A day at the museum

Happy Monday! This weekend I visisted the exhibition of Edward Steichen at the FOAM museum in Amsterdam. His photographs of models, actresses and public figures are breathtaking and powerful and could have been shot yesterday.

  

Edward Jean Steichen (March 27, 1879 – March 25, 1973) was an American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator. His photos of gowns for the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911 are regarded as the first modern fashion photographs ever published. From 1923 to 1938, Steichen was a photographer for the Condé Nast magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair.  Source wikipedia

Monday funday

Happy Easter Monday! I don't know about other countries, but the Netherlands has a 2nd day of Easter, meaning one more day off!. Loving this Sunday that is actually Monday, filled with sunshine and relaxing things to do. These extra days of personal time do me good: I have these new ideas for my home, tried some new yoga poses, started Deepak Chopra's meditation classes to de-stress and have been searching for some challenges that will get more attention (photography, cooking, career, etc.). Great start of the week!

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Muffin top

Happy Friday everyone! I am super happy the weekend is starting, am even working from home and just baked chocolate with caramel muffins to celebrate! It has been super stressful, so I think I deserved it :). This weekend I want to start a new book, write down the christmas present list and enjoy the sun . What do you have planned? Have a good one!

 

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Little black jacket

Happy Wednesday. As promised, some of my favorite little black jackets (the book is on my wish list!) from the Chanel/ Karl Lagerfeld exhibition at the Saatchi gallery in London:

Smile

How fun is this? Two of my favorites (blogs here and here) caught in the act...almost.

 

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Camera bag

 

from Jak & Jil

Rose

 

Christy Turlington by Patrick Demarchelier

Christmas Wishlist

Some might come true, others may stay a fantasy...here is my top 5 wishlist for Christmas:

 

Irreverent by Carine Roitfeld

 

Chanel nail polish

 

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Camera Lens 

 

Louis Ghost chair by Phillipe Starck 

 

I wish, I wish, I wish... Sofia Coppola for Louis Vuitton

Flashy

 

the Glamourai

Frame it

 

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Cute camera

 

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Camera cupcake

Two of my favorites joined together :)

 

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Rain

From a super sunny day to a depressing rainy next one...it is happening here in Amsterdam. I was walking to and from the train station this morning, with an umbrella that really needs to be replaced (half broken by the wind), but I get attached to them...don´t know why. Maybe because you can tell that I have walked the storms (ok maybe not storms, but windy weathers).

 

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Show me what you got

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This weekend I am showcasing my first work in Amsterdam. I choose to exhibit only pictures of flowers, as they are a silent piece of art that remind you of the simple beauties in life. Am super nervous! I will blog some of them next week (after jury verdict). Have a relaxing, interesting weekend :)

Working it

Morning all! Today some pictures I took over the weekend. Hope you like them!

 

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Snap snap

Me and my camera have been an item for a couple of weeks now. But I still find it hard to just walk the street and snapshot people (cause that is what I would love to do, be a mini theSartorialist or Garance uhuh :) ). I need to be more confident that I will not got yelled at or when I do, I just take it. Maybe I should make my camera more approachable....?

 

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Princess Mabel@ The Gentlewoman

 

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Just wanted to share the beautiful pictures that came with the even more fascinating interview with princess Mabel, living in London, working for The Elders and being royalty and a mum. She was shot by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin wearing Viktor & Rolf.

Time for Weekend

Almost time for the weekend! Cannot wait, how about you? Mine is filled with birthday parties, yoga and packing for the sun (am helping, not going anywhere myself). Have a good one!

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Amsterdam at night

Practicing the art of photography..

 

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Texture

As I am trying to become a(n amateur) photographer, I am starting to focus on how to show texture. It is pretty hard and I still don´t really know how to do it, but I think this photo is a start :)

 

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