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Fotografie klus

Niet zomaar een klus, de royal leende haar fotografiekunsten aan een heel bijzonder project. Ter herdenking van het 75e jaar dat Auschwitz is bevrijd, mocht de hertogin van Cambridge vier overlevenden voor haar camera laten plaatsnemen. Diens kinderen en kleinkinderen werden ook gefotografeerd.

De bijzondere photoshoot vond begin januari 2020 plaats in Kensington Palace. Kate nam de Nederlandse schilder Johannes Vermeer als inspiratiebron voor het fotoproject, omdat meerdere overlevenden connecties hebben met Nederland. Dat is duidelijk terug te zien aan de compositie en het licht- en kleurgebruik. De foto's zullen later dit jaar te zien zijn in een expositie over de bevrijding van Auschwitz.

Kate: "De gebeurtenissen van de Holocaust, veroorzaakt door het meest ondenkbare kwaad, zullen voor altijd herdacht worden. Door het traumatische begin van hun leven kijken deze mensen terug met verdriet, maar ook met dankbaarheid. Dankbaarheid dat zij het hebben mogen overleven."

Nederlander gefotografeerd

Vooral het verhaal van de Amsterdamse Steven Frank (84) ontroerde Kate Middleton. Steven is tijdens zijn jeugd naar meerdere concentratiekampen gebracht. "Hij is zich zo bewust van het leven en kijkt ondanks alles toch met dankbaarheid terug," vertelt Kate. "Het was een eer om hem te ontmoeten."

 

 

 

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As part of the commemorations for the 75th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust, The Duchess of Cambridge has taken photographs of two Holocaust survivors with their grandchildren. The first photograph features Steven Frank with his granddaughters, Maggie and Trixie. Alongside his mother and brothers, Steven was sent to Westerbork transit camp then to Theresienstadt. Steven and his brothers were 3 of only 93 children who survived the camp - 15,000 children were sent there. The Duchess also photographed Yvonne Bernstein with her granddaughter Chloe. Yvonne was a hidden child in France, travelling in the care of her aunt and uncle and frequently changing homes and names. The Duchess said: “I wanted to make the portraits deeply personal to Yvonne and Steven – a celebration of family and the life that they have built since they both arrived in Britain in the 1940s. The families brought items of personal significance with them which are included in the photographs. It was a true honour to have been asked to participate in this project and I hope in some way Yvonne and Steven’s memories will be kept alive as they pass the baton to the next generation.” The portraits will form part of a new exhibition opening later this year by @holocaustmemorialdaytrust, Jewish News and @royalphotographicsociety , which will feature 75 images of survivors and their family members. The exhibition will honour the victims of the Holocaust and celebrate the full lives that survivors have built in the UK, whilst inspiring people to consider their own responsibility to remember and share the stories of those who endured Nazi persecution. Portraits ©The Duchess of Cambridge

Een bericht gedeeld door Kensington Palace (@kensingtonroyal) op 26 Jan 2020 om 2:05 (PST)

 

 

 

 

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Today is #HolocaustMemorialDay, which takes place each year on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, and honours survivors of the Holocaust, Nazi Persecution, and subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. Earlier this month, The Duchess of Cambridge met two Holocaust survivors, Steven Frank and Yvonne Bernstein, as she took photographs for a project by @holocaustmemorialdaytrust, Jewish News and @royalphotographicsociety to mark 75 years since the end of the Holocaust. The Duchess’s photographs will be included in an exhibition of 75 images of survivors and their family members, which will open later this year. “The harrowing atrocities of the Holocaust, which were caused by the most unthinkable evil, will forever lay heavy in our hearts. Yet it is so often through the most unimaginable adversity that the most remarkable people flourish. Despite unbelievable trauma at the start of their lives, Yvonne Bernstein and Steven Frank are two of the most life-affirming people that I have had the privilege to meet. They look back on their experiences with sadness but also with gratitude that they were some of the lucky few to make it through. Their stories will stay with me forever.” – The Duchess of Cambridge Photographs © Kensington Palace

Een bericht gedeeld door Kensington Palace (@kensingtonroyal) op 27 Jan 2020 om 2:07 (PST)

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Bron: RTL Boulevard