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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.

read more > Heineken Prizes
with many thanks to > De Wolven
and of course > New Scientist Magazine, Netherlands

Published: 19 June 2022

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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.

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many thanks to editor Jop de Vrieze
see a selection of New Scientist portraits in the portfolio

Published: 1 July 2020

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Topics: assignments, editorial, people, portraits, publications, tearsheets

IAGAM in Monthly Photo magazine – South Korea

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The South Korean Monthly Photo magazine published parts of the I Am Gay and Muslim documentary photo series as Special Feature in the 2019 April issue.

Tear sheet of South Korean Monthly Photo Magazine April 04/2019 issue, featuring I Am Gay and Muslim photo series by photographer Bram Belloni. — Tear sheet Monthly Photo magazine (South Korea), issue April 2019.
Featuring the I Am Gay and Muslim documentary photo series by Bram Belloni (click for larger image).

The article reviews the series, the process of the overall production and discusses the ‘same-sex marriage’ issue. Which was introduced in the Netherlands is 2001 as first first country that officially allows same-sex marriages.

It is great to have the images and the cause made available to this part of the world!

thanks photo editor Yihyun Park!
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Published: 4 April 2019

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Topics: documentary, portraits, projects, publications, tearsheets