DANIEL ROSENTHAL PHOTOGRAPHER

Germany, Berlin, 29.6.2011. (c) DANIEL ROSENTHAL Intermezzo: Helen Caesar, 10 years old, trains modern pentathlon in the intensive training centre in Berlin. Modern pentathlon is a sports contest that includes 5 events: pistol shooting,epee fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping (horse) and a 3 km cross-country run. Helen concentrates right before shooting with a laser pistol. The modern pentathlon was invented by Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games. Helen, born 10.4.2001 in Berlin, started training at the age of eight and according to her trainer Friederike Brenker is highly talented. Helen trains 3 times a week for about 2-3 hours each time, but from automn onwards she will train 4 times per week. Her favorite disciplines are laser pistol shooting and epee fencing.

Germany, Berlin, 22.9.2011. (c) DANIEL ROSENTHAL TATTOO ART IN BERLIN. Portrait of Sarah B. Bolen, in her studio at AKA in Berlin. Sarah is 32 years old and from Vancouver. AKA is an hybrid art space: a galery, a tattoo piercing and body-modification atelier. The gallery is meant to welcome exhibitions and performers. The tattoo artists are selected for their specific and strong visual ideas, most of them do not come from a traditional tattoo background: they are visual artists, silkscreen printers, illustrators, painters, street artists in the first place. AKA wants to present a new vision of tattoo, a fresh and innovative one!

USA, New York City, 22.-25.10.2014, (c) DANIEL ROSENTHAL Portrait of director Ivo van Hove in Manhattan at Great Jones Street. Angels in America by Tony Kushner presented by Toneelgroep Amsterdam, directed by Ivo Van Hove at the BAM Harvey Theater during the Next Wave Festival. Background info: Angels in America WITH: Eelco Smits (Prior Walter), Fedja van Huet (Louis Ironson), Hans Kesting (Roy Cohn), Marieke Heebink (Hannah Pitt/Ethel Rosenberg), Marwan Kenzari (Joe Pitt), Hélène Devos (Harper Pitt), Roeland Fernhout (Belize/Mr. Lies) and Alwin Pulinckx (the Angel). By Tony Kushner; directed by Ivo van Hove; sets and lighting by Jan Versweyveld; costumes by Wojciech Dziedzic; video design by Tal Yarden; music by Wim Selles; translated by Carel Alphenaar; dramaturgy, Peter van Kraaij. A Toneelgroep Amsterdam production, presented as part of the Next Wave Festival by Brooklyn Academy of Music, Alan H. Fishman, chairman of the board; Karen Brooks Hopkins, president; Joseph V. Melillo, executive producer. At the Harvey Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 651 Fulton Street, Fort Greene, 718-636-4100, bam.org. Through Saturday. Running time: 5 hours 10 minutes. In Dutch with English subtitles.

Thailand, Bangkok, 21.11.2014, (c) DANIEL ROSENTHAL Master Toddy. Portrait of Master Toddy with an old photograph of his in the ring amongst his students. Thohsaphol Sitiwatjana (May 4, 1953) is a Thai-American martial artist and Muay Thai instructor. He is known as Master Toddy because after moving to the UK, people were unable to pronounce his name correctly. Thosophon has been a Muay Thai instructor since the age of 16 and has trained over 40 world champions over 5 decades. He has also featured in several movies (James Bond) and produced his own TV Shows.

Germany, Berlin, Admiralspalast, 6.7.2013 (c) DANIEL ROSENTHAL Sven Ratzke performs Hedwig and the angry inch in the Admiralspalast. Sven Ratzke (born 1977) is a Dutch-German cabaret artist, entertainer and singer. He lives in Amsterdam and Berlin and performs internationally. Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a 2001 American musical comedy-drama film based on the stage musical of the same name about a fictional rock band fronted by an East German transgender singer. The film was adapted and directed by John Cameron Mitchell, who also portrayed the title role.

Germany, Berlin, 18.9.2013 (c) DANIEL ROSENTHAL Jakop Ahlbom, photographed during the last rehearsal at the Zimmerei at Deutsche Oper. Phantasmagoria loosely based on the LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN of Jacques Offenbach (1819 – 1880); musical adaptation and new compositions by Anne Champert. Commissioned by the Deutsche Oper Berlin, stage-production Jakop Ahlbom. Premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on 18. September, 2013. Jakop Ahlbom has worked for years on his own unique theatrical trade mark, were theatre, mime, dance, music and the world of illusion come together as one. With his fragmental way of working and his own mixture of disciplines, he creates images lager than theatre. Ahlbom (Sweden, 1971) came to the Netherlands in the ‘90s, to attend the Theatre School (Mime) in Amsterdam. In 1998 he was awarded the Top Naeffprijs for most promising student. The jury described him as a dedicated, striking and exuberant talent. After graduating, Jakop worked with a range of unique individuals and groups including Karina Holla, Roy Peters, Alex d’Electrique, De Daders, Nieuw West, De Groep van Steen, de PeerGrouP/ZappSnacks, Orkater, het Ro theater (as choreographer) and Unieke Zaken (as director). In 2000 he made the performance STELLA MARIS, under the wings of Het Veemtheater in Amsterdam.

Germany, berlin, 8.2.2013 (c) DANIEL ROSENTHAL Portrait of Maria Barnas, (born 1973 in Hoorn) in the living room of her flat in berlin. Maria Barnas is a Dutch writer, poet and artist. She wrote about the legendary Dutch furniture company Pastoe, which will celebrate its 100th jubilee in spring 2013.