Author: Arnaud De Grave

Arnaud De Grave (a.k.a. mostly Hern42) came rather late to photography, like everything he does nowadays. Before that he was busy being good at school, or rather he was not enough of a rebel not to be... But the times, they are a-changing, as one says. He became interested in photography because he was not good enough in skateboarding, starting both around 2000 at the age of 25, which is, he knows, rather very late. So that kills the usual myth of having been given an ancient camera by one's father at age five and never looking back again. However he was indeed offered his first "real" camera by his father, albeit at a later time. Then started a long progression of travelling and shooting and collecting older and weirder cameras, buying more and more films and exposing them. Getting more and more addicted to producing images which would fit within whatever fancy he got inside his ever oh-so fastly (ghastly?) changing mood. He created many things in order to have more opportunities to perform photography: the French association BOP, the Copenhagen based group CCCP (which stood for "Color Climax Copenhagen Photographers"), etc. He prefers rather long projects based on travelling and social behaviour in the gonzo way (in reference to Hunter Thompson but without too much of the drug intake, not the Muppet Show...) "When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk." - Tuco / The good, the bad and the ugly (1967)

Celebrating Tom Abrahamson’s 75 birthday…

2018/08/212019/05/25 Categories: BOP Photography Collective - NewsTags: memorial · tom abrahamson

With profound respect and fond memories, we are remembering Tom’s photography on his birthday. The following picture is from our Photo Analogies #2‘s One Shot guest section… Happy birthday Tom! — C’est avec un profond respect et une bonne cargaison de splendides souvenirs que nous nous rappelons de la photographie de Tom Abrahamson, le jour de son anniversaire. La photo qui suit est issue de la section One Shot d’invités du numéro 2 de notre Photo Analogies. Bon anniversaire Tom ! —

Présentation de la revue Photo Analogies à la librairie Torcatis à Perpignan / samedi 3 février 2018

2018/01/312018/01/31 Categories: EventsTags: BOP Photo Analogies · librairie · Perpignan

Samedi 3 février à 11h nous présenterons les activités de BOP et notamment la génèse et les concepts derrière la revue Photo Analogies. Cette rencontre sera animée par Nicolas Caudeville du site L’ARCHIPEL CONTRE ATTAQUE.

New BOP Member – Edouard Elias

2016/02/232016/02/27 Categories: BOP Photography Collective - NewsTags: Edouard Elias · new member

Bienvenue à Edouard Elias, nouveau membre de BOP… // Welcome to Edouard Elias in BOP…