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To the Blue Pole (Tot de Blauwe Paal)

from RPS Benelux Chapter eJournal Issue 1 2023

by Royal Photographic Society

from RPS Benelux Chapter eJournal Issue 1 2023, page 57

Article from: RPS Benelux Chapter eJournal Issue 1 2023

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By Armando Jongejan FRPS

To the Blue Pole (Tot de Blauwe Paal).

This is the title of a new photobook and exhibition of Armando Jongejan FRPS. Museum of Egmond, Zuiderstraat 7, Egmond aan Zee.

From 3 September until 5 November 2023. Opens daily 14.00 - 17.00.

Villagers of Egmond (Egmondse dorpsportretten) was published in 1996 and was Armando's first photo book (sold out).

During that period, he wanted to record the rapid changes in his living environment. He wrote about this: “What is still self-evident now may definitely belong to the past in the (near) future.”

Time does not stand still. A lot has changed since 1996. People have died. The greengrocer has disappeared from the streets. Where the playground once was, there is now a hotel. The fish cart on Pompplein is no longer there, just like the bakery in the Julianastraat and the dairy shop in the Noorderstraat

More than 25 years later, Armando thought the time was right to make another photo report about his living environment. In 2022 and 2023 he captured several moments of daily life in Egmond aan Zee and collected them in this book and exhibition, which provide a sense of this time frame He photographed people at sea, on the beach, in the dunes and in the village.

Armando Jongejan FRPS (1960, Egmond aan Zee - The Netherlands) studied photography at the University of Applied Photography in Apeldoorn and works as a freelance photographer. His work is characterised by a thematic approach. As a documentary photographer, he likes to make contact with people in their own environment being curious as to how they live and work. In addition to the photos, this also yields nice conversations.