betontulpen.
about.
betontulpen is my private collection of places, moments and situations. i am no professional photographer, though i have a keen eye for and an interest in the often overlooked. betontulpen is a german compound word and means tulips made of concrete.
i am interested in the uniform nature, the emptiness and sadness of places out of the limelight or out of their season. it is hard to distinguish if those places are in a western or eastern country, rich or poor neighbourhood, in that way betontulpen become truly democratic, and apparently universal.
betontulpen are so far mainly published on instagram with additional posts on facebook and tumblr, always under the name betontulpen. I do not strive for commercial publication but enjoy to share with a wider audience and enter into exchange with the likeminded.
some betontulpen have been published in a small booklet or as postcards,some as gallery prints.
ContaCt:
betontulpen[@]gmail[.]com
democratic
betontulpen. Places out of the limelight, functional surroundings and architecture, raw concrete - they all are potential betontulpen. Their uniformity across geographical distances makes them both unique and interchangeable.
SITUATIONal
betontulpen. They are not only places but also moments in the life of a place. Times when noone visits or life passes by them. Soon, life might come back but that moment of silence is preserved
EPHEMERAL
betontulpen. They document moments in time. Places before they are being torn down or upgraded. By that they become evidence of change and a memory of a soon forgotten past.