Bram Belloni Photography and Visual Content Amsterdam

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Portrait photography for Heineken Prizes 2020

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Early 2022 I was commissioned to do the photography of the laureates of the Heineken Prizes 2020. A bi-annual prize for exceptional scientific research and (dutch) art by Stichting Alfred Heineken Fondsen. Due to the covid-19 travel restrictions the official portraits of the 2020 winners were postponed and I was glad to work on them now.

Portrait of Karl Deisseroth,Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences at Stanford University, California. Photography by Bram Belloni for Heineken Prizes.
Karl Deisseroth, Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences at Stanford University, awarded with the Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine 2020.
Palo Alto, CA United States, January 2022 – photo: Bram Belloni for Heineken Prizes
Portrait of Corinne Le Quéré, Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science at the University of East Anglia (Norwich, England). Photography by Bram Belloni for Heineken Prizes.
Corinne Le Quéré, Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science at the University of East Anglia, awarded with the Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences 2020.
Norwich, United Kingdom, April 2022 – photo: Bram Belloni for Heineken Prizes

Europe and North America were just opening up for international travel. So New Scientist Magazine formed a media team, did some insane production and scheduling, and off we went. This all in the lead of agency De Wolven, who did PR and strategy.

Portrait Robert Zatorre, Professor of Neuroscience at McGill University in Canada and researcher at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital). Photography by Bram Belloni for Heineken Prizes.
Robert Zatorre, Professor of Neuroscience at McGill University and researcher at The Neuro, awarded with the C.L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prize for Cognitive Science 2020.
Montreal, Canada, January 2022 – photo: Bram Belloni for Heineken Prizes

The team consisted of editor Fenna, videographer Robin and me for still-photography and it was a wild adventure. Passing borders of countries and states, each with it’s own regulations, all while dodging the virus.

Portrait of Bruce Stillman, President of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) in the state of New York. Photography by Bram Belloni for Heineken Prizes.
Bruce Stillman, President of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), awarded with the Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics 2020.
Cold Spring Harbour, NY USA, January 2022 – photo: Bram Belloni for Heineken Prizes

And not only for regulations. The last part went from a minus 28 degree celsius Montreal to plus 25 degrees California, ending in a true east coast snow blizzard in NYC. This, including crossing timezones, makes your brain felt like scrambled eggs. What a ride.

Published: 19 June 2022
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Editorial photography for Financial Times

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When the Financial Times (UK) picture desk assigned me to do a new editorial photo series in Amsterdam, I was extremely happy to work on it. Beside a solid editorial photography assignment – where I put my focus on, the subject was also close to my heart: The housing situation in my hometown Amsterdam.

Sample of Financial Times website with editorial photography by Bram Belloni, Amsterdam
Tear sheet Financial Times – editorial photography by Bram Belloni, Amsterdam

Visually, the main focus was on the Amsterdam North, NDSM area. Where at the moment huge property development takes place. Passing by every month or so, I notice a new tower erected! Being an former heavy industrial area, this is the perfect example of gentrification.

To have the best visual impact of the change I decided to put a lot of effort picturing the skyline of the NDSM area. Since it is located at the river IJ, I shot a lot from the opposite bank, central-side. Using extreme tele lenses.

Amsterdam housing photo series - by editorial photographer Bram Belloni, Amsterdam for Financial Times
Amsterdam Housing – Youth in Amsterdam center-side with a view at NDSM area in full construction
Amsterdam, July 2021 – Bram Belloni for Financial Times
Amsterdam housing photo series - by editorial photographer Bram Belloni, Amsterdam for Financial Times
Amsterdam Housing – GVB Ferry stop, the main public transport line to the expanding NDSM area
Amsterdam, July 2021 – Bram Belloni for Financial Times
Amsterdam housing photo series - by editorial photographer Bram Belloni, Amsterdam for Financial Times
Amsterdam Housing – View from Amsterdam center-side with a view at NDSM skyline in full construction
Amsterdam, July 2021 – Bram Belloni for Financial Times
Amsterdam housing photo series - by editorial photographer Bram Belloni, Amsterdam for Financial Times
Amsterdam Housing – New estates NDSM area
Amsterdam, July 2021 – Bram Belloni for Financial Times
Amsterdam housing photo series - by editorial photographer Bram Belloni, Amsterdam for Financial Times
Amsterdam Housing – Residential development NDSM area as seen from existing neighborhood
Amsterdam, July 2021 – Bram Belloni for Financial Times

The article included interviews with local experts and persons concerned. Accompanied with portraits.

Sample of Financial Times website with editorial photography by Bram Belloni, Amsterdam
Tear sheet Financial Times – editorial photography by Bram Belloni, Amsterdam
Published: 2 September 2021
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Topics: Amsterdam, assignments, documentary, editorial, publications, tearsheets

Editorial portraits for New Scientist Magazine

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For New Scientist magazine I have been assigned to do editorial portraits for the monthly article Opinie Interview.

Tearsheet publication New Scientist Magazine 79, July/August 2020. Interview epidemiologist Gowri Gopalakrishna - interview by Job de Vrieze, editorial photography by Bram Belloni
Epidemiologist Gowri Gopalakrishna in New Scientist Magazine 79, July/August 2020.
Interview by Job de Vrieze, editorial photography by Bram Belloni (click for bigger image)

In this item editor Jop de Vrieze and me meet researchers, scientists and academics from all sort of specialisms, giving a rather personal view on conducted research methods in their field.

Tearsheet publication New Scientist Magazine 77, May 2020. Interview energy transition expert Auke Hoekstra - interview by Job de Vrieze, editorial photography by Bram Belloni
Energy transition expert Auke Hoekstra in New Scientist Magazine 77, May 2020. Interview by Job de Vrieze, editorial photography by Bram Belloni (click for bigger image)
Tear sheet publication New Scientist Magazine 71, november 2019. Interview medical biologist Rik van der Kant - interview by Job de Vrieze, editorial photography by Bram Belloni
Medical biologist Rik van der Kant in New Scientist Magazine 71, november 2019.
Interview by Job de Vrieze, editorial photography by Bram Belloni (click for bigger image)

It is great to work on the same item for a few years now. Also because of the strict requirement by the magazine to shoot in black and white. Which happens not so much nowadays. And forces me as photographer, to reinvent looking in black and white.

Published: 1 July 2020
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Topics: assignments, editorial, people, portraits, publications, tearsheets