A Good World in Noorderlicht Photogallery
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assembled by guest curator Machiel Botman February 17 through April 1, 2007 opening Friday, February 16, at 5:00 p.m. by Machiel Botman, with the photographers in attendance Ingvild Arnesen (Norway) Arja Hyytiainen (Finland) Christien Jaspars (Netherlands) Dorothy Richardson (Canada) Jerome Sother (France) Alessandro Tattini (Italy) At times it seems as if unpolished, poetic photography has passed The Netherlands by, notes the photographer and guest curator Machiel Botman (Heartbeat, Rainchild). Certainly, names like Robert Frank, Christer Strömholm and Daido Moriyama are part of the canon here too, but how many here know the work of Anders Petersen, Antoine d¹Agata or J.H. Engström? These six do, says Botman of the photographers he selected for the exhibition A Good World in Noorderlicht Photogallery. They maintain contacts with each other and with the photographers named above, by mail and at workshops, on the basis of friendship and equality. More important yet: like their kindred spirits they have the gift of looking within themselves with photography. They are also newcomers. Not necessarily because they are young they range in age from 20 to 70 but they are new to the discipline. Several of them have just begun photographing, others have been working for years in the seclusion of their own world. None of them commands a wide audience yet. It is precisely these stories that have not yet taken shape that intrigue Botman. He compares them with receiving a present: ŒYou get excited, you get to unwrap it, make it part of yourself.¹ He feels it is a great privilege to literally be able to look inside another¹s mind and soul, Œbecause this is about people who are prepared to expose their vulnerabilities and open themselves up by means of photography.¹ The title of the exhibition comes from the question posed by Robert Frank in his foreword to Crocodile Tears, the photobook with which Jerome Sother has just debuted: ŒIs this a good world for him and us?¹ A Good World is comprised of many-layered images that stimulate, enchant and alarm. Each and every one of them, says Botman, are part of a search for an answer to Frank¹s question: Is this a good world? Statement by Machiel Botman: visit www.noorderlicht.com/eng/gallery/current/index.html Noorderlicht Photogallery Akerkhof 12 Groningen free admission !! New hours: Wednesday through Sunday 12 noon to 6:00 p.m. www.noorderlicht.com

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