Robin de Puy

Robin de Puy Instagram – New series for the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant -> De Amerikanen (The Americans). Every two weeks I’ll share a new American with you all! ❤️
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Nick and Zorka, Raton, New Mexico.
Pretty Close To A Million.

I spot an old, blue Dodge pickup truck under a blue, sun-scorched neon sign that says, ‘The Maverick Motel.’ In the empty lot, a lady — in a blue shirt — sits under a canopy. My photography heart leaps at the perfect confluence of all that blue.

“Can I maybe take your picture?” I ask her. “Yes, of course,” she replies with a distinct voice in a dialect still unfamiliar to me. In the distance, I notice a man stepping out — also dressed in blue. It turns out to be her husband Nick.
Nick starts talking from afar, and from that point on my toes barely touch the ground. I float in a blue bubble carried by Nick’s sentences. Virtually all of them sound like iconic anecdotes ending with an exclamation point, supported by affirming — or dissenting — sounds from his wife. The dialect turns out to be from the former Yugoslavia.

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Director: Robin de Puy / @robin_de_puy
DoP: Maarten van Rossem / @mvrossem
Editor: Annelien van Wijnbergen / @kapsalon_editing_hardcuts
Recordist: Mark Wessner / @banana_wessner
Sounddesign: Melcher Meirmans / @recsound_amsterdam
Assistant: Sam Verberne / @sam.verberne
Mental support: <3 Sandra Govers
/ @sandragovershairandmakeup

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@mondriaanfonds | Posted on 07/Oct/2022 13:24:12