An Evening At The Etang

 

Once again we celebrate the anniversary of the death of photographer David Hamilton, to whom Max owes much.

Max used to regularly show his pictures to the grand master of light and both worked on new methods to improve the style of  romantic photography.

The following pictures have been shot in the beautiful South of France on real genuine film, the same way and with the same camera David used in the 1970’s.

Our special thanks go to Bilits, Stella and Yuna, who where fantastic models with the perfect feeling for the scene.

The text and poem below the pictures were provided by Olivier Mathieu.

They match perfectly with the pictures of Max and honour David Hamilton

Please click on the image to enlarge.

 

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David Hamilton starb am 25. November 2016. Wir werden Ihn nicht vergessen. Er war der große Meister des größten Geheimnisses, des weiblichen Geheimnisses. Hier ist ein Gedicht für David Hamilton und über das weibliche Mysterium.

David Hamilton est mort le 25 novembre 2016. Nous sommes quelques-uns à ne pas l’oublier. Il fut le grand maître du plus grand des mystères, le mystère féminin. Voici un poème pour David Hamilton et sur le mystère féminin.

David Hamilton died on November 25, 2016. We will not forget him. He was the great master of the greatest of mysteries, the feminine mystery. Here is a poem for David Hamilton and about the feminine mystery.

David Hamilton è morto il 25 novembre 2016. Alcuni di noi non lo dimenticano. Era il grande maestro del più grande dei misteri, il mistero femminile. Ecco una poesia per David Hamilton e sul mistero femminile.

Le mystère, infini, cède ou échappe en l’une

Ou l’autre, et se reforme: ainsi, quête d’exil.

Qu’il s’éloigne ou se donne au soleil, à la lune,

C’était moi, le mystère: aussi m’en souvient-il.

Telle fut ma recherche: amoureux des prisons,

Amant de liberté, poète ivre d’images,

Funambule fendant l’orage outre horizon

Et la boucle est bouclée, à la fin le naufrage.

Peut-être n’y eut-il ici aucun mystère

Autre que celui peint derrière mes paupières.

Au sein du temps donné, combien de moments ronds?

Combien de leurs échos chanteront les colombes?

Combien gésiront morts, étendus sous leurs tombes?

Sous leurs tombes, combien étendus gésiront?

 

Olivier Mathieu, blog en défense de David Hamilton:

 

The mystery, infinite, gives way or escapes in one of them.

Or the other, and reformed: thus, a quest for exile.

Whether he moves away or gives himself to the sun, to the moon,

I was the mystery: that’s why I remember it.

That was my search: prison lovers,

Lover of freedom, poet drunk with images,

Tightrope walker splitting the thunderstorm beyond the horizon

And the loop is closed, in the end the shipwreck.

Perhaps there was no mystery here.

Other than the one painted behind my eyelids.

Within a given time, how many round moments?

How many of their echoes will the doves sing?

How many will lie dead under their graves?

 

As always the pictures in the video and on our site are available in different sizes and strictly limited to 300 copies.
Each picture is autographed by the Max Stolzenberg himself, titled and dry stamped to ensure originality.

Some of the pictures have not been published before and it is still possible to get hold of the number 1 of 300 prints.

Pictures can be ordered here.

Just let Bilitis know which picture you want to buy and which size you want and she will arrange everything for you.

Prices and sizes can be found on our shop page.

We also highly recommend to visit sour atelier. Here you can convince yourself of the high quality, painting like, pictures and the wonderful workmanship of our limited prints.

Max uses only analog cameras and genuine film for his artwork!

 

About Roland Jaccard, Dawn Dunlap and beautiful Stella

Today we will fight the boredom of your isolation with a good shot of literature, a small video of a very interesting man and of course a lot of beautiful girls.

Do you know Roland Jaccard?
The Swiss writer?

Not only did he write books like “The Inner Exile”, “Freud” and “The Madness”, (yes, you’re right, he is a psychologist) which are also in Max’s library by the way, but he is also a big fan of Dawn Dunlap, the actress who played the role of Laura in “Laura, Shadows of a Summer” by David Hamilton.

Visit Roland Jaccard’s blog or read his column in the magazine “Causeur” and enjoy his refreshingly sarcastic, cynical and often nihilistic world view.

Roland Jaccard’s blog

Roland Jaccard’s column on “Causeur”

He also has a YouTube channel where another of his short videos has just been published.

https://youtu.be/fKZdHpwcDdA

Although it’s not easy to take pictures of beautiful girls these days, Max has managed to get a real beauty in front of the lens.

Stella, so her name, was already planned for Max’s trip to Florence together with Manouk and Bilitis. But unfortunately, as everyone can imagine, this trip, which would have resulted in some really extraordinary pictures, had to be cancelled.
So we are left with only a few pictures that were taken during a first test shooting with Max.
We don’t want to withhold these pictures from you as a further measure against possible boredom or even depressions caused by isolation.
You can be sure that these are not the last pictures of Stella!

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Olivier Mathieu has written a very interesting book about Dawn Dunlap.
As we can see, this beautiful woman has obviously stayed in the minds of many men (and certainly also some women) until today.
Read here on the page of Olivier Mathieu and order his novel about Dawn Dunlap against the boredom of isolation.
It is also recommended to watch her film “Laura, shadows of a summer”, directed by David Hamilton.

Dawn Dunlap by Olivier Mathieu

“Reflections” was shot by Max just a couple of days ago while strolling through the meadows and woods together with Bilitis and Stella.

Max says:

“I hope you enjoyed today’s article on my blog.
Read in the books of Roland Jaccard and Olivier Mathieu and if you like my pictures order one or the other of them for your home and let yourself be carried away into a world of beauty and romantic dreams. You will be surprised how good that feels.
By the way, Stella is not only very pretty but also an extraordinary interesting personality. I am already very much looking forward to dedicate a really large photo gallery to her.

All pictures you see here can be ordered now. As always on best paper and of course personally titled, numbered and signed by me.

And since we are celebrating David Hamilton’s birthday today, we are giving a 15% discount on every order placed until April 15th at 23:59 (UTC+2).

Gladly Bilitis also accepts your special wishes.
Simply write to her.

Memories of an unforgettable Summer – Part II

Many of our subscribers have asked us when the second part of “Memories of an unforgettable Summer” will be finished.

Now the time has finally come. You can look forward to the premiere on Youtube next Sunday, 16.2.2020 at 20:15 MEZ.

In the meantime, Max is already preparing his next adventures.

This much is already known, there will be a reunion with Manouk this year and Bilitis and Yuna have already agreed to visit Max for the summer.

Until then sit back, pour a good glass of wine and enjoy the pictures of Max Stolzenberg in his latest video!

 

 

As always the pictures in the video and on our site are available in different sizes and strictly limited to 300 copies.
Each picture is autographed by the Max Stolzenberg himself, titled and dry stamped to ensure originality.

Some of the pictures have not been published before and it is still possible to get hold of the number 1 of 300 prints.

Pictures can be ordered here.

Just let Bilitis know which picture you want to buy and which size you want and she will arrange everything for you.

Prices and sizes can be found on our shop page.

We also highly recommend to visit sour atelier. Here you can convince yourself of the high quality, painting like, pictures and the wonderful workmanship of our limited prints.

Max uses only analog cameras and genuine film for his artwork!

 

Memories of an unforgettable Summer

Max has asked us to realize two new videos containing some of the most beautiful pictures he did during his Summer stay in south France.
We are proud to announce the premiere of the first of these two videos on our YouTube channel for Sunday at 20:00 MEZ.
The video will feature photos of Belle, Bilitis, Kia, Lycil and Yuna together with Ennio Morricone’s masterpiece For love one can die..

What Max says:

This summer produced some of the most beautiful pictures. I really enjoyed the days with the girls and will forever remember the time with them. I hope you all enjoy the pictures as much as I do.
At the moment I am working on some exhibitions and I am already organizing some new photographic adventures with the girls.
We will go to Florence and meet some interesting people there. Among others the writer Olivier Mathieu and the well known photographer Corrado Pinci, former collaborator of the famous photographer Angelo Frontoni, who unfortunately died in the meantime. We all have a hang for romantic photography and I will also talk with Corrado about a future project together.
Until May I will photograph a few more girls and then go back to the south for a longer period of time, where the light and the landscape allow me to take the most beautiful pictures and inspire my creativity. Until then I wish you all much joy with my pictures and would be happy to welcome some of you at my exhibitions.

Max Stolzenberg

As always the pictures in the video and on our site are available in different sizes and strictly limited to 300 copies.
Each picture is autographed by the Max Stolzenberg himself, titled and dry stamped to ensure originality.

Some of the pictures have not been published before and it is still possible to get hold of the number 1 of 300 prints.

Pictures can be ordered here.

Just let Bilitis know which picture you want to buy and which size you want and she will arrange everything for you.

Prices and sizes can be found on our shop page.

We also highly recommend to visit sour atelier. Here you can convince yourself of the high quality, painting like, pictures and the wonderful workmanship of our limited prints.

Max uses only analog cameras and genuine film for his artwork!

 

A Suitcase full of pictures – In House Exhibition 8.11. – 10.11.2019

 

 

 

A Suitcase full of Pictures

is the title of this year’s in house exhibition at the Atelier Stolzenberg/Studio74.
See the newest romantic pictures and snapshots of Max’s journeys around the globe.

This year Max did shootings with Maria and Bilitis on Terceira Island, with Manouk and Bilitis in Saint Tropez and throughout the Provence and the Languedoc.

Belle did a journey with Bilitis to Belgium for pictures and Liv, Lycil and Kia visited Max at his house for their first shooting.

During the Summer Belle, Lycil, Bilitis, Kia and Yuna went down to the south of France and stayed together with Max at a beautifully romantic old farmhouse in the middle of the Luberon region.

We invited you to visit us at the atelier, drink some wine, take a snack and listen to the stories Max’s newest pictures have to tell.
Some of the artist’s most beautiful pictures will also bee shown on big screen after dark.

 

 

Max Stolzenberg will be personally present at the exhibition.
This is your chance to buy the No. 1 out of 300 prints and have it signed by the artist!

We can also confirm the appearance of Bilitis, Kia, Lycil and possibly Belle, Manouk and Yuna.
This is also your unique chance to meet them and have your picture also signed by the girls.

It will also be possible to get hold of one of the rare copies of the newest books of well known writer Olivier Mathieu at the exhibition!

The Atelier Stolzenberg/Studio74 can be found at the following address:

Atelier Stolzenberg/Studio74
Markusstraße 4
41751 Viersen
Germany

Admission times are:

Friday 8.11.2019 from 17:00
Saturday and Sunday from 11:00
Further appointments by telephone arrangement.

Tel.: +49(0)2162.8976183

We are looking forward to your visit!