DUTCH BELOW!

Hi everyone!

We are just over a week away from the Fresh Eyes Photo Fair, where I will officially launch my book! It is currently in production, and the full print run will be ready somewhere this week. Thank you all so much for making this possible, it is looking incredible and I'm so excited for the moment I get to share it with you! Several weeks ago, I e-mailed an update to all of those who donated with instructions on how to receive it upon release. Unfortunately, I have not had a response from everyone yet. After communicating with VoorDeKunst, it appears that some of you have notified them that you have not received updates yet. If you have already received my e-mail detailing instructions you can ignore this message, but if not, I would ask you to check your spam folder. If there is nothing there, please let me know and I will resend the e-mail. That way I can assure that everyone gets the book as soon as it releases!

Thanks again for all your support,

Joep

Hallo lieve donateurs!
Over net iets meer dan een week wordt het boek officieel gelanceerd op de Fresh Eyes Photo Fair in de Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam. Op dit moment is het boek nog in productie, maar het zal ergens deze week klaar zijn. Ik wil jullie allemaal heel erg bedanken voor jullie steun, en ik kan niet wachten het eindresultaat met jullie te delen! Enkele weken geleden heb ik jullie allemaal gemailed met instructies hoe het boek te ontvangen en een updated timeline, maar uit berichten via de organisatie van VoorDeKunst ben ik er achtergekomen dat niet iedereen deze ontvangen heeft. Als je nog geen e-mail gehad hebt met instructies en een link naar mijn online store voor de voltooiing van je pre-order, check dan je spam folder! Zit daar niks in? Laat het mij dan alsjeblieft weten, dan kan ik de instructies opnieuw sturen. Hopelijk bereikt dit bericht jullie wel goed.

Nogmaals heel erg bedankt en heel veel liefde,

Joep

Last night we hit the 100% mark, which means my dream has now become reality. And that is because of all of you! I am incredibly greatful for all your donations, your comments, your shares.

It is absolutely overwhelming to feel so much love and support for what I do, to see so many people believe in my photography and be willing to help push it to the next level.

This book is all about sharing my vision with you, a way of communicating my philosophy of photography. To show the beauty in the everyday, and celebrate our freedom to 'frame' life in such a way that it sparks excitement and brings about emotion. Through this book, I will be able to share this vision with more people and in a more intimate and physical manner than ever before. Photobooks are the ultimate example of democratic art: accesible and affordable for all, yet still giving space for the artist to show what he really wants to show. That we managed to crowdfund it, itself such a democratic way of raising funds for publishing, only adds to the excitement. I am tremendously thrilled for you all to be able to dive into my book and into my world very soon!

The crowdfund ends some time tonight, which means that I will then get the full list of donations and rewards. Soon after I will be in touch to arrange shipping of books and prints and set dates for those that got workshops and meet and greets. In the mean time, I will keep you updated on the development and printing of the book!

If in the meantime you have any questions or suggestions, do not hesitate to contact me via e-mail or instagram!

Thank you!

Joep

We have entered the last week of the crowdfund.

At the time of writing, we only have 5 days left. I want to thank you for your incredible support! We have come a long way, and if we all keep sharing this crowdfund, I'm confident that we will hit the target! I am delighted to let you know that we have already finished the design and created a dummy copy. The final book will have a more luxurious cover (with a linen/velvet texture around the picture), but apart from that, it is close to a final design and it looks and feels fantastic! The responses from those who have seen it have been overwhelmingly positive, and I am incredibly grateful to have come this far.

I can not wait to share the end results with you very soon. I still need to raise quite a bit before we're there, but with your support and enthusiasm we will get there! So share this project, tell your friends and neighbours, and together we will turn this dummy into a full print run!