Conservatorium/title> <meta name="Description" content="<Over fotografie> <meta name="Keywords" content="Fons Bruijs, Kees de Vogel, fotoregisseur, corporate photography, Marketing communication"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">  </script> <link href="CSS/switch.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body text="#000000" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0"> <table width="795" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#000000"> <tr> <td height="52"> <div align="left"> <p><span class="style3"><strong>©</strong> </span><span class="style4">The text and photopgraphs on these pages may not be reproduced, republished or mirrored on another webpage, website or printed without prior okay. We'll find out eventually when they are.<br> <br> </span></p> <p><span class="style4"><br> </span><font color="#999999"><font color="#000000"><br> </font></font></p> </div></td> </tr> </table> <table width="967" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td height="5"><div align="center"> <p class="stijl1"><span class="Times36 style12">The Conservatorium Hotel.</span><span class="style12"><br> </span><br> <span class="Times24">Classic architecture puts new urban developments in the shadows.</span><br> <br> </p> </div></td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"> <p><img src="phlog/Images_110801/Phlog_Conservatorium_Hotel_Entrance_5575.jpg" width="960" height="632"><br> <br> </p> <table width="960" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td height="5"><div align="center"> <p align="left" class="Times18">Until shortly before the opening we were wondering where the entrance of the hotel would come. We noticed that on the side an existing entrance with two wide arches underwent a reconstruction, masonry was being restored, and the design of the inner yard made it plausible that this opening was not only meant to become the entrance of the parking garage on the right. <br> Past a nicely styled grand elevated pond and a roomy entrance behind darkened glass doors, some ample manoeuvring space was created for large automobiles, so we guessed it plausible that here the official reception for the guests was planned. <br> <br> </p> </div></td> </tr> </table> <p><br> </p> <p><img src="phlog/Images_110801/Phlog_Conservatorium_lobby.jpg" width="960" height="715"><br> </p> <p> </p> <p><img src="phlog/Images_110801/Phlog_Conservatorium_7117.jpg" width="960" height="539"></p> <table width="960" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td height="5"><div align="center"> <p align="left" class="Times18"><br> Since I started walking through the city with my parents when I was around two, I remember the huge castle like fortress called the Rijkspostspaarbank, the Federal Savings Bank in the Van Baerlestraat; the authentic lettering’s still high up on the front. I had never been inside, and although I spoke with several music students in the period when the building was used as the Sweelinck College, the school of music, the Conservatorium, I had never been inside either. But it often happened that I heard music coming out, from fine composers and promising students, which made me happy, joyful and set the tone for the rest of the day. For years now I every morning drink my morning coffee in the Bagels & Beans right opposite of what has been a massive rebuilding project. Rumors made me believe it was to become the most posh hotel in Amsterdam. Over a period of a long time I made photos of the fence, the scaffolding, inside and out, the people passing, and the traffic, like the moss green Reliant Scimitar, driven by Han de Vries, famous hobo player. <br> On the 25th of December in this year 2011, just after the opening of the hotel, I checked it out and was swept off my feet, deeply impressed by the style of the finest furniture in the world, the way the office building / music school had been converted into a surprisingly high class hotel, the carpets and the flooring, and the glass encased trees of which only the tops were visible. The books on the coffee tables struck and surprised me, of the best and finest photographers in the world, too expensive for most private interested parties. I saw myself doing interviews for De Fotograaf in the lobby, the most ideal photo location as well, the quiet atmosphere, the fine coffee, the utterly pleasant personnel, and a great location for making portraits. First I made some snaps with my phone, and later some more with a modest, inconspicuous little camera; I think many will follow. </p> <p align="left" class="Times_12">Hans Arend de Wit<br> </p> </div></td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <p><img src="phlog/Images_110801/Phlog_Conservatorium_7139.jpg" width="960" height="539"></p> <p> </p> <p><img src="phlog/Images_110801/Phlog_Conservatorium_7125.jpg" width="960" height="539"></p> <p> </p> <p><img src="phlog/Images_110801/Phlog_Conservatorium_7130.jpg" width="960" height="522"></p> <p> </p> <p><img src="phlog/Images_110801/Phlog_Conservatorium_7121.jpg" width="960" height="539"></p> <p> </p> <p><img src="phlog/Images_110801/Phlog_Conservatorium_7134.jpg" width="960" height="539"></p> <p> </p> <p><img src="phlog/Images_110801/Phlog_Conservatorium_7137.jpg" width="960" height="539"></p> <p> </p> <p><img src="phlog/Images_110801/Phlog_Conservatorium_7141.jpg" width="960" height="523"></p> <p> </p> <p><img src="phlog/Images_120101/Phlog_Nootzaak_Nuts_0242.jpg" width="960" height="539"></p> </div> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><br> </p> <p align="center" class="Arial14"><a href="Switch_Image_Features.html" target="_blank">More features, photos and writings.</a></p> <p align="center" class="Arial14"><a href="phlog/phlog.html">Phlog.</a></p> <p><br> </p> <p> </p> </body> </html>