ArnyZona Photography Blog

More Bruce...

2012-01-27T19:15:00.000+01:00

Another book cover....

2012-01-14T18:10:00.000+01:00

US/UK bestselling author R.J. Ellory latest print of 'A Quiet Vendetta' has a photo of your truly on the cover...

Here's the original photo, shot in New Orleans:

January: flood season...

2012-01-08T22:01:00.000+01:00

Forest 2

2012-01-06T22:53:00.000+01:00

Forrest 1

2011-12-20T15:04:00.001+01:00

What's down there?

2011-12-17T20:17:00.000+01:00

Sheep

2011-12-15T13:14:00.000+01:00

Tree

2011-12-07T16:43:00.000+01:00

No november updates? wtf?

2011-12-02T11:26:00.000+01:00

Sorry for neglecting the blog in november, it was a busy busy month. I'll promise to update regular from now on ;-)
Soon a little news on the bookfront... e-books anyone?

Sunday evening hike with Bruce....

2011-10-23T18:11:00.000+02:00

New book: FLORIDA

2011-10-08T12:39:00.004+02:00

Florida |

Back from another trip: Florida

2011-09-27T15:27:00.002+02:00

Still tripping from the jetlag, just got back from two and a half week of work and vacation in Florida. Our second visit tot the Sunshine State and definitive a much better experience than the first time (that one was just after huricane Katrina and we also visited New Orleans, Alabama and the Panhandle). Let's just say it was less work more play! We stayed every night on a different Island (yep Miami Beach is an Island!) and especially Cedar Key and Key West were great. And the prices, since it's hurricane season, where really low, we had big hotelsuites for the price of a broomcloset! Didn't even notice the fall of the Euro!

Wel let's stop the chatter and show some photo's.

Travelblog can be found in the menu at the right or here: http://arnyzona-florida.blogspot.com/ (sorry Dutch only, but lot's more pics). Here are the craziest over the top sunsets I've ever photographed (don't miss the best one two entries ago):

Street trilogy

2011-09-21T07:34:00.000+02:00

Miami sunset

2011-09-16T06:32:00.002+02:00

A couple of days ago we where in Miami for some photo gigs. As we drove over the MacArthur Causeway bridge, back to our hotel, I noticed a potential beautiful sunset condition in the rear view mirror. Jungle Island, we just approached, looked like a perfect spot to shoot the sunset, but most city view locations where of limits due to a movie set. Just in time we found a little beach, full of mosquitos and other insects that wanted our blood. But it was worth it!

New Aloha Sluts songs online!

2011-09-03T15:40:00.002+02:00

Aloha Sluts on Myspace

Caribbean dreams

2011-08-30T18:35:00.000+02:00

Graveyard shift

2011-08-12T20:39:00.001+02:00

Koffin Kats @ The Rambler

2011-08-01T18:55:00.000+02:00

Koffin Kats

More from Sjock 2011

2011-07-15T16:45:00.000+02:00

Jim Jones Revue

JD McPherson

Legendary Shack Shakers @ Sjock 2011

2011-07-12T19:46:00.000+02:00

Been campin'

2011-07-05T19:14:00.002+02:00

Uit den ouden doosch... (from the vaults)

2011-06-05T12:42:00.000+02:00

Once upon a time in Gaza...

Airplane Graffitti

2011-05-24T18:43:00.002+02:00

Slickrock

2011-05-12T16:56:00.000+02:00

NoMeansNo @ Queensday Pt II

2011-05-06T17:32:00.002+02:00

NoMeansNo @ Queensday 2011

2011-05-03T19:46:00.002+02:00

Queensday Festival 2011

2011-05-01T18:20:00.004+02:00

Two Cow Garage

Roger Miret & The Disasters

Constellation trilogy

2011-04-22T17:41:00.001+02:00

Back home!

2011-04-19T16:08:00.001+02:00

We're back from another USA-trip. Three weeks of Arizona and some days in Las Vegas. We had everything, from heat waves, snowstorm, deep atomic rocket silos, spending the night in little casitas in ghosttowns, lots of desert and snowy mountains. You can read about our adventures on our travel blog here (sorry Dutch only).

City of Rocks, New Mexico

2011-04-18T09:00:00.000+02:00

Loud review by Der Peter

2011-04-02T21:14:00.004+02:00

Der Peter, who wrote the foreword for Loud, wrote a review about Loud on his weblog. Here's a little exerpt:

as I finished my foreword with Need I say more? the question is, really, what can I say more? well, something about the actual finished product, perhaps, as I had no idea what it would look like or what the selection of pics would be, when I wrote it. the latter wasn’t essential for me to know, as I already was all too familiar with Arny’s portfolio. its quality is high-grade and consistent throughout the years. that sounds like a terrible cliché to write in a review, but I certainly don’t have to pretend. anyone who is a bit familiar with Arny’s work recognizes his excellence and skill, always finding a different angle to the subject; it vibrates, like the portrayed cymbals, snares and strings.

Read the whole article here.

Bruxelles

2011-04-01T07:57:00.000+02:00

LOUD out on Blurb!

2011-03-09T19:08:00.004+01:00

The official book presentation is scheduled for April, but you can order LOUD already through the Blurb Bookstore. LOUD is a retrospective of 25 years of concert photography. A document of underground R'n'R bands like the Gories, Sonic Youth, Oblivians, Pavement, Mudhoney, Reverent Horton Heat and numerous others.

Here's a preview:

Get 15% off if you order before March 31!

Just enter one of the following codes at checkout, and you’ll receive 15% off the product total on the book:

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Changing skyline II

2011-03-09T13:49:00.000+01:00

(Click on photo for bigger version)

Changing skyline

2011-03-08T14:27:00.002+01:00

Dyxum.com winner!

2011-02-16T13:52:00.003+01:00

The biggest alpha-mount community on the net, Dyxum.com, has chosen my entry 'Time Square Umbrella's' as the winner in their latest photo contest. The price taste extra sweet since the winner gets elected by Minolta and Sony camera users. It's the fifth time I won a Dyxum contest, but the first time I'm recieving the Golden Dyxum Patch ;-)

Thanx to everyone who voted for my pic!

Here's the photo:

Article in newspaper

2011-02-07T14:52:00.000+01:00

Zondagsnieuws, a local weekly newspaper has a feature about my work this week:

New book in a couple of weeks, but don't forget Desert[ed]!

2011-02-01T15:27:00.003+01:00

My new book is almost ready. Finished the layout yesterday and now I'm waiting for the first proof edition. More on the new book soon, here's a preview of the previous (you can still buy it through Blurb):

Inspirations [1]: Ansel Adams

2011-01-27T15:20:00.019+01:00

A series about books, photographers and artist that inspire my photography

Ansel Adams (1902 – 1984) was an American photographer and environmentalist, best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West.
Imagining the final result of the print before making the exposure (he called this visualization) is one of his revolutionary theories about photography. Something I like to do when shooting landscapes. Although he referred printing to the old ‘wet’ darkroom and I use a digital darkroom; Photoshop.

Adams saw photography as a form of composing. The making of the print (darkroom or digital prossing) is like arranging and orchestration.
One of his famous quotes: ”Expression is more important than reality, idea more important than fact, the print more important than its subject. For it is only in the print that such magnificence can be unfailingly orchestrated.”

Nothing beats seeing an original Adams print in true format in a gallery of museum. But his work is really to expensive (thousands of dollars) for my living room. So I have several Books of his hand.

‘Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs’ is one of the best photography books ever published. A must have for every serious (landscape) photographer!

www.anseladams.com

amazon
bol.com

Morning skies

2011-01-22T10:52:00.001+01:00

After the flood...

2011-01-20T15:01:00.000+01:00

Another flood...

2011-01-11T19:26:00.002+01:00

Happy Meeeeeh Year!

2011-01-04T19:25:00.000+01:00

Big article in Focus Magazine

2010-12-02T10:37:00.001+01:00

The december issue of Dutch photomagazine Focus has a 'little' feature about my work. The magazine contains a glossy portfolio of 10 (!) pages and an interview with yours truly. I've been blushing for more than a week now...
Focus is the oldest photo magazine in the Netherlands and the december issue also has a big article about Silver Camera winner Pim Ras, a special about RAW-files and lots more.

So check it out in your local news stand.

For all you non-Dutch readers, here's a little preview of the article:

Maas

2010-11-29T12:52:00.000+01:00

The river Meuse (Maas in Dutch) was flooding the land early this year. November was very wet, all rain records were broken. It provided me with a chance to go out with a camera for work, searching for a some nice shots.

Fanfare

2010-11-26T19:12:00.002+01:00

This month my dad had his 60th anniversary playing buegel with a brassband. Fuck the Rolling Stones! Damn, the longest I stayed in a band was 8 years.

Jim Jones Revue

2010-11-05T19:56:00.002+01:00

How's the saying, 'three times is a charm'? How about adding 'in three different countries'? We saw Jim Jones Revue this summer at the Sjock Festival in Belgium, at the Poison Rouge in New York in september and last weekend in the Effenaar in Eindhoven. And each time they blew the audience away!

DANCE!

2010-10-29T19:35:00.001+02:00

Last week, Idon, a local African dance & percussion, ensemble celebrated their 10th anniversary. They Asked me to shoot the show. Here's a little trilogy of the last rehearsal before the show:

Bruce likes Guiness!

2010-10-20T19:38:00.002+02:00

Nominee Photostory 2010 award

2010-10-10T23:00:00.001+02:00

I'm selected as one of the nominees for the Viewbook Photostory 2010 Award for my reportage about the nazi demonstration in my hometown, earlier this year.

You can support me by voting:
http://www.viewbookphotostory.com/2010/08/june-12-2010/

And do check out the other nominees. There are some fantastic photoseries nominated! (little change I'm gonna win!)

New York, New York

2010-09-25T22:54:00.002+02:00

We've just got back from a three week work vacation to New York. Shot lot's of concerts, made a reportage about the 9-11 demo that was controversial because of the speech by my 'countryman' Geert Wilders and fell in love with Williamsburg.

We had great summer weather (the photo above was shot during a short thunderstorm that even caused a tornado in Brooklyn!) But the city has changed a lot since we've been there a couple of years ago. Forget about the East Village, Chelsea or even Park Slope in Brooklyn. No,the place to be is Williamsburg, north-Brooklyn. Some may say it's already gone and over the top, but it's the last enclave of the alternative, arty and broke in New York. The rest of the city is one big Disneyland for yuppies and wannabees!
The worst was former CBGB's, it's a damn (too expensive) designer, vintage store. Where you pay 80 dollars for a picture disc of Styx (!!!!).

If you want to see some more photo's, check the travelogue (sorry Dutch only).

9-11 in New York

2010-09-12T09:02:00.000+02:00

Nationaal Park de Meinweg

2010-08-17T19:58:00.001+02:00

Saturday morning, shortly after sunrise at National Park de Meinweg...

Lots of new concert pics!

2010-08-08T19:12:00.000+02:00

In case you missed it, last week I uploaded 4 (!) pages with new concert photo's to my website:

And now for something completely different...

2010-07-27T12:23:00.001+02:00

Just a couple of shots I did for a magazine about agriculture...

Sjockfestival, part II

2010-07-14T21:26:00.003+02:00

Last weekend we spend at the excellent Sjock Festival in Belgium. Three days of psychobilly, rock'n'roll, garagerock and punk from the likes of Reverent Horton Heat, Legendary Shack Shaker, Fleshtones and tons of others...
Here's the first selection, shot during a thunderstorm that made the Shack Shaker show even a bigger party!
Although my camera didn't like the rain that much... it stopped working later that night.

Sjockfestival, part I

2010-07-12T21:28:00.001+02:00

Article in Columbus Travel Magazine

2010-06-19T17:28:00.002+02:00

Columbus Travel Magazine has an article about yours truly this month!
Some time ago they interviewed me about my travelphotography.
Check it out at your local book store or news kiosk!

Take the skinheads bowling...

2010-06-12T23:19:00.001+02:00

Today, june 12, 2010, a bunch of nazi-protesters walked the streets of my hometown, actually they demonstrated right in front of my house. A big policeforce had to enforce their right to march. At times the situation got a little grimm. June 12 is Anne Franks birthday....

More photo's here

Skarabeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

2010-05-24T13:51:00.002+02:00

Out now!

2010-05-06T16:50:00.001+02:00

In store now: 'Limburgse Waterwandelingen' a hiking guide that highlights the most beautifull creeks, streams and rivers in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands.

A colleque of mine, Ruud van Heel and I compiled the best 'wet' hikes through the lucious green hills of south-limburg and the amazing marshlands of the Peel.

Ofcourse I didn't leave my camera at home. The covershot and about half of the featured photographs in the book are made by yours truly.

Now in available in all Dutch bookstores or the webshop of the Mediagroep Limburg.

ISBN	9789085960652
Price	€12,95

Queensday festival 2010

2010-05-02T20:14:00.001+02:00

Last friday we celebrated the 10th edition of the Queensday Festival. And what a fine party it was... Here are some first pics:

The Candy Snatchers

Bouncing Souls

Pour Habbit

Back from Puerto Rico!

2010-04-29T15:16:00.000+02:00

Today we got back from a two and a half week trip to Puerto Rico. We drove around on the Islands, stayed a couple of days in the mountains and rainforest and ofcourse on the many beaches.

Highlights of the trip were our 5 days on Culebra and Vieques. Two of the last unspoiled Caribean Virgin Islands. No highrise and (almost) no resort on these two little gems. It's like going back 65 years in time...

And those sunsets.... aaaahhhhh....

Here are a couple of highlights. You can find our travelblog in the menu (sorry Dutch language only), with lot's of more photo's!

just a boring shot of an coconut....

2010-04-26T05:35:00.000+02:00

to be continued...

Vermillion Cliffs

2010-04-11T04:26:00.002+02:00

Found this one in my archive... One of my black'n'white bestsellers, but it looks cool in color too... just didn't notice it before...

Beppo

2010-04-08T16:15:00.000+02:00

Jim Marshall RIP

2010-03-25T17:22:00.002+01:00

Jim Marshall, the photographer who captured some of rock & roll’s most unforgettable images including photos of Jimi Hendrix burning his guitar at Monterey Pop and Johnny Cash flipping the bird at San Quentin, died in his sleep last night in New York. He was 74.
Here's a selection from of Jim's iconic photo's: Rolling Stone Magazine

Toad & his friends....

2010-03-20T22:32:00.000+01:00

eckeltse beek panorama's

2010-03-19T23:05:00.001+01:00

What's he doing?

2010-03-07T13:10:00.001+01:00

Monotonix - a different view

2010-02-26T11:45:00.001+01:00

Last september I shot the Israelian acrobatic punkrockers in Portland during a hair raising show at the MFNW festival. One of the most spectacular shows I ever saw. Here's the lucky shot of that performances:

Singer Ami wasn't so lucky a couple of weeks ago in Palm Beach, the audience wasn't as helpfull. A bad knee injury put an abrupt end to the show. This photo is shot by Spin photographer Ian Witlen:

A little valentine present

2010-02-14T19:22:00.001+01:00

Another website update. This time something to warm your mind during these cold winter evenings; desert flowers!

Music Fest North West pics finaly up

2010-02-12T14:04:00.021+01:00

Finaly found some time to upload some highlights from the Music Fest North West in Portland. We had a real blast there last september. Check 'm out here. Plus a little bonus; Mudhoney at the Dante in Portland.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart @ The Doug Fir, Portland - september 2009

The Bad Brains @ The Roseland, Portland - september 2009

from the vaults...

2010-02-07T22:44:00.000+01:00

Widescreen! Bigger photo's!

2010-01-28T18:01:00.002+01:00

I changed the look of this blog to a wider frame. Nobody uses a screenresolution of 800x600 anymore, so I dove into the html code of the blogger template and changed it a bit.
Yep, the photo's are gonna be bigger too:

update: I uploaded bigger versions to some older entries...

Uit den ouden doosch... (from the vaults)

2010-01-25T00:28:00.002+01:00

the apers

Jay Reatard RIP

2010-01-14T13:36:00.003+01:00

Just heard the shocking news that Jay Reatard died yesterday. He was 29 years old. Jay was one of the icons of modern garage punk. His work with The Reatards is one of the most furiest guitar assaults ever put to vinyl or CD.
His later solo work got great critical acclaim, with 'Blood Visions' (2006) named a modern classic by theinternational music press.

Here's a photo I shot of Jay, tearing up a matinee show in my hometown a couple of years ago:

A statement was posted on the website of Goner Records, that Reatard had died in his sleep. Friends of Lindsey stated that he had recently complained of flu-like symptoms.

Rest In Peace!

Hamburger Eyes SF

2010-01-08T16:02:00.003+01:00

This is a short documentary Nick Fogarty made about the photographers that put together the black and white photo zine Hamburger Eyes. Very inspiring...

Hamburger Eyes from Nick Fogarty on Vimeo.

More info:
hamburgereyes.com
hamburgereyeland.com

nickfogarty.com

Merry X-mas

2009-12-24T01:00:00.004+01:00

Waiting...

2009-12-22T18:43:00.001+01:00

Oregon photos online

2009-12-07T16:37:00.001+01:00

A selection of the photo's I took on our recent Oregon trip are finaly online!

Stroave promo photo shoot

2009-12-04T16:17:00.004+01:00

bare backsides pt 3

2009-11-07T19:42:00.001+01:00

bare backsides pt 2

2009-11-06T19:34:00.001+01:00

bare backsides pt 1

2009-10-28T14:30:00.001+01:00

Od chappel by the road side...

2009-10-11T16:24:00.002+02:00

We're back!

2009-10-07T05:23:00.005+02:00

Jetlagged... headache... post-trip hangover! Landed in Brussels yesterday, But our three week trip to the North West of the USA was really a blast! We had such a great time in Portland, allthough we missed our friends Bob & Tina, who were on a cruise to Alaska...
We had VIP-tickets (plus photopass) to the Music Fest NW festival, so maybe it sounds a bit bias, but we've never visited a city with such great micro breweries and dito pubs, recordstores and clubs! And seeing the Zero's, Bad Brains, Mudhoney, Sunny Day Real Estate and lot's of other bands in small clubs over the town... you can't imagine the atmosphere in these packed places....

But let's start from the beginning, we flew in to Seattle, stayed a couple of days, drove down to Portland to cover and photograph the Music Fest NW and then went down the Oregon coast. Hey been to Big Sur? Forget it! Of all the coastal trips we did over the years, only the Italian Amalfi Coast can beat it, but that one is only a one day drive...

After we left the Oregon coast we headed down through te red woods of California. If your looking for a thrilling ride, just do the Avenue of the Giants and try not to hit a tree that was here before Jesus was born, or Mohammed, or buddha...

After that we visited San Francisco for the second time this year, but this time we were in for something completely different: The Folsom Street Fair! Damn, what a party!

So, after that we needed some real vacation... Death Valley (FUCK THE PINK JEEP TOURS... tbc...) and for some last days of good food and shopping to Las Vegas....

The complete travellog is up for everyone (see the link on the right travel list), sorry Dutch only, but lot's of pics... and google translation or babelfish do a funny try to translate in your language!

Music Fest North West

2009-09-22T10:33:00.005+02:00

Had some fun shooting the Music Fest North West in Portland; four days of new and old, fresh and retro music. Above is Monotonix heating up the crowd for the old masters of hard core: The Bad Brains, in the Roseland Theatre:

After that we ran to Dante's, a steaming music café for the reunion show of the Zero's. Man, they rocked like they were back in CBGB's in 1976! But the big bang of the evening was Mudhoney, who really blew the roof of the place!

Of course we saw lots of other bands, to many to mention. We even managed to get out of the city and visited some beautiful canyons, waterfalls and more...

passing time in a hotel room...

2009-09-18T04:20:00.003+02:00

A pink doggy... and Roosbeef

2009-08-30T16:27:00.000+02:00

Deke Dickerson

2009-08-07T16:49:00.003+02:00

the oblivians

2009-07-30T20:01:00.001+02:00

a couple of pano's (click for a bigger version)...

2009-07-28T19:57:00.000+02:00

New Bomb Turks...

2009-07-19T23:36:00.003+02:00

The Gories!!!!

2009-07-18T20:20:00.000+02:00

Sometimes dreams come true, last weekend The Gories and Oblivians reunited and played the Sjock Festival in Belgium with lots of cool other bands...

Bruce wants a cabrio!

2009-07-11T17:12:00.002+02:00

Venlo Stadt-strand.... Jawohl!

2009-07-01T16:20:00.001+02:00

Gaslight Anthem

2009-06-22T08:22:00.000+02:00

A 'little' surprise... F*CK!

2009-06-03T18:44:00.003+02:00

Today I had a business meeting in Roermond, the town I used to work for. Driving down the highway I suddenly saw this huge bilboard, the photo looked somewhat familiar:

On my way back I stopped the car and took a closer look. Damn, it was one of my photographs! And it was huge, gigantic, monstrous!

I'm wondering where some of my old photo's are gonna turn up next...

New photoblog

2009-05-18T16:17:00.004+02:00

Since last week I'm experimenting with a daily photoblog on the international photoblog-community Aminus3. I'm gonna try if I succeed to upload a daily photo, either a new one or one from my archives... Here's the URL: http://arny.aminus3.com/