A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
443: Niemeyer Museum
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A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
032: Mauritshuis
The Mauritshuis, located near the political center of the Dutch government in The Hague, hosts an important collection of works by Dutch and Flemish painters of the Dutch Golden Age. They include Rembrandt, Hals, Holbein, Steen, Potter, and Vermeer. The latter became world famous with his work “The Girl with the Pearl Earring”. The Mauritshuis was constructed between 1636 and 1641, after designs by Jacob van Campen and Pieter Post. It was owned by Johann Moritz (Maurits in Dutch) until his death in 1679. In 1704, a great fire destroyed much of the building, but it had been restored completely except the original cupola. The Mauritshuis became a museum in 1822, and now attracts over 300 thousand visitors annually.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2010, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
370: Sunlit spheres in Inhotim Park
In 1966, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama illegally placed 1500 stainless steel spheres on a lawn during the 33rd Venice Biennale. During the first week, she sold, like a peddler, the spheres for two dollars each, in protest against the commercialization of art. She then got expelled from the Biennale, but her work remained. In 2009, a new version of the spheres was installed in Inhotim – an institute containing a contemporary art museum integrated with a botanical garden – near Belo Horizonte. Five hundred spheres floating in a pond near the Burle Marx Educational Center, inspirational for various photographs showing reflections on the shiny spheres.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2012, 2017
A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2013.
Part 19:
Curitiba (PR) – Bus stop
Curitiba (PR) – Oscar Niemeyer Museum
Curitiba (PR) – Bus stop
Curitiba (PR) – Oscar Niemeyer Museum
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2013, 2017
A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2007.
Part 51:
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) – Ipanema sunset
Niterói (RJ) – Contemporary Arts Museum
Niterói (RJ) – Contemporary Arts Museum
Niterói (RJ) – Beach
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) – Ipanema sunset
Niterói (RJ) – Contemporary Arts Museum
Niterói (RJ) – Contemporary Arts Museum
Niterói (RJ) – Beach
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2007, 2017
A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2009.
Part 32:
Goiânia (GO) – Water reflection
Goiânia (GO) – Water reflection
Goiânia (GO) – Water reflection
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Abílio Barreto Museum
Goiânia (GO) – Water reflection
Goiânia (GO) – Water reflection
Goiânia (GO) – Water reflection
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Abílio Barreto Museum
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2009, 2017
A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2007.
Part 50:
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) – Ipanema Beach sunset
Niterói (RJ) – Contemporary Arts Museum
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) – Ipanema Beach sunset
Niterói (RJ) – Entrance of Contemporary Arts Museum
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) (MG) – Ipanema Beach sunset
Niterói (RJ) – Contemporary Arts Museum
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) – Ipanema Beach sunset
Niterói (RJ) – Entrance of Contemporary Arts Museum
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2007, 2017
A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2007.
Part 14:
Florianópolis (SC) – Two statues
Florianópolis (SC) – Hercílio Luz Bridge
Florianópolis (SC) – Inside a museum
Florianópolis (SC) – Scrap-metal statue
Florianópolis (SC) – Two statues
Florianópolis (SC) – Hercílio Luz Bridge
Florianópolis (SC) – Inside a museum
Florianópolis (SC) – Scrap-metal statue
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2007, 2016
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
191. Oldtimer
APRIL 2008: Oldtimer
Curitiba, capital of Paraná, hosts various interesting museums. Such as museums about local history, geography, art, literature, trains, cars. An automobile museum, founded in 1968, is located near Barigüi park. Over the years, the collection has grown steadily, and now the museum boasts to have more than 150 vintage models, of which eighty constantly rotate over the available parking spaces in the museum. One of the eye catchers in the museum is Emerson Fittipaldi`s racing car, with which he won the Formula 1 championship in 1974. For me, it was not only interesting pictures of the many old-timers, but also of details of these classic cars, of which this picture is an example.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2008, 2016
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
089. Core
NOVEMBER 2006: Core
Praça da Liberdade in Belo Horizonte is one of the tourist attractions in the city. The city park on the large square invites many tourists for a stroll or for a rest. Several former (State of Minas Gerais) government buildings surround the square. The principal building is the palace where – until recently – the state government resided. In recent years, the buildings have been converted into museums and cultural centers. One of the museums is the Mineralogy Museum, which hosts interesting collections of minerals and gem stones, excavated in Minas Gerais. The state is rich in a large variety and volume of gem stones and minerals, including diamonds, gold, quartz, topaz. One may find a striking art piece next to the museum’s entrance. It appears a giant orange, of which one part is cut out. More probably, the sphere represents the earth, and the cut out part shows what to expect in the earth’s core.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2006, 2014
Contemporary Art Museum, NITERÓI (RJ)
From a distance, it appears that a flying saucer had landed at the margin of the Guanabara Bay, in Niterói. According to some – unverified – sources, it was indeed the sight of a UFO, which inspired Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer to design this particular shape of the Museum of Contemporary Arts (Museu de Arte Contemporânea) in Niterói. He later explained that it was just easy to design this project, when he was overseeing the Guanabara Bay with the mountains at the background. With the round-shaped museum, he tried to preserve the uniqueness of the landscape. The construction started in 1991, and was inaugurated in 1996. The structure of the museum, which has a diameter of 50 meters, is supported by a column with a diameter of 9 meters. The complex is 16 meters high. The museum is reflected in a pool that surrounds the cylindrical base. A meandering access slope of almost 100 meters leads to the entrance of the exposition hall. The museum is now a landmark in Niterói, and is considered as one of the masterpieces of Oscar Niemeyer, who is 104 now (in 2012), and still active.
The original picture was taken in October 2007.
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