Help me realise my dream for THE OBSERVER picture book
Order it now!
In my book THE OBSERVER I will take you out into the street and place you among the people I have met. You may meet them, for a moment, and then they disappear again. They dissolve into 8 billion other people. The chances of meeting them again are minimal.
Limited edition THE OBSERVER
To celebrate that this photo book is definitely coming, we are making a limited edition of THE OBSERVER. There really are only 25 of these available. Signed and numbered in that limited edition of 25.
Already 13 sold, only 12 available.
With the limited edition, you will receive a fine art print worth 224 euros, including a certificate. You choose which photo! Buy it as a collector's item, office decoration, business gift or investment.
Thanks in advance!
The photo is printed on 30x45cm Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl paper.
Printed by Hahnemuhle Certified Studio Fotolab Kiekie in Amsterdam.
Expected delivery date: September 2024
Michiel the photographer
We know each other, of course, because we have worked, sparred or sparred together. You know I spent a very long time behind a computer at Yoast and then stormed into photography. This is why I dare to make an extra appeal to you.
My passion, as you know, is street photography. I often make my observations on the street without bringing the camera in front of my eye, on a whim or purely by feel. Often I only really see afterwards what I unconsciously saw before. With my camera around my neck, I disappear into the crowd and capture the most beautiful moments unposed.
I love beautiful lines and pleasing composition. I take you into my search for conversations between colours and people. I shoot from a low perspective, making you, the viewer, feel part of the conversation or situation. My photography is about capturing moments that will never happen again.
As a photographer, I walked hundreds of kilometres in places like Amsterdam, New York, Nijmegen and Paris. I got lost, and found my way back via hundreds of photos. My great desire is to create a snapshot of our time, with classic black-and-white photos and surprising colour photos. Bundled in a high-quality photo book, so that this document can be preserved for generations to come.
The book THE OBSERVER
It will be a very special book. A book with a linen cover and a paper cover featuring a gorgeous woman I met on the underground during a trip to New York. One of my wishes for the book is that you can open it completely flat, so you can see my photos really well.
Specifications
Print run: 500 copies
Size: 17 x 24 cm
Pages: 112 pages
Binding: Hardcover / Sewn with cold glue binding
All photos and text: Michiel Heijmans
Publisher: KOMMA, no ordinary publisher
Project and production supervision: Steven Hond and Willemien Geenen
Graphic design: Wout de Vringer
Expected release date: September 2024
Why do I need your help?
Making a book is expensive. Without your help, I will not succeed in making this book a reality. I have already done the preliminary work, taken and selected the photos, but now it needs to take a physical form!
By pre-selling my book now as a pre-order, I collect the financial resources to shape the whole thing. To pay the graphic designer, cover printing costs, fund marketing activities. Of course, I have already made a substantial investment myself.
I am also working on a crowdfunding campaign, but of course the crowdfunding platform takes a good swag commission. Then I'd rather give that commission as a rebate to you!
- For you €342, normally €364
- Besides this discount, of course, my eternal thanks!
But what kind of pictures are they?
THE OBSERVER features pictures of things you walk right past. Things you only see if you pay attention. Photos where you might have to look twice and then see something else. A captured emotion from a casual passer-by, or a striking colour that suddenly appears all over the photo. A gorgeous lady on the New York underground as on the cover, or someone who seems to step out of his own shadow. I love frames, colours and classic elements that complete the photo. Something extra that caught my eye during all those hours on the street.
A photograph is life's pause button
With this book, I want to hit a pause button for a moment. Frozen moments that nevertheless seem to live through the people I have captured. Very ordinary people, who in their own way contribute to the city in which they move. Who give us a glimpse into their world, their quest, their moment.
We record birthdays, and weddings, maternity and a holiday. But in between all those moments, so many beautiful things happen. You will find my observations on that very ordinary, everyday in the book THE OBSERVER.
Order your limited edition of THE OBSERVER now
Expected delivery date: September 2024 - well before Christmas!
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THANKS A LOT IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND CONFIDENCE!
