Participant Presentation
When you have decided jo join The Contax G Summit in Berlin 2008, please make a short presentation of yourself on this page.
THIS PAGE IS ONLY FOR PRESENTATIONS.
If you want to take up a debate with people presenting themselves, or just comment on their presentation, you should not do it as comments to their presentations.
The intentions are to keep this page as clean as possible so that everybody that looks in will be able to read the presentations. And only the presentations.
When you post your presentation here, it will be moved to the blog home page as well. Comments are welcome there.
June 17, 2007 at 11:20 am
Hi, I am Jan Brouckaert (35), a semi-professional photographer now who enjoys working with the contax G2 camera for many years.
Started to take photography serious since 2000, The contaxG among others have helped me to make some very fine images and a bit of … succes :
2003 Bronze Medal Award Knokke, 2005 Nikon Award Belgium, 2007 Silver Award Int. Competition Of Knokke….
In 2008 I will have my first big expo in 17 dfferent cities in Belgium.
My main themes are seasides, and night photography, in which emotions as loneliness and beauty are captured.
Most of my images are shot in Belgium and its neighboring countries.
June 21, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Hi, I am Knut.
Born in Bergen, Norway, but moved to Copenhagen, Denmark to complete my education. And got stuck.
I have had an interest in photography as long as I can remember, and bought my first G in 1998. Before that, I had Nikon gear. I have been a user on The Contax G Pages from the very start.
I have worked with different aspects of communication all of my professional life. Among other things, I have done content analysis of images for marketing and historical purposes. I have written two books related to the area (planning a third one) , and many, many articles for journals and newspapers. Unfortunately all of them in Danish, or in Norwegian. You’ll find some of them in the blogroll under “G User Ressources”. Pretty old stuff, but still very valid
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When the chance is given, I still do free-lance stuff for newspapers. Both as a writer and as photographer. I really enjoy that.
Yes, (I knew you would ask) I have initiated many conferences and summits in the past, but never one lasting 4 days (more like 4 hours) :-). However, with much larger groups of participants (and lots of people to do all the “hard” work)
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I live in Copenhagen, Denmark. I have 4 kids. All, of them (well almost) grown up. I live with Kirsten.
I work for a larger (used to be Danish) telecommunication company doing business development, strategies and sales.
Best wishes
Knut
June 22, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Hello my name is Harry W. Mueller, born in Sachendorf, East Germany and came to the United States with my parents in 1956. Lived and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Went to college at M.I.T for Associate Degree in Printing & Publishing, then to Rochester Institute of Technology for Graphic Arts & Photography. Spend most of my last 30 plus years in book production and design, from letterpress to digital. Managed the Stinehour Press, in Vermont and now an Assistant Professor at Lyndon State College, in Lyndonville, Vermont.
I teach graphic design, typography, color, digital photography, photoshop and other related graphic design courses. I own a G2 with 2 lenses. Had a Leica camera but lost it. Went for the G2 due to costs and quality. I favor the G2 for its automation and rangefinder.
It is a great image maker. Looking forward in meeting all of this vibrant group and enjoying a beer together. My love and passion is photography and books. Worked on major books for many photographers within my 30 plus year careers. Enjoying my time with my 7 year old and two older children grown and off doing their own thing.
Best Regards and hoping for a successful summit.
Harry
October 17, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Hi, I’m Merrill Morrow, born in Northern Ireland. Worked as a photographer for some years, mainly in food and travel photography. I still have my Rollei SL66E from that time though it gets less use now than it once did. My Contax RTSII from that time has long since gone to the great camera graveyard in the sky though the 85mm f/1.4 Planar was perhaps the sharpest lens I’ve ever used. Spent some years in the Middle East then returned to Ireland just over a decade ago, having shot maybe 20 rolls of film in 11 years. Bought into the G2 system around 5-6 years ago and have enjoyed it very much. Retired about 18 months ago and am now doing some wedding photography with a Canon 5D.
Looking forward very much to meeting you all
Best Wishes
Merrill