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Tearsheets: Editorial Photography for Folia Magazine

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Folia Magazine, an independent publication for the University of Amsterdam I frequently work for, recently got redesigned. With art directors at Vruchtvlees we worked on the photography for the new cover.

Folia Magazine 17-2014/2015, Cover photography: Bram Belloni, art direction: Vruchtvlees. (Bram Belloni)
Folia new food bloggers Tristan and Gregory, cover Folia Magazine 17-2015
Amsterdam, January 2015, Bram Belloni for Folia Magazine

They wanted to go for a clean and more graphical shot. In support of the redesign leaning heavily on typography. Vegetables on the cover are digital altered (but all were thrown in air).

The Netherlands, Amsterdam, 13 January 2015. Portrait Tristan van Hoolwerff (l) and Gregory Edelenbos (r), students at Hogeschool van Amsterdam and Folias new food bloggers. Photo: Bram Belloni / Nederland, Amsterdam, 13 januari 2015. Portret Tristan van Hoolwerff (l) en Gregory Edelenbos (r), studenten aan Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) en nieuwe Kookbloggers van Folia Magazine. Foto: Bram Belloni / (c) 2015, www.belloni.nl (Bram Belloni)
Tristan and Gregory. Amsterdam, January 2015
Bram Belloni for Folia Magazine

Besides the cover photography, we did a lot of additional work for dedicated use on the Foliaweb website and for use in their blog posts.

Screen shot Foliaweb-website with different uses of the shoot
Screen shot Foliaweb-website with different uses of the shoot

> art direction: Vruchtvlees
> read more about Folia Magazine

Date: 24 January 2015
Categories: publications
topics: assignments, editorial, portrait, publications, tearsheets

Visual Diary #024 – CITIZENFOUR

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Currently working for the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).

One of this festival highlights is the feature length documentary CITIZENFOUR by director Laura Poitras, -the- film about Edward Snowden. It was interesting to hear the story about the process of making this complicated film.

The Netherlands, Amsterdam, 23 November 2014. The 27th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam - IDFA 2014. QnA with director Laura Poitras after screening documentary CITIZENFOUR at Tuschinski Theatre. From left; Sarah Harrison (journalist and WikiLeaks editor), producer Mathilde Bonnefoy, Jacob Appelbaum (in documentary), director Laura Poitras, moderator Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal. Photo: Bram Belloni (Bram Belloni)
Makers documentary CITIZENFOUR during QnA after screening. From left; Sarah Harrison (journalist and WikiLeaks editor), producer Mathilde Bonnefoy, Jacob Appelbaum (in documentary), director Laura Poitras, QnA moderator Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal.
November 2014, Bram Belloni for IDFA

> Read more about the documentary CITIZENFOUR, or on iMDB
> Read more about the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)

Date: 25 November 2014
Categories: sketchbook
topics: documentary, film, film festival, visual diary

Visual Diary #023 – Arnon Grunberg for Folia Magazine

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When Folia Magazines departing editor-in-chief Jim Jansen asked me to accompany him for his last interview for the magazine, I suspected I was in for a treat.

The interviewee was Arnon Grunberg, Dutch author and columnist. Beside his literary works, I have always held him in high regards because of his commentary on contemporary (Dutch) issues in his columns. And for awesome projects like Les vacances de Monsieur Grunberg.

The Netherlands, Amsterdam, 05 October 2014. Portret Arnon Grunberg, Dutch author at Hilton Amsterdam. Photo: Bram Belloni / Nederland, Amsterdam, 05 oktober 2014. Portret Arnon Grunberg, auteur, in Hilton Amsterdam. Foto: Bram Belloni / (c) 2014, www.belloni.nl (Bram Belloni)
Arnon Grunberg, Dutch author
October 2014, Bram Belloni for Folia Magazine

With Folia Magazines art-director Pascal Tieman we decided to go for a different angle; instead of color portraits, high contrast black and white images which he completed with colored gradients.

> Commissioning editor: Jim Jansen, art-director Pascal Tieman
> Read the interview in Folia Magazine #9-2014
> Read more about Arnon Grunberg

Date: 14 November 2014
Categories: sketchbook
topics: assignments, editorial, people, portrait, sketchbook, visual diary