Tracy Metz - Observaties

Megacities by Martin Roemers

6 May 2012

Martin Roemers' 'Metropolis': Mumbai, below Phnom Penh and Kolkota; an image from 'The Eyes of War'

The photographer Martin Roemers is having a peak moment. Today the New York Times published a 15-part slide show and an article by himself on his project 'Metropolis', an impressive long-running series of photographs of cities of 10 million inhabitants and more. >>>

Easter 'eggs' in Spain

9 April 2012

Easter in Spain means Semana Santa processions, but also the wildest, most lavish creations in chocolate. The newspaper La Vanguardia even devoted six pages this weekend to all the wonderful things the Catalonian pastry chefs concoct. One of them is Enric Rovira, who figures in this youtube video. Look at the pictures, admire the artistry and eat your heart out. >>>

Insanely great: Walter Isaacson on Steve Jobs

2 April 2012

Walter Isaacson at the Rode Hoed in Amsterdam (Photo's Gerrit Serné)

The John Adams Institute organized an evening with the biographer of Steve Jobs, the American journalist and writer Walter Isaacson. I was invited as moderator. It was an exciting evening about one of the most remarkable and influential figures of our time, a man on the cusp of creativity and technology. Read my introduction below. >>>

Koninkijke Youtube over Zoet&Zout

14 februari 2012

Kunsthal-directeur Emily Ansenk, Tracy en Maartje met de prins

Bekijk op het eigen Youtube-kanaal van het Koninklijk Huis dit leuke filmpje over Zoet&Zout >>>

'Zout&Zout' presented to the crown prince

13 February 2012

Foto's Hilko Visser/Kunsthal

February 12th, 2012: I present the first copy of the Dutch edition of 'Zoet&Zout: Water en de Nederlanders' to crown prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. The English version, 'Sweet&Salt: Water and the Dutch' will appear later this week. The prince also opened the eponymous exhibition in the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, curated by Maartje van den Heuvel. >>>

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