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For over ten years now, I have been active in the film industry, working on features, commercials, shorts and corporate films. Across all of these settings, what is evident is the remarkable visual friction between the fictional world we create and the daily world that we all inhabit. In the summer, we shoot snowy Christmas scenes; during wintertime, a sunny moment in an Eastern world. What strikes me most is how fast we, as human beings, are able to adapt to situations that seem absurd to outsiders. For people working on film sets, fiction becomes a very real part of daily life, making reality interact with fiction in the most normal and therefore strangest of ways.

During a 76 day shoot, I decided to document the “reality” of a film set and the fiction of a drama, using only my smartphone. The idea was to capture one special moment during each shooting day and then sharing this image with the cast, crew and fans through social media. The shooting period, which entailed no less than 1,000 hours of close collaboration, offered me the opportunity to come extremely close to my objects of interest and become a true “fly on the wall.” This has resulted in a series of intimate portraits as well as bizarre snapshots, each of which blur the line between fiction and reality.

*Hollands Hoop on IMDB.
*Hollands Hoop exposition in De Balie.
*Hollands Hoop in (local newspaper) De Eemsbode.
*Hollands Hoop on LensCulture.
‘Shot with the cinéma vérité-style of a smartphone, this daily series of “candid” photos pierces the slick facade of film-making while causing us to question the distinction between reality and performance in our own lives.’ -LensCulture-

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Richt Martens (2nd Assistant Director / Script Continuity)

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Uwe Kuipers (Gaffer)

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Roland Schutte (3rd Assistant Director)

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Frenky Ribbens (Writer) & Dana Nechushtan (Director)

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Bert Pot (Director of Photography) & Martijn Lakemeier (Actor)

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Megan de Kruijf (Actress)

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Bert Pot (Director of Photography)

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Kim van Kooten (Actress)

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Ian & Neeltje (Catering)

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Antoin Cox (Sound Mixer) Bert Pot (Director of Photography) Ari Hemelaar (1st AD)

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Marcel Hensema (Actor)

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Peter van den Begin (Actor)

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Conchita de Groot (Wardrobe)

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Martijn Lakemeier (Actor) & Dana Nechushtan (Director)

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Jan Broekema (Set Production Assistant)

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Uwe Kuipers (Gaffer) & Peter van den Begin (Actor)

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Martijn Lakemeier (Actor)

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Marcel Hensema (Actor)

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Marcel Hensema (Actor)

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Martijn Lakemeier (Actor)

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Marcel Hensema (Actor)

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Peter van den Begin (Actor)

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Bert Pot (Director of Photography), Kaspar Burghard (Grip) & Mark du Plessis (1st Assistant Camera)

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Jaap Spijkers (Actor)

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Taco Regtien (Set Dresser / Weed Specialist)

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Sabrina Carli (Lighting Trainee) & Giel Born (Best Boy)

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Ari Hemelaar (1st Assistant Director), Martijn Lakemeier (Actor), Uwe Kuipers (Gaffer) & Bert Pot (Director of Photography)

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Justus Engelbracht (Clapper/Loader)

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Antonio Martinez Urbina (Video Assist)

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Martijn Lakemeier (Actor)

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Bert Pot (Director of Photography)

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Jur Oster & Giel Born (Best Boy)

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Sabrina Carli (Lighting Trainee) & Taco Regtien (Set Dresser / Weed Specialist)

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Mark du Plessis (1st Assistant Camera)

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Annemarie Prins (Actress) & Peter van den Begin (Actor)

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Peter van den Begin (Actor)

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Taco Regtien (Set Dresser / Weed Specialist)

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Uwe Kuipers (Gaffer)

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Marcel Hensema (Actor)

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Martijn Lakemeier (Actor)

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Lindelotte van der Meer (Assistant Hair & Make Up)

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Richt Martens (2nd Assistant Director / Script Continuity) & Dana Nechushtan (Director)

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Uwe Kuipers (Gaffer) & Bert Pot (Director of Photography)

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Sabrina Carli (Lighting Trainee)

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Lindelotte van der Meer (Assistant Hair & Make Up)

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Eva Weerts (Art Department Trainee), Vera van der Sandt (Art Director), Sander de Vries (Art Department Runner), Marius Touwen (Assistant Art Department), Ida Doodeman (Hand Props)