Now online: my NPO report on South By Southwest!
A couple of weeks ago, I was in Austin to attend the Interactive conference of South By Southwest. I reported in Dutch about my findings, and you can read the blog posts I made on NPO.nl/sxsw!
From fake news to the Brexit, from Trump to Facebook Live and from atomised news to clickbait: you can read all about it in 22 blogposts. Some of them are brief, some of them are more in-depth, and they're all in Dutch!
I'd love to hear what you think about my reports - don't hesitate to connect me via Twitter, or via mail. I hope the posts are as inspiring to you as the talks in Texas were for me.
'Depart' is still for sale, also in 'Meerdijk'
Look what 1.5 million people saw in a recent episode of 'Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden': Depart! The book was recently visible in a store scene that took place in 'Meerdijk', the fictional village where the most popular soap of The Netherlands takes place.
Check out this donkey in Escapism Magazine
After taking over their Instagram account, the guys from Escapism Magazine also featured my photography in their print edition! If you're in the United Kingdom, you can check out the donkey shot I took in Jordan in the March edition of UK's biggest independent travel magazine. Here's what they wrote:
"Follow Amsterdam-based Joost's adventures to West Africa, India and more for a glimpse into the daily lives of the country's residents. Baguettes on a motorbike? Donkey in a desert? Soccer at sunset? It's all here."
You'll find more features, collaborations and assignments on the 'Features' page.
Simyo's Smart Smartphone Photography Videos are online!
For the first time in my life, I've hosted a video web series! For Dutch mobile telephone provider Simyo and in cooperation with Bruut Amsterdam and advertising agency Kokoro, I'm giving some tips and tricks on how to take a good picture with a smartphone.
There are four videos online: one is about macro photography, another about portrait photography. And in Rotterdam, we filmed the episodes about Light and Composition! You can check out the videos on YouTube - please watch them and let me know what you think!
My work is featured by Escapism Magazine!
When The Guardian put ‘Depart’ high on their ‘Top 10 Travel Books for Christmas’ list, more and more people learned about the photo book we made. Some of those people work at Great Britain’s biggest independent travel magazine Escapism Magazine, a monthly publication (with a circulation of 100,600) that goes out across London once a month.
They’ve asked me to take over their Instagram account, so make sure to check out their feed on the following couple of days! Pictures I took in India will also appear in their newsletter and the March issue of Escapism Magazine - so if you're in London in March, grab me a copy okay?!
Instagram takeover: Visiter l'Afrique
When Diane Audrey Ngako asked me if I'd like to temporarily 'take over' her platform's Instagram account, I didn't hesitate for a second. "To inspire you to travel around Africa", she started the @visiterlafrique account and the linked website two years ago. Eventually, she even quit her job as a Le Monde journalist to pursue her African dream - she now runs a big, and still growing platform with 'ambassadors' all over the African continent.
From last Monday until the end of today, I've posted pictures of my trip to Ivory Coast, Mali and Senegal on Diane's @visiterlafrique Instagram account, you can check them out here. I'd love to hear what you think - send me a message !
'Depart' is featured on Hypebeast & The Guardian!
Pretty exciting: MENDO book 'Depart' is one of the best travel books of 2016, according to The Guardian. On their website, one of the biggest English news websites of the world, Will Coldwell names 'Depart' in The Guardian's 'Top 10 Travel Books For Christmas' list. The book is also recently featured on culture & fashion website Hypebeast. Check it out! Or just buy the book here.
We're back!
We’re back from our trip to Ivory Coast, Mali and Senegal! And if you haven’t already read about it on Instagram: we had three great weeks. Ivory Coast is tropical, in your face, lively and a bit crazy. I loved the 'maquis', little bars where you can drink a beer and eat some fried chicken, and the Abissa festival in Grand-Bassam was more than awesome.
Mali is a lot calmer, but there’s something simmering, right underneath the surface. It’s weird to visit a country at war, but apart from the military checkpoints in and around Bamako, day to day life goes on. It’s a country with a lot of kids - the average Malian is 16 years old - and we spotted a lot of kids. Even in the sparsely populated areas of the country we had encounters with toddlers that looked at us like they’ve never seen a white person before, which might just be the case.
Senegal is a richer country, more controlled, and we had a lot of fun in the beautiful eastern corner of the country, around Kédougou. We’ve also been to Saint-Louis and Dakar, two bigger cities that used to be very important for the French colons, and that’s still noticeable. You can see some of the pictures I took in those three countries above - I'll also be sharing my thoughts on an African HUB-account on Instagram. Follow me on IG to see which account that's going to be and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to send me an email!
From my night shift at the 'President's Night'
So last night started out great - I enjoyed a great performance by the phenomenal Gregory Porter at the royal Carré theatre. Afterwards, I went straight to the 'Melkweg' music venue to record the video above. There, at the 'President's Night' event, there were almost no Trump supporters (and a lot of Clinton supporters), so around 3am local time the mood turned a bit grim. I was surprised by the election's outcome as well - I guess that has something to do with my 'web bubble': definitely check out this piece by Matthew Hughes.
Picture by Deniz Alkaç
Presented a web series about mobile photography for Simyo
For the first time in my life, I've hosted a video web series for Dutch telephone provider Simyo! In cooperation with Bruut Amsterdam and advertising agency Kokoro, I'm giving some tips and tricks on how to take a good picture with a smartphone. The four videos are being edited now, and will be published on YouTube and Facebook. Pretty exciting! To be continued.
'Depart' has arrived!
After 'Starring Amsterdam', I've spent a lot of evenings and weekend days working on a brand new photo book, called 'Depart'. In the book, 25 Insta-famous photographers (handpicked by Willem, Bob and Bastiaan Sizoo) take you on a visual trip along their favourite locations. I'm responsible for every text, the introduction and a chapter with pictures I took in Jordan, Palestine and Israel. I'm super proud! The book has been launched at Hutspot Amsterdam and is now broadly available (also online).
There's a new Artfest evening on its way
Artfest is back! The talkshow about art, hosted by Marian Cousijn and Ernst-Jan Pfauth of De Correspondent, starts its new season on Amsterdams yearly 'Museum Night' event. The theme of the first edition is 'Future dreams' and will feature three guests from the international art scene - Agatha Haines, Jesse Howard and Lennart Booij will be interviewed on stage (more info here!). And because of the 'Museumnacht', the Artfest stage will be in the world famous 'Stedelijk Museum'! I will be there to direct the talkshow, and I hope I'll see you there as well: Museumnacht tickets can be bought through this link.