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The title of this project surprised some people who have heard me using a similar phrase in a different context…
Frieda and the Hidden Animals
Frieda en het Ongedierte (Frieda and the Hidden Animals) are finally set free! Now on YouTube for everybody has VR…
De Schipperskeuken – Marie Louise Schipper
De Schipperskeuken is een spontaan gefilmde serie kookprogramma’s voor youtube met onderzoeksjournalist Marie Louise Schipper in de hoofdrol. Hier met…
Eva Besnyö – the choice collection
Leo Erken’s first television documentary about the great Dutch – Hungarian photographer Eva Besnyö (1910-2003).
Tulip Gold
Tulip Gold (Tulpengoud) is a combined book, film documentary and exhibition project. It tells the story of three families from…
YADI – a film documentary in progress
By Leo Erken, April 2016 My friend Yadivindra Singh Saroya passed away on October 6, 2015, at the age of 49.…
Let us stop smothering the new generation with our nostalgia. – On art education – episode one.
Leo Erken, December 9, 2015 A photographer friend who has a romantic heart told me about the day she and her…
Team Play – On art education – episode two
Leo Erken, December 31, 2015. Sitting in a bar in the late nineties with colleagues who work in the creative…
The One Book Library – a new media experiment – Новые медиа эксперимент.
www.onebooklibrary.com Two years ago I published a photo book in co-operation with designer Svea Gustavs. The book Улица-Street-Straße had three…
The Alzheimer Project
Let’s share the Alzheimer experiences… I found out late, very late – my sister had to tell me – that a huge part of my mothers’ memory had gone.
Arts and economics – On art education – episode three
Leo Erken, Februari 17, 2016 On a recent rainy Sunday afternoon my former students of photography posted many Instagram and…
Hendricus W. J. Bickhoff – The Amsterdam Citizen’s Orphanage (Burgerweeshuis), 1904.
In May 2017 Leo received his most spectacular purchase on the internet ever. Thinking he bought an old photo book,…