroccan family. Public broadcasting corporation NPS and Hazazah will produce the documentary, which will be shot this summer and directed by Billy.
Billy was invited by the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) to develop PLANK as part of Kids & Docs, an initiative of IDFA, Cinekid and the Media Fund. The documentary will be shown at IDFA and Cinekid and will be broadcasted on TV by the NPS.
Three Silver Lamps for hazazaH
15 Apr 2009At the presentation of the ADCN prizes JUBILEUM (Sensoor), directed by Bram Schouw and THUISZORG (SP), directed by Krijn van Noordwijk won a Silver Lamp. The leader YANi, Paul Postma and Roland Mylanus made for NEDERLAND IN 12 MOORDEN was also rewarded with a Silver Lamp.
Work Jeroen Hofman nominated for AOP Award
8 Apr 2009A photograph by Jeroen Hofman is nominated for the AOP Photographers Awards, the professional photographic awards for members of the Association of Photographers in London. They are regarded as THE awards for professional photographers and to be selected for entry into the book and for the accompanying exhibition is considered one of the highest accolades for professional photographers around the world.
Jeroen Hofman wins PANL Merit Award
6 Apr 2009At the presentation of the PANL Sony Awards #18 Jeroen Hofman won a Merit for his image of Clarence Seedorf. The PANL Awards are the most prestigious photography prizes for applied photography in the Netherlands.
The nominated and prizewinning entries will be exhibited from 3 to 23 April in the Oude Kerk, Oudekerksplein 23 in Amsterdam. Also on display are the photo's made by students during the PANL Sony Masterclass, given by Paul Bellaart and other photographers.
The photobook 'PANL Annual #18' with all nominated photographs in it is available at the exposition.
Nominations SAN Accent
30 Mar 2009hazazaH worked on four projects that are nominated for the SAN Accent - 'the only communication prize from advertisers for advertisers'. The following campaigns are nominated:
Delta Lloyd merkcampagne 2008 / Delta Lloyd / category corporate
Watch commercial EERSTE KEER directed by YANi
Hoeveel vakantie kan jij aan? / GOGO / category leisure time
Watch commercial VLAGGEN directed by Billy Pols
Goedemorgen! spoort niet-ontbijters op / Campina Goedemorgen! / category fast moving
Watch photography GOEDEMORGEN! by Jeroen Hofman
Campagne Helder Moment / Interpolis / category integrated communication
Watch commercials directed by Paul Postma with photography by Bert Teunissen and Edward van Gijn
HELDER MOMENT #1
HELDER MOMENT #2
The distribution of the SAN Accent will be held on the 28th of May.
Krijn photographs divine animals
30 Mar 2009Krijn van Noordwijk photographed animals traditionally associated with the divine for NRC Handelsblad's M Magazine. The photographs appeared in this month's issue as part of the national Bookweek, that had the theme The literary zoo.
Watch the BABOON, the OWL, the GOAT, the CAT and the LION.
Eight nominations ADCN Lamps for Hazazah
17 Mar 2009The following projects from Hazazah directors and photographers are nominated for the ADCN Prizes for Advertising and Design 2009 (click on the title to watch the film / photography):
YANi, Paul Postma and Roland Mylanus - leader 12 MOORDEN (TELEAC) / Art Direction Award
Billy Pols - commercial CYBERLOKKER (Meldpunt Kinderporno) / Young Director Award
Krijn van Noordwijk - fotografie DJ. A COLLECTION OF DJ PORTRAITS / Photography Award
Krijn van Noordwijk - commercial THUISZORG (SP) / Direction Award and Sound Award
Bram Schouw - commercial JUBILEUM (Sensoor)
Giuliyani - fotografie NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER / Photography Award
Marieke van der Velden - fotografie ONTWERP NATIONAAL WATERPLAN (Ministerie van VWS) / Photography Award
YANi - commercial DIT IS DE EERSTE KEER (Delta Lloyd)
Cablejuice is nominated in the category Sound with the commercial NOT JUST SNEAKERS (Coach), directed by Billy Pols. Paul Postma is nominated with the commercial HELDER MOMENT (Interpolis); Bert Teunissen is responsible for the photography.
The ADCN Lamps will be awarded April, 14th in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
The Big Bank Theory
4 Mar 2009Paul Postma directed in cooperation with Hazazah and Dawn the new, completely in 3D animated ALEX commercial. Illustrator Raoul Deleo made the drawings for The Big Bank Theory; his 2D illustrations are translated by The Ambassadors to a moving 3D fantasy world, explaining The Big Bank Theory.
The commercial tells the story of cute little creatures trying to store their gold. A story about the growth of the banking world, merging of banks, managers needing managers and the amount of money this costs: Big Banks spill the little creatures' gold. A tough, simple message, pictured in an eloquent symbolic and poetic language. Thanks to the strong graphical form Postma and Deleo chose for this commercial the illustrations will be incorporated in Alex’ identity, using the little create as a mascot.
Watch The Big Bank Theory
THE NETHERLANDS IN 12 MURDERS
4 Mar 2009YANi, Paul Postma and Roland Mylanus made the leader for the television documentary series THE NETHERLANDS IN 12 MURDERS. The series are put together by writers / historians Jan Blokker, Jan Blokker jr. and Bas Blokker and directed by Paul Cohen, Thomas Doebele and Maarten Schmidt. Paul Postma designed the film poster.
THE NETHERLANDS IN 12 MURDERS shows the dark side of the Netherlands and her inhabitants on the basis of 12 historical murders. While we like to believe differently, our history is full of murders committed out of hysteria, intolerance or hypocricy. From the Yde Girl, probably sacrificed around the beginning of the Christian era to the gods to Theo van Gogh, who had to die for another god. And from the poison murder on Jan van Beieren to the execution of Jan Pieterszoon Coen's reserve officer candidate Pieter Cortenhoeff, who fell in love with one of Coen's maids.
All 12 murders appear stopmotion animated in the unique leader. Watch the leader 12 MURDERS
DJ. A COLLECTION OF DJ PORTRAITS by Krijn van Noordwijk
4 Mar 2009With over 140 full colour studio portraits of DJ's from all over the world, photographer Krijn van Noordwijk honours today's musical hero. Most of the time, your average person in an audience only catches a glimpse of the artist, standing behind a pair of decks on a vast distant stage. Now his book is showing some of the personalities close up, in more than one sense. It puts an icon to the idol.
All portraits are shot in a classical way, technically speaking. But the expressions and emotions of the subjects are rather contemporary. Van Noordwijk spent over two years of DJ hunting to create his unique collection of some of the world's best-known and most talented DJ's. Carl Cox, Armin van Buuren, Sven Väth, Derrick May, Tommie Sunshine and Juan Atkins are just some of the names that go with the faces in this book. Krijn's idiosyncratic style of portrait photography makes this collection a true tribute to the DJ.
The book is for sale at www.djthebook.com.
IMPASSE | A BOY, A WALL AND A DONKEY
4 Mar 2009Shorts films by Bram Schouw and Hany Abu-Assad were selected for STORIES ON HUMAN RIGHTS, a unique film project assigned by Art For The World and the Verenigde Naties. On 10 December 2008 was the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Internationally recognised filmmakers, artists andwriters, have joined forces to mark this event by contributing to a unique film project composed by 22 three minute short-movies inspired by the six themes of the Universal Declaration: culture, development, dignity and justice, environment, gender and participation.
Bram Schouw directed IMPASSE, about an African girl and a white boy in a night train. Hany Abu-Assad - director of PARADISE NOW - directed the short film A BOY, A WALL AND A DONKEY about three boys who want to make a film in Ramallah. The premiere of the feature film at the Theatre National de Chaillot in Paris was attended by Bernard Kouchner, French Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Rama Yade, the French Secretary of State in charge for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights.
STORIES ON HUMAN RIGHTS participants have been selected for their strong artistic qualities and their deep interest towards the promotion of Human Rights : Marina Abramovic (Serbia/The Netherlands), Hany Abu-Assad (Palestine), Armagan Ballantyne (New Zeland), Sergei Bodrov (Russia), Charles De Meaux (France), Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster&Ange Leccia (France), Runa Islam (UK/Bangladesh), Francesco Jodice (Italy), Etgar Keret & Shira Geffen (Israel), Zhan Gke Jia (China), Murali Nair (India), Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso), Pipilotti Rist (Switzerland), Walter Salles e Daniela Thomas (Brazil), Saman Salour (Iran), Sarkis (France), Teresa Serrano (Mexico), Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritania), Pablo Trapero (Argentina), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand) and Jasmila Zbanic (Bosnia).
The movies have been shot in more than fifteen countries and languages. They will exist as single short movie and will also be presented all together in a feature film of eighty minutes, subtitled in the six official languages of the UN (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish). The film is accompanied by a book, published by Electa, that contains interviews with the film makers and the artists, still frames of the short movies and backstage pictures as well as contributions by twelve authors, including five Nobel prize winners, referring to the six themes of the Declaration: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Khaled Hosseini, Roberto Saviano, Naguib Mafuz, Elfriede Jelinek, Ruth Ozeki, José Saramago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Assia Djebar, Nuruddin Farah, Toni Morrison and Mo Yan.
From 2009, the short movies and the long feature will be screened around the world, especially in film festivals, cinemas, schools, museums and cultural institutions. They will also be broadcasted on the most important international TV channels.
IMPASSE by Bram Schouw wins NFTVM VERS Award
9 Feb 2009Last Friday Bram Schouw won the NFTVM VERS Award with his short film IMPASSE. The distribution of this incentive prize for young film makers took place at the Ketelhuis in Amsterdam.
The jury, consisting of Joram Lürsen (director Alles is Liefde) Jochum ten Haaf (actor Vuurzee), Petra ten Brinke (Filmfonds) en Ben Willems (Filmmore) rewarded IMPASSE with a 10.000 euro cheque.
Paul Postma directs The Big Bank Theory
13 Jan 2009Paul Postma directed in cooperation with Hazazah and Dawn the new, completely in 3D animated ALEX commercial. Illustrator Raoul Deleo made the drawings for The Big Bank Theory; his 2D illustrations are translated by The Ambassadors to a moving 3D fantasy world, explaining The Big Bank Theory.
The commercial tells the story of cute little creatures trying to store their gold. A story about the growth of the banking world, merging of banks, managers needing managers and the amount of money this costs: Big Banks spill the little creatures' gold. A tough, simple message, pictured in an eloquent symbolic and poetic language. Thanks to the strong graphical form Postma and Deleo chose for this commercial the illustrations will be incorporated in Alex' identity, using the little create as a mascot.
Watch The Big Bank Theory
Arjan Benning shoots numbers for Anthon Beeke's Naked Ladies Alphabet
12 Jan 2009Graphic designer Anthon Beeke asked Arjan Benning to photograph the numbers for his Naked Ladies Alphabet. Beeke is currently working on a book about 1969 the year in which he designed the famous letter series and wants to complete the alphabet with numbers. Arjan is now photographing zero to nine, with naked men forming the numbers this time.
Anthon Beeke's Naked Ladies Alphabet recently appeared in the press again because he won a case against performance artist Vanessa Beecroft, who made a nude alphabet for Louis Vuitton that was an unauthorized copy of the original series by Beeke.