All posts filed under: Het Nieuwe Instituut

Actually, we could use some pictures of..

Photographing at work, is partly about me benefiting from the opportunity to photograph interiors, and some other things that I find interesting. Sometimes these pictures find their way to the museum’s communication channels, but I take them on my own initiative and for my own pleasure. The […]

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Studio

I used to write film reviews for a newspaper. I remember that for a long time I was worrying that I would be sitting in that film theatre, and not having a clue what to write about the film I was watching. Or rather: that I would have no […]

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I wouldn’t mind if some of these were mine

I’ve been working with these archives for years now, but I never grow tired of it. I’m mostly interested in their photographic collections, rather obviously so I suppose, and they are still a source of wonder to me. Not so much because I keep finding new things (that […]

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Yes

The Museumnacht is a yearly recurring event in Rotterdam, taking place at more than twenty museums and other cultural organisations that open their doors until after midnight. And mostly they organize special events within the event. And since we take part in this thing, I was asked […]

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The house

Some recent takes on the house. The colour scheme of the interior is one of its most eyecatching assets, although for me it’s mostly the spaces and how they are connected that make me come back here so very often. When I first photographed the house, […]

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At work

I’m very fond of the Fuji in situations like this. Making quick rounds through the building, photograph what catches my eye, things that may or may not end up on the museum’s social channels. All in all, I like the Fuji better indoors than outdoors, especially […]

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Office hours

I was at this new year’s reception at work, and that’s okay because it’s work, but I wouldn’t be there if I didn’t have to. I feel lost in crowds, and find very little pleasure in this mingling chit-chatting routine with a drink in my […]

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Moving office

So, we’re in the new office now. I like to sneak up to the fifth floor every now and then, to the old space, to see what’s left and what’s not. Strange as it may be, the plants are new. They have never been there before.

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