Music For The Deaf II

''Music For The Deaf II'' is het 2e boek van concertfotograaf Koen Keppens. Zijn eerste boek ''Music For The Deaf'' verscheen in 2010, nu exact 10 jaar geleden. KOEN KEPPENS (°1967, Dendermonde) is behalve fotograaf, vooral muziekliefhebber Hij maakt al meer dan 30 jaar foto''s van artiesten. In de zomer van 1996 is hij de eerste fotograaf van ''Go for music'', een equipe die online en live verslag uitbrengt van Rock Werchter en Pukkelpop. Keppens ontwikkelt doorheen de jaren een zeer eigen stijl die pas echt op de radar komt met zijn boek ''Music For The Deaf'' (2010). Het geprezen overzichtsboek van 20 jaar rockfotografie toont hoe anders en hoe uniek Keppens is. En hoe onterecht het is dat hij - bij ontstentenis van een opvallend medium - zolang over het hoofd is gezien. ''Keppens kan zich meten met de besten'', schrijft het gezaghebbende Nederlandse muziekblad Oor. ''Het meeste heeft hij van Rembrandt, zijn spel met licht (meestal met donker), precies die uitdrukkingen op de gezichten.'' Keppens werkt voor Focus Knack en Humo en is een van de huisfotografen van Rock Wercher.

"Music For The Deaf II" is the 2nd book by concert photographer Koen Keppens. His first book "Music For The Deaf" was published in 2010, exactly 10 years ago. KOEN KEPPENS (1967, Dendermonde) is a photographer with an undying love for music. He has been shooting musicians for more than 30 years. In the summer of 1996 he became the first photographer of "Go for music", a team that reports online and live from Rock Werchter and Pukkelpop. Keppens has developed a very idiosyncratic style throughout the years. This culminates in the publication of ''Music For The Deaf'' in 2010, putting him on the map as one of the most distinct music photographers active today. The book, collecting the best of twenty years of music photography, receives rapturous reviews and underscores how different and unique Keppens'' body of work is. And how unfair it is that he has remained under the radar for so long, for lack of a more prominent and visible medium as an outlet for his talent. ''Keppens belongs up there with the best of them'', the prominent Dutch music magazine Oor states in its review. ''Most of all he calls to mind Rembrandt, with his deft use of light (and shade as well), and with a knack for capturing the most unique facial expressions.'' ? Keppens'' work has been published in Focus Knack and Humo, and he is one of the resident photographers for Rock Wercher.

"Music For The Deaf II" is the 2nd book by concert photographer Koen Keppens. His first book "Music For The Deaf" was published in 2010, exactly 10 years ago. KOEN KEPPENS (1967, Dendermonde) is a photographer with an undying love for music. He has been shooting musicians for more than 30 years. In the summer of 1996 he became the first photographer of "Go for music", a team that reports online and live from Rock Werchter and Pukkelpop. Keppens has developed a very idiosyncratic style throughout the years. This culminates in the publication of ''Music For The Deaf'' in 2010, putting him on the map as one of the most distinct music photographers active today. The book, collecting the best of twenty years of music photography, receives rapturous reviews and underscores how different and unique Keppens'' body of work is. And how unfair it is that he has remained under the radar for so long, for lack of a more prominent and visible medium as an outlet for his talent. ''Keppens belongs up there with the best of them'', the prominent Dutch music magazine Oor states in its review. ''Most of all he calls to mind Rembrandt, with his deft use of light (and shade as well), and with a knack for capturing the most unique facial expressions.'' ? Keppens'' work has been published in Focus Knack and Humo, and he is one of the resident photographers for Rock Wercher.