Popview + Lex van Rossen Award
POPVIEW + LEX VAN ROSSEN AWARD
Curators + initiators: Lennard Dost & Floor Boogaart
Mare van Koningsveld & Philippus Zandstra were also part of the organisation/curators of Popview + Lex van Rossen Award editie 2009.
Background
It’s getting more and more difficult for music photographers. At concerts they often are only allowed to take photos during the first couple of songs. There’s almost no space left in newspapers for their photos. To help out music photographers, in 2007 Floor Boogaart and I created the Lex van Rossen Award, an annual award for young, European music photographers (under 35 years of age). The award was named after the late Lex van Rossen, a famous Dutch music photographer who unfortunately died shortly before and whose photos were published in newspapers and magazines like NRC Handelsblad, Haarlems Dagblad and OOR. The winner of the award got an amount of money (2500 euros), and his/her work could be seen at the annual Popview exhibition, that included the work of other nominees as well.
Popview + Lex van Rossen Award 2008
Nominated for the first edition of the award: Dennis Duijnhouwer (NL), Annie Hoogendoorn (NL), Matthias Popp (DL), Tom Verbruggen (BE), Emma Svensson (ZWE), Bertrand Bosredon (FRA), Angels & Ghosts (BE)
Their photos could be seen at the Popview 2008 exhibition at Oosterpoort, Groningen, and afterwards in Melkweg Photo Gallery, Amsterdam. At the Eurosonic Noorderslag 2008 festival Anny Hoogendoorn was declared winner of the award by chairman of the jury Frans Vreeke (at that time director Eurosonic Noorderslag).
Jury of Lex van Rossen Award 2008: Anja Hiddinga (Stichting Colexxx), Ton Broekhuis (at that point director Noorderlicht), Suzanne Dechert (director Melkweg Photo Gallery), Peter te Bos (singer Claw Boys Claw/graphic designer) and Hans Aarsman (photography theorist).
Festival director Frans Vreeke handed out the cheque of €2500,- to winner Annie Hoogendoorn at Eurosonic Noorderslag.
Annie Hoogendoorn was a.o. being interviewed by TV program Goedemorgen Nederland! (Nederland 1) and by Internet TV station Het Gesprek.
Popview + Lex van Rossen Award 2008 was financially made possible by Kunstraad Groningen, SNS Reaalfonds, Je Maintiendrai Fonds, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds afdeling Groningen and Stichting Collexxx.
Popview + Lex van Rossen Award 2009
The second edition of Popview + Lex van Rossen Award was organized in January 2009. Photos of the nominees could be seen at the Popview 2009 exhibition at Noorderlicht Photo gallery (Groningen, the Netherlands) from 15th of January – 1st of March 2009.
Photos © Lennard Dost
Photographers that were nominated for Lex van Rossen Award 2009: Charlie de Keersmaecker (BE), Danny North (UK), Jordi Huisman, Julien Bourgeois (FR), Kalle Bjoklid (FI), Patrick Ryming (DK), Tom Verbruggen (BE)
Jury members of Lex van Rossen Award 2009 were: Jan Vollaard (music journalist NRC Handelsblad), Ton Broekhuis (at that point director Noorderlicht), Frans Vreeke (at that point direcfor Eurosonic Noorderslag), Anja Hiddinga (Stichting Collexxx) and Jill Furmanovsky (founder Rockarchive/ music photographer).
Tom Verbruggen won the award in 2009. He got the award and cheque of 2500 euros from Eurosonic Noorderslag director Frans Vreeke during the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival 2009.
The Popview 2009 exhibition could at a later stage be seen at The Round House (London).
Popview + Lex van Rossen Award 2009 was made possible by Kunstraad Groningen, SNS Reaalfonds and
Stichting Collexxx.
Popview Outdoor 2010
In winter of 2009/2010 3FM’s Glazen Huis was located in Groningen. That’s why we organized an outdoor version of Popview as well, with photos hanging on buildings in the city centre of Groningen. This way public space was turned into an exhibition space. Popview Outdoor included photos of photographers that had been nominated for the Lex van Rossen Award the last couple of years, like: Charlie de Keersmacker (BE), Vrederick, Kalle Bjoklid (FI), Danny North (UK), Graham Smith (UK), Nick Helderman and Dennis Duijnhouwer.
Photos © Sun Ha Borger
When Popview Outdoor 2010 ended, the Popview 2010 exhibition opend in Noorderlicht Photo Gallery (Groningen, The Netherlands).
Popview Outdoor 2010 was made possible by Converse.
Popview + Lex van Rossen Award 2010
In january 2010 the Lex van Rossen Award was handed out for the third time. the jury of the 2010 edition consited of: Anja Hiddinga (Stichting Collexxx), Jill Furmanovsky (Rockarchive) Jacob Haagsma (music journalist OOR, Leeuwarder Courant), Dago Houben (director Eurosonic Noorderslag) and Ton Broekhuis (at that time director Noorderlicht).
Nominated for Lex van Rossen Award 2010: Ami Barwell (UK), Graham Smith (UK), Janos Kummer (HU), Jens van der Velde, Joachim Zimmerman (DE), Kim Badawi (FR), Laurence Tarquin von Thomas (BE), Nick Helderman, Titia Hahne, Vrederick
Their photos could be seen at the Popview 2010 exhibition at Noorderlicht Photo Gallery (Groningen, The Netherlands) from 14th of January – 28th of February 2010. UK photographer Graham Smith won the award. Popview 2010 could be seen at Popkomm (Berlin) from 8-10th of September 2010.
Photos © Lennard Dost
Popview + Lex van Rossen Award 2010 was made possible by Kunstraad Groningen, SNS Reaal Fonds and
Stichting Collexxx.
Dennis Duijnhouwer: Popular Work
At the same time the Popview 2010 exhibition could be seen upstairs at Noorderlicht Photo Gallery, in the cellars of the gallery, there was the exhibition of Dutch music photographer Dennis Duijnhouwer, on invitation of Popview. Duinhouwer, who was nominated for the Lex van Rossen Award in 2008, exhibited photos taken between 2005-2010. In his exhibition, he wondered what music photography actually is.
“I’m sure if I take photos of a DJ playing or a band performing that this counts as music photograhy. But what if I take photos of girls smoking a cigarette in the smoking area of a pop venue during a concert, or if I take a photo of my best friend, that also plays in a band, or if I take a photo of a toilet in a night club…does that count as music photography as well?”, Duijnhouwer wondered.
Photos © Dennis Duijnhouwer
Popview 2010 and Dennis Duijnhouwer: Popular Work were opened by Annie Hoogendoorn on the 14th of January 2010. As an extra we organised a portfolio review with Dennis Duijnhouwer at Noorderlicht Photo Gallery. Duijnhouwer commented on the portfolios of young photographers, came up with good advice, and gave a private tour through his exhibition. Participation in the portfolio review was free. People whom were interested, could send us an email. Together with Duijnhouwer, we made a selection out of the applications. The portfolio review could be attended by 10 photographers.
Photos © Lennard Dost
Popview Outdoor 2011
Because of the success of the 2010 edition of Popview Outdoor, fellow curator Floor Boogaart and I decided to do another edition of Popview Outdoor. Popview Outdoor 2011 would take place in public space of Groningen (The Netherlands) from 5th -29th of January 2011.
Popview Outdoor 2011 included photos by: Olivier Donnet (BE), Isabel Nabuurs (NL), Anton Coene (BE), Gerrit Starczewski (DE), Angels & Ghosts (BE), Ben Meadows (UK), Danny North (UK), Marjolein Hoornaert (BE), Laurence Tarquin von Thomas (BE), Dirk Wolf (NL), Kalle Bjorklid (FI), Jens van der Velde (NL), Dennis Duijnhouwer (NL), Francisco Reina (ES), Titia Hahne (NL), Rob Walbers (BE), Ami Barwell (UK), Joachim Zimmermann (DE) and Annie Hoogendoorn (NL). Most of them had been nominated for the Lex van Rossen Award in the last couple of years.
Photos © Pepijn van den Broeke
Popview Outdoor 2011 was made possible by Converse.
Popview + Lex van Rossen Award 2011
In 2011 the 4th and last edition of Popview/Lex van Rossen Award was organized. The following music photograhers were nominated for the award: Agata Pietron (PL), Antonio Campanella (IT), Ben Meadows (UK), Dirk Wolf, Francisco Reina (ES), Marjolein Hoornaert (BE), Rob Walbers (BE), Tim C. Rochels (aka. Angst im Wald, DE)
Their photos could be seen at the Popview 2011 exhibition till the 27th of February 2011 at Noorderlicht Photo Gallery (Groningen, The Netherlands).
The jury of the Lex van Rossen Award 2011 consisted of: Norbert Pek (music journalist Revu/Groene Amsterdammer), Yorick Buwalda (at that time editor at OOR), Annie Hoogendoorn (music photographer and winner of Lex van Rossen Award 2008), Frank Schaap (graphic designer, a.o. former Studio Frank & Lisa, who were doing graphic design for Eurosonic Noorderslag) and Roosbeef (singer/songwriter).
Dutch photographer Dirk Wolf received the award on the 14th of January 2011.
Popview + Lex van Rossen Award 2011 was made possible by Kunstraad Groningen and Stichting Collexxx.
Tv-programme VRW ZKT KNST did a video item about photographer Marjolein Hoornaert, because of her being nominated for the award.
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