Govert de Roos - One of a kind - Queen (With Original Slide)

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First time offering of Freddie Mercury, during his performance in The Netherlands, with the original slide included.

With this, you not only have the picture, but also the source from which it was digitalised, the slide that was in the same place as Freddie Mercury himself.

The whole is 30 x 40 cm, while the picture itself is 18 x 24 cm.

THE PICTURE WILL COME WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY

Who is Govert de Roos?
Govert's carreer started at a very young age and was ignited by his love for popular music. With his youthful enthousiasm he finds a way to gain access to live concerts where he is in the front row, shooting his pictures among professional and established photographers. After that, you could always find him honing his craft in his dark room.

In 1969, when he was 15 years old, he used a fake press card to get into the famous Bed-In session John Lennon and Yoko Ono held in the Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam. This was his start of something special.Slowly Govert became a well-desired photographer and had the privilege to work with amazing artists such as Michael Jackson, Kate Bush, Grace Jones, Blondie, Sade, Joe Cocker, George Martin, Leonard Cohen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emmylou Harris and many others.

A broad variety of Dutch artists, among whom Kayak, Rob de Nijs, Patricia Paay and Andre Hazes, only trusted Govert to take their photo’s for many years.


Seller's Story

Welcome to the Catawiki page of Govert de Roos. I work together with my son to bring my 50+ years of photography to a broader audience. Thank you for looking!

First time offering of Freddie Mercury, during his performance in The Netherlands, with the original slide included.

With this, you not only have the picture, but also the source from which it was digitalised, the slide that was in the same place as Freddie Mercury himself.

The whole is 30 x 40 cm, while the picture itself is 18 x 24 cm.

THE PICTURE WILL COME WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY

Who is Govert de Roos?
Govert's carreer started at a very young age and was ignited by his love for popular music. With his youthful enthousiasm he finds a way to gain access to live concerts where he is in the front row, shooting his pictures among professional and established photographers. After that, you could always find him honing his craft in his dark room.

In 1969, when he was 15 years old, he used a fake press card to get into the famous Bed-In session John Lennon and Yoko Ono held in the Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam. This was his start of something special.Slowly Govert became a well-desired photographer and had the privilege to work with amazing artists such as Michael Jackson, Kate Bush, Grace Jones, Blondie, Sade, Joe Cocker, George Martin, Leonard Cohen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emmylou Harris and many others.

A broad variety of Dutch artists, among whom Kayak, Rob de Nijs, Patricia Paay and Andre Hazes, only trusted Govert to take their photo’s for many years.


Seller's Story

Welcome to the Catawiki page of Govert de Roos. I work together with my son to bring my 50+ years of photography to a broader audience. Thank you for looking!

Details

Artist
Govert de Roos
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Title of artwork
One of a kind - Queen (With Original Slide)
Condition
Extremely fine
Technique
Fine art print
Height
30 cm
Edition
1/1
Width
40 cm
Signature
Hand signed
Genre
Portrait
The NetherlandsVerified
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Objects sold
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