![]() First, there is the major retrospective exhibition, which will be held from mid-February in the Gemeentemuseum and in the Fotomuseum in The Hague. It is not only a jubilee year for himself – emphysema or not, he will be celebrating his sixtieth birthday on 2 July – but also for the fans of his photos. ![]() ‘This is my jubilee year I wouldn’t want to miss it.’ He is shocked by his body death there in California would have come much too soon. ![]() Read more Click here to see more of Erwin Olaf's work shot in Palm Springs 24 januari 2019Ī month later, the photographer is sitting cheerfully in his studio and can give a detailed account of the adventure. Perhaps emotions about the decease of his mother, a few days earlier, may also have played a role. I felt ill and suspected the onset of a heart attack.’ The combination of heat, rarefied air and the ash of burnt Californian trees might, it seemed, prove fatal. ‘When I get higher than fifteen hundred metres, things quickly become critical, because of my emphysema. My heart wasn’t up to the strain, it wasn’t getting enough oxygen.’ During one of his last photo shoots, on a mountain in Los Angeles, Erwin Olaf thought things were coming to a premature end. ‘I stood there panting like an old dog couldn’t take a step forwards or backwards. ![]()
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