Commemorative event finalizing torchlight procession in Halden 25.07.2011
Posted by Beyer in My pictures on July 26, 2011
The torchlight procession in Halden 25.07.2011 followed the terror in Oslo and at Utøya Friday July 22nd 2011.
Spontaneous Torchlight processions and other spontaneous manifestations arised all over Norway.
Urban Birds
Posted by Beyer in Birds, My pictures, Photography, Published on March 21, 2011
Spent 30 minutes before milk and Grocery-Shopping on a Saturday afternoon, immediately before sunset.
The Halden River Tista is running close to the Shoppingcenters and is home of several species.
Most common is the Swans and Mallards.
The river is running right through Halden and you cannot call it a “clear mountain stream”, despite this,
I find the colurs strengthend and warmed by the low setting sun, beautiful.
Vivian Maier
Posted by Beyer in Photographers on February 3, 2011
The discovery of the Vivian Maier collection is an incredible story. It’s best told by the man who found it, John Maloof, in his blog. His incredible story starts like this “I acquired Vivian’s negatives while at a furniture and antique auction while researching a history book I was co-authoring on Chicago’s NW Side. From what I know, the auction house acquired her belongings from her storage locker that was sold off due to delinquent payments. I didn’t know what ‘street photography’ was when I purchased them.“ I urge you to Read his story!
Among Vivian Maiers photographs, you will find lots of of Decisive Moments and brilliant street photpgraphy (which is the apple of my eye 
).
One of her images. Click on the picture to view more.
At the train
More:
Chicago Nanny Discovered To Be Master Street Photographer
“Finding Vivian Maier”
Get inspired!!
Vebjørn Sand
Posted by Beyer in My pictures on January 26, 2011
Vebjørn Sand was kind enough to let me shoot a portrait of him at Gamle Svinesund back in June 1991. I’m not quite satisfied with what I have achived so far – but woud like to hear what you think. Appreciate suggestions for improvement. (Will publish a BW version soon.)
Don’t you know Vebjørm Sand?
Abbas – Children of Abraham
Posted by Beyer in Photographers on January 24, 2011
Children of Abraham
The Iranian Magnum photographer Abbas promoted dialogue about religion, peace and conflict in a thought provoking exhibition at Nobel Peace Center, Oslo 5 May 2006 – 19 May 2007. My ‘thank you note’ to Abbas: “I write to tell you that I Tuesday October 10th had the great pleasure to see the exhibition ‘The Children of Abraham’ at The Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo. It had a great impact on me. I paused contemplating before several of your photos; they touched my heart and soul. Apart from the human relations and manner you have seen and captured, your use of light is absolutely astounding. My personal ‘choice’ (if I may) are Chine Kashgar (street and people), An Ugur makes noodles, Representant of the Black order, British Muslim convert prays at home (it feels very wrong not to mention 20 more). Before I left, I bought your book ‘Children of Abraham’ and found this salutation: ‘For the friend unknown, Abas, Oslo 8/10/06′. Now you know who I am. I whish you luck in your future struggle for peace and in capturing the nature of man.
Warm regards,”
His interesting and thought-provoking reply: “my exhibition was not meant to struggle for peace – in fact it is meant to show the brutality of religion as an ideology… but if it can work for peace, even unitentionally, why not ? regards a.”
Grafitti and winter
Posted by Beyer in My pictures on January 23, 2011
Wallpaintings at The public library wall, Halden here.
Squares
Posted by Beyer in My pictures, Photography on January 18, 2011
The square fascinates me. I once owned a Hasselblad. Last year I bought myself a Lumix. It gives me squares if I wish, and I do. It seems very natural to compose a picture within a square with no space left over.
16 squares Grand Canary November 2010
BLURB
I found BLURB a couple of years ago. It proved to be just what I had been looking for, an easy to use digital book-publishing tool. Very professional with reasonable pricing.
So far, I have created one BLURB book on my favorite theme ‘Street photography”.
It’s called City Folk. You can look through it here. Hit ‘Preview Book’.
I have given the next one- A book with Portraits - the working title ‘Radiant Folk’.
Photo-fighting
Posted by Beyer in My pictures on January 16, 2011
I like to fight with my pictures. If I belive it’s possible to squeeze what I saw 1) , out of a poor photo, I try “everything” based on my conviction that contents wins over perfection.
1) And sometimes what I did not see.
William Eugene Smith
Posted by Beyer in Books, Photographers on January 16, 2011
I’m quite sure that the first picture that realy moved me, is this from the (1948) photo essay on Dr. Ernest Ceriani in the small Colorado town of Kremmling by William Eugene Smith > Saving the boys eye
Presumably my own experiences enhanced the impression it gave on me.
Some years ago, at a flee market at Skjärholmen, Stockholm, Sweden, I stumbled across a copy of the book Minamata that he wrote togeter with his wife Aileene Smith.
His most known photograph may be The Walk to Paradise Garden, 1946
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