About

 

Bouwe Brouwer (1977 - Sneek / The Netherlands): primary school teacher at a refugee camp; studied fine arts and was trained as an illustrator; photographing since 2013. Since 2008 internationally published writer of haiku and short stories.

 

 

Photography:

 

2021 - 24 photo’s in Hamburger Eyes No. 50

2021 - Two of my photo's in The Guardian's selection of 2021's best street photography.

2021 - Book review of "Bar Resbel, a week on an island" in Frogpond, the journal of the haiku Society of America.

2021 - Book review of "Bar Resbel, a week on an island" in Contemporaru Haibun Online.

2021 - Interview about my Postcards From Fryslan project on Arcadia. (In Dutch)

2021 - Publication of my zine "YOLO" by Stickit Publishing.

2021 - A feature on Wonderz of Photography. Instagram and Facebook.

2021 - A feature of my Postcards From Fryslan project on Eyeshot website and instagram.

2021 - A selection from my "Postcards from Fryslan"project got an honorable mention at the open call of Eyeshot Magazine.

2021 - Publication of "Through Bennie's windows" with Replikat Press from Vienna.

2021 – 3rd place with my ongoing project “Postcards from Fryslân” in The Italian Street photo festival series contest.

2021 – Small Feature on Burn My Eye

2021 – A feature about my “Changing Trains” project in Docu Magazine Instagram and in print
2021 – 9 Photo’s in Hamburger Eyes’s2020 A year in photo’s”.

2021 - Publication of "Bar Resbel - a week on an island".

2020 - Publication of three photo's/portraits in One World Magazine

2020 - Publication of Diffuse Volume 2

2020 - Guest at the London Street Photography Festival, talk about the Tiny Moments project. 

2020 - Publication of Tiny Moments No. 5

2020 - Finalist of the Reclaim Award. One of my photo's on display on a billboard in the German city of Cologne.

2020 - Finalist in the book/fanzine contest of the Italian Street Photography Festival 2020 with my zine: Them skies of blue

2020 - Publication of Changing Trains zine with Samopal Books

2020 - Publication of "Them skies of blue" with Chemistry Publishing.
2020 - Solo exhibition of "Them skies of blue" at the Sidewalk Gallery in Leeuwarden. 
2020 - Publication of Diffuse Volume 1

2020 - Publication of Tiny Moments No. 4

2019 - Publication of Tiny Moments No. 3

2019 - "Transfer" - zine published by Tour Dogs

2019 - Part of the Onehourroll project and magazine. 

2019 - Design of, and 6 photographs included in ANTIbody Volume 1

2019 - Small feature on Un-Public

2019 - A collection of photo's in Hamburger Eyes No. 38

2019 - A photo in PEER magazine Vol. 1

2019 - Publication of Tiny Moments No. 2

2019 - Interview about my work and the Postcards From Fryslân exhibition in the Friesch Dagblad.

2019 - Solo Exhibition of "Postcards From Fryslân" at the Sidewalk Gallery in Leeuwarden. 

2018 - A photo in Eyshot magzine: Christmas edition.

2018 - A photo in Eyeshot magazine No.1 - Surreal. 

2018 - A photo in the Print Swap exhibition at the London Street Photography Festival. 

2018 - 17 photos (including the cover shot) in Hamburger Eyes No. 34.

2018 - Small feature on Changing Trains on Eye Shot Street Photography Magazine.

2018 - Feature on PoppyMag89.

2018 - Take-over on Five.Six Magazine.

2018 -  Publication of Tiny Moments No. 1

2018 -  Interview with Blake Andrews for In-Public. 

2017 – Feature of my serie “Harvest Moon”  on the website of The Heavy Collective.
2017 – Three photo’s in the “Innocence” exhibition in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

2017 – One photo in the Art on A postcard Exhibition in London.

2017 – 1st place at the Frisian Photo Festival.

2017 – 1st place at the Whipplay/Under Dogs “Curtains” competition.

2017 – Three photo’s in the Magnum Print Swap exhibition in London.

2017 - A feature in STIK No. 28 - art magazine. The mag included a real print. 

2016 – Participant in the “Dr. Karanka’s Print Stravaganza” in Venice Italy.

2016 – Two Photo’s in Se7entrees issue 5.

2015 -  A series of photo’s in Se7entrees issue 4: The Street Photography issue.

2015 – “Dag van het beeld” Award (1st place) with the serie “Sailor”.

 


Haiku:

2019 - "Her paper angel" book published by Cyberwit containing 100 haiku in English. 

2017  – Sakura Award Vancouver Cherry Blossom festival 2017

2016 – Haiku and photo on the Japanese television show: Haiku Masters.

2016  – Matshuo Basho Award; Haiku Associaton of Italy – 2nd place

2014 - Klostar Ivanic Haiku Competition 2014, Croatia – Honourable mention

2014 - Sharpening the green pencil Haiku competition 2014, Romania – Commendation

2013 -  Diogen haiku contest Fall, Bosnia – Honourable mention

2013 – Polish international haiku contest – 3rd place

2012 – Kanterman Award for my book: Messages from the past

2011 – IHS international haiku competition - 3rd place

2011 – Polish international haiku contest – 3rd place

2010 - Honourable mention Vancouver Cherry Blossom festival 2010

2010 - Sakura Award Vancouver Cherry Blossom festival 2010

 

 

 

 

Publications (mostly haiku).

 

Books

 

Gras inzaaien, with Eva Blaak – DEBOKOFHETLOKET 2010

Berichten uit het verleden/Messages from the past – ’t Schrijverke Den Bosch The Netherlands, 2011 ISBN: 978-94-9067-06-7

 

Anthologies

 

Mediamakers aan het werk, 1997   /   Letteren – literaire agenda, 2002   /   Roodborst vlamt in sprokkelhout – Grasduinen 2009   /   Een dagje Boskoop – HKN 2009   /   Poëzien – Stedelijk museum Zwolle, 2010   /  Celebration -  BHS anthology, 2010   /   Gift - BHS anthology, 2011   /   Air - BHS anthology, 2012   /   Time - BHS anthology, 2013   /   Het fluitenkruid wuift – Aan het woord 2010   /   Er bloeit een stokroos – Aan het woord 2012   /   Een eeuw tussen beiden – Aan het woord 2014   /   Gegeven de tijd – Tanka’s en schaduwsporen 2011   /   Kantelkalender 2011 - HCV   /   Kantelkalender 2012 – HCV   /   Kantelkalender 2013 – HCV   /   Kantelkalender 2014 – HCV   /   Kantelkalender 2017 – HCV  / Schakende heremieten – over haiku’s en tanka schrijven, Geert Verbeke, 2012   Artonivo X jaar Brugge, 2012   /   Haiku 2015 – 100 notable ku from 2014   /   Carving Darkness – The red moon anthology of English language haiku 2011   /   Big Data - The red moon anthology of English language haiku 2014   /   A vast sky – An anthology of contemporary world haiku 2015   /   Haikool – 108 haijins 2013   /   Vermoeden van Meidoorn – Max Verhart, 2012   /   Shamrock Haiku Journal 2007 – 2011   /   Sharpening the green pencil, 2014   /   Tussen de mensen - HKN, 2014 / Vuursteen 35 jaar Jubileumbundel – HKN 2016 / Dust Devils - The Red Moon Anthology of English Language Haiku 2016 / Tussen de tegels HKN, 2016 / They gave us life - Robert Epstein 2017

 

Magazines

 

Vuursteen  /  Blithe Spirit  /  Contemporary Haibun Online  /  Haibun Today  /  Simply Haiku  /  Shamrock  /  Frogpond  /  Paper Wasp  /  The Heron’s Nest  /  Chrysantemum  /  Whirligig  /  Tinywords  /  Sketchbook  /  Tobacco Road Blog  /  Ardea  /  Haikupix review  /  Modern Haiku  /  A Hundred Gourds  /  Bones  /  Haiga Online  /  Prune Juice  /  Notes from the Gean  /  Stik  /  Se7entrees / Eyeshot Magazine / Hamburger Eyes / Seashores

 

Handmade Publications (limited editions)

 

Lamelos No. 1: Mission 1, 1997   /   Lamelos No.2, 1997   /   Lamelos No. 3: Lamelove, 1998   /   Tekeningen 1999-2000 - with Aleks Deurloo, 2000   /   Dronken van weemoed - Charles Baudelaire,2000   /    Seven Chinese poems, 2001   /   R.M. Rilke, 2001/2002   /   The hunting of the snark – Lewis Carrol, 2002   /   Anna 2009   /   Zomersproeten 2009   /   Mist 2009   /   Kortsluiting 2010   /   Huck 2010   /   B. Brouwer/M. Hulst 2010   /   De zee 2010   /   Onderstroom / Undercurrent 2012   /   Bar Resbel 2015  /   Het Zwijgen Kucht 2016 

 

Traveljournals in haiku:

 

De Loodgieter/Marokko 2008  -  Café Babette/Berlijn 2009  -  De Hobospeler/China2009  -  Gebedsmolens/Nepal 2010   -  Zwerfhonden/Nepal 2010 De Veerman/Engeland 2010  -  Herfstzee/Sicilië 2010  -  Koepeltentje/Vlieland 2011  -  Beeldentuin/Parijs 2011  -  Jeugdboek/Zweden2012   -  Zeekust/La Palma 2012 – Rondvaart/Oslo, Kiel en Hamburg 2013

 

 

Seasonal booklets with haiku:

 

Nr. 3/08 herfst 2008  -  Nr. 4/08 winter 2008  -  Nr. 1/09 lente 2009  -  Nr. 2/09 zomer 2009  -  Nr. 3/09 herfst 2009  -  Nr. 4/09 winter 2009  -  Nr. 1/10 lente 2010  -  Nr. 2/10 zomer 2010  -  Nr. 3/10 herfst 2010  -  Nr. 4/10 winter 2010  -  Nr. 1/11 lente 2011  -  Nr. 2/11 zomer 2011  -  Nr. 3/11 herfst 2011  -  Nr. 4/11 winter 2011

 

 

 

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