Martijn van Haalen

The young artist Cees Krijnen and his mother travel round the world with a performance about her divorce, the proceedings of which have been dragging on for fifteen years: the Woman in Divorce Battle Tour, which won him the 1999 Prix de Rome. At first sight, Cees's father and his new wife, complaining about the situation from their middle-class house, just seem to be a couple of sourpusses.

At a dusty crossroads in the desert city of Niamey, Niger, a crippled beggar is sitting in his wheelchair. He is Philippe Koudjina, who was once a successful photographer. In 1960s during the euphoria that followed independence, young people danced the twist and rock ‘n’ roll. Koudjina took snapshots and made a good living. Now, his negatives are decaying in a rusty cabinet. These snapshots now have artistic value. In Paris and New York, large sums are paid for photography like this. There is hope for Koudjina as two French connoisseurs are now trying to launch his work on the art circuit.

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The young artist Cees Krijnen and his mother travel round the world with a performance about her divorce, the proceedings of which have been dragging on for fifteen years: the Woman in Divorce Battle Tour, which won him the 1999 Prix de Rome. At first sight, Cees's father and his new wife, complaining about the situation from their middle-class house, just seem to be a couple of sourpusses.

At a dusty crossroads in the desert city of Niamey, Niger, a crippled beggar is sitting in his wheelchair. He is Philippe Koudjina, who was once a successful photographer. In 1960s during the euphoria that followed independence, young people danced the twist and rock ‘n’ roll. Koudjina took snapshots and made a good living. Now, his negatives are decaying in a rusty cabinet. These snapshots now have artistic value. In Paris and New York, large sums are paid for photography like this. There is hope for Koudjina as two French connoisseurs are now trying to launch his work on the art circuit.

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