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Moi Nojoud, 10 ans, divorcée (Ik was negen toen ik moest trouwen)

I just finished this beautiful book. Another autobiography/biography. It's about a girl that had to marry when she was 9 years old. It's a amazing book, that keeps suprising you page after page and I don't mean that in a good way. Here I will publish the back side of the book in Dutch. 

Ik was negen toen ik moest trouwen is het waargebeurde verhaal van een dapper meisje, dat wist te ontsnappen uit een gedwongen huwelijk. Nadat Nojoud bij de rechtbank had aangeklopt, lukte het haar om met de hulp van een vrouwelijk advocaat,  internationale hulporganisaties en de lokale media, haar scheiding erdoor te krijgen. Dit was een opmerkelijke gebeurtenis in Jemen, waar normaal gesproken iedereen zwijgt over het feit dat bijna de helft van alle meisjes wordt uitgehuwelijkt onder de wettelijke minimumleeftijd van vijftien jaar. Nojouds verhaal geeft andere meisje de moed om zich te verzetten tegen de gebruiken van hun land.

Couldn't find a good summary of this book in English, but it's called: Me, Nojoud, 10, divorcee. So you can read about it on the internet, there are a lot of articles about this book.

Martine Stig

I love the realness of the photo's that Martine Stig takes. They're not extraordinary events she photographs, but real life moments and than to capture it in a way she does is very inspiring. To see how something so "normal" can be captured in a way to relive that moment by looking back at them. 


Martine Stig about her work:
The starting point in my work is photography; it's authenticity and voyeurism. Besides using the medium, I research the role it plays in looking at reality.
Referring to cliché's developed by the omnipresence of images, I try to direct the viewer by playing with his 'experience in viewing'. I am interested in the cultural differences involved in looking at an image, depending on context how one image can give reverse messages. But I am also interested in the universal need to take and cherish pictures of loved ones.

Sunday, Boom, 50 cm x 50 cm

Sunday (1997) is a family album of a fictitious childhood. In this series I searched for the unwritten rules for family photography, the cliché images that function as a collective memory. I staged scenes that can be found in every family album. The interchangeable pictures are so recognizable that no one doubts their genuineness.

Leuk voor later, 90 cm x 135 cm Leuk voor later (For future use) (1995) which I made for my final exam. I tried to figure out to what extent does photography contribute to the creation of memories. In this series I focused on the properties of the snapshot. I staged scenes that could be taken from my daily life. By using tricks and aesthetics of the snapshot the images became convincing, as if the action really took place.

CÉLINE

These are pictures from the Advertising Campaign for the Winter 2010 collection of CÉLINE. They grabbed my attention because of the simpleness of the designs, photography and models. And I really love the fact that they used an older model as well!

Paperself

I found these eyelashes of Paperself. They're just little pieces of art don't you think?


Here some information about Paperself from there own website:
Paperself is a platform for the innovative exploration of paper for contemporary product design. 
Since the time of the ancient Egyptians, paper has enabled the world to communicate. It has bought continents closer together, educated millions and for centuries has provided a canvas for creation, experimentation and the realisation of ideas. Paper is everywhere and now it is evolving into a new dimension.

Deer & Butterfly

Small Deer & Butterfly

Peach Blossoms

Peacock

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