Visual Diary #013 – IFFR Portraits
With the International Film Festival Rotterdam still in full swing, a small selection of portraits i shot last week for the festival.

Albert Serra, director Els noms de Crist
February 2012, Bram Belloni for IFFR

Mia Hansen-Løve, director Un amour de jeunesse
February 2012, Bram Belloni for IFFR

Óskar Thór Axelsson, director Black's Game
January 2012, Bram Belloni for IFFR

Orhan Eskiköy and Zeynel Dogan, directors Voice of My Father
January 2012, Bram Belloni for IFFR

Vasily Sigarev, director Living
January 2012, Bram Belloni for IFFR

Simon Pummell, director and visual artist
January 2012, Bram Belloni for IFFR
> more on: the International Film Festival Rotterdam website
Visual Diary #012 – Dam Square in Moving Pictures
For some time now, i am working with moving pictures. Although most still experiments, i do not want to withhold this particular beautiful combination of the city of Amsterdam, mist and street singers.
Please see link for HD version down below.
Chasing Cars – Amsterdam Snapshots
2011, by Bram Belloni
Song is Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol, performed by unknown artists.
Visual Diary #011 – Production Video Morocco
For the I Am Gay and Muslim documentary i am traveling Morocco as photographer and cameraman. See what we do (sorry dutch only):
> More production diaries at Stichting art.1 YouTube channel
> Follow the project on Facebook: I Am Gay And Muslim Project Page
> About the production: Stichting art.1
Visual Diary #010 – Moroccan Street Art
Seen in Medina of Asilah, Morocco. Spray my wall too!
> Click for biggie
Visual Diary #009 – IDFA
Present at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam; Jason Baldwin, one of the West Memphis 3 and depicted over an 18 year span in the documentary series Paradise Lost by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky.

Jason Baldwin (middle), with Joe Berlinger, co-director Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
2011 Bram Belloni for IDFA
> more about Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory on Radical Media
Visual Diary #008 – IDFA
Meanwhile at IDFA.

Kevin Allison, host of the Risk Show
2011, Bram Belloni for IDFA
Kevin Allison, host of the Risk Show and in the IDFA DocLab 2011 programme.
Visual Diary #007 – A double double
The IDFA Daily of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam features a double interview spread accompanied with a double portrait. Two meetings were incidentally scheduled on the same time, so with colleague photographer Felix Kalkman we incorporated the two double portraits into each other.

Impression of the shoot, with on top Felix's picture and mine below.
With many thanks to the filmmakers Victor Kossakovsky, Alina Rudnitskaya, Steve James and Mandy Chang, guests of the festival and in the picture(s).
Visual Diary #006 – #OccupyAmsterdam
In following of the Occupy Wall Street movement, now they occupy Amsterdam too!

Tents of occupiers after the second night of protest at Beursplein. Amsterdam, 17 october 2011, photo: Bram Belloni

People gather at entrance Amsterdam Stock Exchange (NYSE Euronext) at the 9 o'clock monday morning opening. Amsterdam, 17 october 2011, photo: Bram Belloni

Protest signs at Amsterdam Stock Exchange. Amsterdam, 17 october 2011, photo: Bram Belloni


