ETCETERA

The Chinese New Year celebrations will herald in the Year of the Dragon and with it the dramatic unveiling of XX/XY - 29 January, 2012, London

XX/XY is a musical battle composed by Liz Liew and Andy Leung, inspired by the competition of life - from the battle of the sexes (female/male chromosomes) to the competitive spirit of the Olympics and Paralympics: victories and defeats, human and machine, beginning and end, UK and world. The Chinese New Year celebrations will herald in the Year of the Dragon and with it the dramatic unveiling of XX/XY presented by Chinatown Arts Space  29 January, 2012 – Trafalgar Square, London

The Cure will be headlining a series of major European music festivals this summer.

It is confirmed  that the Cure will play Pink Pop Festival in The Netherlands , HULTSFRED FESTIVAL, SWEDEN , HURRICANE FESTIVAL, GERMANY , SOUTHSIDE FESTIVAL, GERMANY … Lots more to come…

    

Identity

maLUCo , Professional Photographer & Vegan sympathizer. When nightfall comes he is photographing Live concert/music photography. Thinking in Black & White and as a non- traditionalist, he does not believe in his own birthday celebration…
Belgium born, living on the road most of the year, love to call Italy as his ‘home’.  Passionate about life and living every minute to its fullest. Adores sparkling mineral water and has a big scar on his right foot as a result of a freak skydiving accident. 

What really attracts him are the extremes, he has a passion for Hot-Air Ballooning, Skydiving, Extreme Adventure Running: always higher, faster, longer, and ....bolder.  His persistence and determination is what separates him from every other dreamer.
 

Each human being has a dream that is right for him.  I want a life that punches back. I want to discover, to experiment, to go on ahead of the pack, but in a realistic way.  I am also pugnacious, stubborn and an incurable optimist.  One thing about me is that I focus when I listen, and I learn fast.  Above all else, I believe in my LUCky Star, in bravery and personal commitment.

Not only holding several pilot licenses, his love for adventure and the ability to participate in extreme sports, makes him a major attribute to adventure and expedition photo shoots.

He finished the most extreme and prestigious adventure foot races on the planet- with his cameras: the 250 Km Marathon des Sables deep in the Sahara desert, non-stop 210 Km ‘BR135’ in Brazil, Skydives on worldwide drop zones, Hot Air Balloon expeditions and several wildlife expeditions in Brazil’s Amazon are a few on his ‘Logbook’.

So to sum up quickly who he photographed the last 6 months: ... Moby, Seal , Karl Bartos (Kraftwerk), Ozark Henry ,Yodelice ,Mick Hucknall (Simply red) ,The Exploited, Simple Minds, Milk Inc., Bart Peeters, Patti Smith, LAMB, Visage, KMFDM, John Miles, Visage, Angie Stone, ...  

I was privileged to photograph them. I was so exhausted and yet so energized as well.

While not hanging around on concerts – by day, maLUCo is photographing underwater, -with an affinity for whales and dolphins-, for his 5 years’ on-going project named ‘Encante’

Manifesto

ViBIN ?? …No, that is not a typo in the title, … It is called… what again? While you sit there pondering how to pronounce the name, it means ‘the general state of enjoying or feeling good about a situation, person, place, or thing.  The euphoric buzz you have at that time about something or someone‘.   Like for instance the vibe you get while taking photos during a concert.   It is war ... beside the fact that the bands think you are annoying; you have thousands of charged up fans, either intoxicated, high or both, behind you. The security staff hates you, because you are in their way. The crowd is jealous of you. Crowd surfers will repeatedly kick you in the head and bump your arms and shoulders as you attempt to take a shot. That sensation, that adrenaline rush.... is what ViBIN is all about.

I have started ViBIN as an experimental creative platform, to showcase my work to the fans of music and photography, to create something that burns on your retina. While I have created my own style when it comes to Live Concert Photography, the shooting and the approach is to capture something the audience was feeling during the gig. Concert- culture- photography as art, where the audience has a roll into it , yes ... you, the public, are a part of the evening too.

Encante

Encante is a photo pilgrimage across the world’s 5 oceans, 5 seas and 1 river to explore the lives of whales, dolphins and porpoises.  A journey looking for answers I do not even know the questions for... shedding a focus on the mysteries of these animals and their struggles for survival in a rapidly changing world...

Maybe you may think wildlife photographers would be hard-pressed to find any corner of the planet that has not been photographed, but it turns out that in the Amazon rainforest there is a habitat where no cameras have ventured: the river itself, where I explored the lives of the Pink River Dolphins (Bota Rosa) across the Rio Negro.

Entering the Amazonas meant for me, removing myself from the frenzy of urban life and plunging into a rejuvenating bath.  There is nothing more exciting than nature photography in the Amazon.  So many colourful and incredible subjects in the surroundings, just wanting to be discovered.  Tropical environments can be challenging for camera equipment - but the rewards of photographing these special places and the species that live in them, are well worth the ’frustrations’...

I discovered the best way to observe fish, is to become a fish yourself.  In this way, I have discovered a simple formula:  the water, available light (no flash), a camera in an underwater housing and one breath of air.  As a result, I was able to capture unique photos, explore the river, and I was able to get close to the underwater mammals without disturbing them. No noise and clouds of bubbles were emitted like most dive equipment.

As a Photographer and Adventurer, my goals for most every trip are the same:
to challenge my physical limits, to experience the freedom and divine inspiration of the natural world and to capture the emotion, challenge, scale and geography of each adventure in a few dynamic images.  Nature is a very special place for me, and important for mankind.

It is my wish, and I hope that my photography will inspire you to value and preserve what we still have left.

maLUCo Photography

Book

ViBIN
Dedicated to the Dutch Rock ‘n Roll musician -Herman Brood–.  ViBIN is an on-going project - on a Live concert photo book -to show case a selection of photographs taken during live concerts in Europe and/or from various artists.  The profits of the book will support and contribute upcoming artists and bring new music to life. The book will include, handwritten comments by artists, their managers, organizers, the public ... accompanying the photographs. It will take a little adjustment to read my scribbles, but the effort is worthwhile. These comments could be gossip, maybe at times informative and at times lightweight nonsense. You have to make your own way through it all; the book is spaciously designed and is made with love.

HERMAN BROOD:
Back to the beginning of my photographic journey, when I was 12 years old, I won a photo contest, a book of Herman Brood with his photos and paintings. From that moment, his music and I have had a wild romance, and still is one hell... of a roller coaster ride. Ironically, a few years later, I ‘met’ Herman laying on a street in Terneuzen (NL), he collapsed after a cocktail of booze and speed. While I assisted him to sit straight up, he looked at me - as if he wanted to say ‘thank you my friend‘- .

July 11th, 2011 - when his death was announced all over the radio and TV-, I still remember where I was and with whom I was. When U2 performed in the Netherlands three weeks after Brood’s suicide, they paid tribute to him at each of their three shows.  At the third show in Arnhem they also dedicated their own song “Gone“ to Herman and performed Brood’s version of “My Way”.  In the middle of the show Bono delivered an emotional eulogy to Brood.
 I have never experienced such an emotional reaction to his death. His life, music and paintings manifested themselves onto my soul, into my veins and gave me the feeling they would be with me for the rest of my life.

To Herman, a musician, Rock ‘n Roll junkie, artist, ‘enfant terrible’ and a huge-huge personality.

Let’s be honest, we all on our time, we always wanted to be Herman Brood.

Suicide note left behind by Herman Brood, July 11th, 2001:

Concerts

Links

Links / Friends:

• lizchiyenliew.com  LIZ CHI YEN LIEW
• www.lambofficial.com   LAMB
• jayleighton.com  JAY LEIGHTON
• www.seal.com  SEAL
• www.moby.com  MOBY
• stratamusic.com  artist management
• www.pretext.be   public relations and events
• www.nadvize.be  public relations and events

 

maLUCo links:

• http://www.malucophoto.com/
• www.vibin.eu
• www.encante.eu  (COMING SOON)

Sponsors:

• TBC