Lex van Rossen, R.I.P.

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Lex is dead. I knew he was ill, but it’s still a shock. Lex shot the cover photo of my book. I’ve always been disappointed with the way the print came out and I have been meaning to fix that in the pdf version I’ve been working on, on and off. To give that image the full page it deserves. I knew Lex from going to concerts in the 80s and 90s. He was always in my way (for the first three songs) and we’d laugh about it – he wasn’t the tallest himself. He was a fantastic photographer, a real craftsman and one of my photography heroes. He must be taking pictures of angels now.

Here is some of his work. You may know it.
Chris Isaak’s Heart Shaped World
Bono vs De Kuip
More pictures

Sweethearts come and go

Received some sad news earlier on today.

Some get married, others part. It is, will always be, an emotional time. (qt)

More nastiness: we just read a police message on Teletext that gave me and my colleagues a bit of a shock. Someone we work with (in a related company here on Mediapark) went missing a week ago, on her way to work — a route some of us travel daily.