Art fotografie | Expositie Huis ter West Westervoort februari / maart 2018
Exhibition Albert van 't Slot in Westervoort February / March Huize Vredenburg & Huis ter West [flyer text].
After a working life as technical draughtsman/designer, but also as property manager and location manager for the Nuon, Albert van 't Slot (1949, Zutphen,Netherlands) has returned to his childhood love, 'Photography'.
Albert van 't Slot is a true romantic. The photographs he exhibits have two captivating themes. One consists of sensitive, almost abstract images that are shaped by his eye for texture and detail. Then there is the theme of ''Man''. Fascinating photos arise from honest observations. As a self-taught photographer, Albert van 't Slot does not consider taking photographs as 'shooting pictures'. No post-procenetherlandsssing to achieve a glossy image. The photos exhibited here are the preliminary result of a photographic quest for pure and substantive representation of the world around him. Sometimes tranquil but also intense. The photos he exhibits are emotionally charged and he wants to share them with the viewer.
Street musicians are passionately absorbed in their music: An old woman rests on a bench, leaning on a stool. In the sunny Mediterranean landscape, she protects herself from the sharp light with a raised hand. A blacksmith bent over an anvil hammers at the glowing iron. In his dark, cave-like forge there is the nostalgia of craftsmanship. In the photo of the statue of a clown, we see not only the sombre man behind the smiling mask, but also the photographic processing of colour, of light and dark, and the reinforcing composition.
Jan van Krieken van Huessen, January 2018
