Bram Belloni - editorial photographer, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Tearsheet: Daily Tiger – IFFR

bbelloni — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:16:24 +0000

Festival paper The Daily Tiger of the International Film Festival Rotterdam features in this years edition a two-page interview. With a picture over the spread. Here some examples of what i made.

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Aki Kaurismäki by Bram Belloni for Daily Tiger - International Film Festival Rotterdam 2012

Ruben Öslund by Bram Belloni for Daily Tiger - International Film Festival Rotterdam 2012

Visual Diary #013 – IFFR Portraits

bbelloni — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:55:50 +0000

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

bbelloni — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:28:38 +0000

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.

> see Chasing Cars | amsterdam snapshots in HD

Visual Diary #011 – Production Video Morocco

bbelloni — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:03:55 +0000

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

bbelloni — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:58:23 +0000

Seen in Medina of Asilah, Morocco. Spray my wall too!

Street art Asilah Medina. Credits to the (unknown) artist.
December 2011

> Click for biggie

Morocco, Part Deux

bbelloni — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:27:40 +0000

Impression Rabat, Morocco
november 2011

For dutch foundation Stichting Art. 1, i went first half of November to Morocco for a photo series of young gays in a Muslim country. This series of portraits is an addition to the documentary I am Gay and Muslim, produced by Stichting Art. 1.

With the first results in, the making of the series will continue in the second half of December 2011. Casablanca, Tangier, Al Hoceima, Nador, Rabat; Morocco field trip!

Visual Diary #009 – IDFA

bbelloni — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:45:14 +0000

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

bbelloni — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:31:24 +0000

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

bbelloni — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:38:00 +0000

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).

Just Married – The Hollandse Hoogte Feest! project

bbelloni — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:31:18 +0000

Just Married – The early morning aftermath from a Dutch wedding. For the Feest! (Party!) – documentary project, for which members of Dutch photo agency Hollandse Hoogte, covered the theme “Party”. This project was in cooperation with Dutch newspaper nrc.next.

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Just Married – The early morning aftermath from a Dutch wedding. By Bram Belloni for the Hollandse Hoogte ‘Feest!’ project.