a man with a leica

Anouk at Pinkpop

About a week ago I had the opportunity to photograph Dutch Rock singer Anouk at Pinkpop festival. Because I had an agreement with her management, I was also able to photograph on stage the first three songs. From there I could see other photographers standing front stage. By the time I got front stage, I had all the time (and space) to do my thing.

The management asked me to come, revering to last time I was there with Anouk. Because they did, I decided to shoot again in black and white, or at least converting them with Silver effex pro. You can read a blog about the gig with Anouk here and a little bit more about converting to black and white here.

Because I wanted to do this with the M9, I gave myself a slight disadvantage. With the stage being massive, I couldn’t get in close. With the help of Transcontinenta BV (importer of Leica) I was equipped with an extra M9, a 50mm noctilux, a 90 mm summicron and ofcours my own M9 with a 35 and 75 summicron. But even some of the pictures taken with the 90mm I had to crop later on to make the image work the way I wanted. Luckily I’m not a purist.

Of course I took many more photos than I can show you, on stage and backstage. With a celebs like this, I had to sign a contract stating that I can only publish the pictures that are permitted by Anouk herself. She did post them on her own website.