A short time before I went to Lisbon I did a photoshoot for the ‘Ceramics Museum in Leeuwarden’, Holland. The same day, after the photoshoot in the museum, I also made some portrait photos of Gerda Havertong. One of these pictures has recently been used in ICCO magazine, for an interview with Gerda Havertong. Gerda Havertong has been actively involved with ICCO and has been a member for years.

Gerda Havertong

Gerda Havertong used to present on the Dutch Sesame Street. She is a professional artist and also writes books. Just recently she did the voice over for a 3D character in the Disney film ‘The Princess and the Frog’ (Dutch version).

Some of her activities are poetry, storytelling for children and poems for ‘third world liturature’ in combination with music.

About ICCO

ICCO is an organisation that works on a world without poverty and injustice. For this reason ICCO supports various projects in the world that have that same main goal, and ICCO gives a contribution to these projects by for example financing it and giving assistence.

The interview for ICCO Magazine used one of the portrait photos I made of miss Havertong. The interview was held by Jan-Henk van Vulpen. You can read (in Dutch) and see the article and picture in the link below. I also added the photo in this blogpost.

Read the article here: ICCO Article

Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite ]]> http://www.jaapruurd.com/journal/index.php/2010/02/19/gerda-havertong-icco/feed/ 0 http://www.jaapruurd.com/journal/index.php/2009/04/15/fragments-happiness/ http://www.jaapruurd.com/journal/index.php/2009/04/15/fragments-happiness/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:50:32 +0000 Jaap Ruurd Feitsma http://www.jaapruurd.com/journal/?p=41 A while ago the ‘Keramiek Museum Princessehof’ in Leeuwarden (Netherlands) asked me to take some nice photo’s during the opening of they’re new exhibition ‘Scherven & Geluk.’ This took place last saterday. ‘Scherven & Geluk’ basicly means ‘fragments & happiness’ and it is about a diverse selection of china from a hundred years ago up till today. The idea is that behind every china is a story of love, sadness, pain and happiness.

The opening started in the Grote Kerk (Big Church) also known as the Jacobijnerkerk in Leeuwarden. Several couples walked into the church as if it were a real wedding – music included – and every couple wore wedding clothes from around 1900 till today. about 750 people came to watch, among them some famous Dutch people such as Imca Marina, a well known singer from Holland. She held a speech about the exhibition and so did Else-Marie van den Eerenbent, a well know family therapist and author.

Gerda Havertong was also at the opening and she’s a famous singer and actrice in the Netherlands. Most people know her from Sesame Street. I did a personal photoshoot for her in the afternoon.

Take a look at some of the pictures from the photoshoot and the opening of the exhibition ‘Scherven & Geluk’ at the end of this article.

Find out more about the exhibition at the museum’s website here and  and the exhibition website here.

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