New York Times page%%/ Michiel Bles / Freelance multimedia maker

Beauty in corona misery

5 April 2020

Drone movie corona Milan Niccolò Natali and Nikola Lorenzin

05-04-2020

A drone, WhatsApp audio and a great idea. That was all that was needed to make this awesome production by Milanese film makers Niccolò Natali and Nikola Lorenzin for New York Times’ Op-Docs. No words needed, just have a look.

Fly over Milan here

/ Share this with friends or colleagues

Op-Doc: Mumbai’s Midnight Gardeners

9 November 2019

| No Comments

/ Categories: The Blessedlist

09-11-2019

Another magnificent Op-Doc, by New York Times. The well crafted online video series by the American news organisation. ‘Mumbai’s Midnight Gardeners’ features two night workers; Rajesh and Ganesh. They water the many plants of the Indian capital. At night. When the city sleeps but a working day for these men is in full effect.

In (and on top of) their water truck they disclose their life stories. Love life, the Indian cast system, daily struggles, everything comes to light.

Documentary filmmaker Divya Pathak creates an intimate, beautifully shot and color graded video portrait. The empty the streets of the night, in stark contrast to the day, the amazing soundscapes, the charming main characters, it all adds up to another exquisite Op-Doc.

Watch Mumbai’s Midnight Gardeners, Op-Doc by New York Times

/ Share this with friends or colleagues

Classical photo audio slideshow ‘1 in 8 million’

11 September 2017

| No Comments

/ Categories: The Blessedlist

11-09-2017

Magnificent, classical audio slideshow by New York Times. The photoslideshow portrayS some of New Yorks striking characters by combining photography and interview on audio. It gives you an interesting look in the lives of the New Yorker. The various language accents used by the portrayed people emphasise the diversity of the population of New York. Timeless stuff.

Go to ‘1 in 8 million by New York Times’

/ Share this with friends or colleagues

Decisive Moments at the Rio Olympics by New York Times

22 August 2016

| No Comments

/ Categories: The Blessedlist

22-08-2016

The interactive team of New York Times does it again. After Olysmphony, Decisive Moments at the Rio Olympics decomposes sports again. And quite brilliant too. Various sport events at the Rio 2016 Olympics are shot frame by frame in order to create Cartier-Bressoneske like visualisations. Simply scroll through the page and the sequences of freezes pinpoint the movements of athletes. A firm place on the podium again.

Go to Decisive Moments at the Rio Olympics by New York Times

/ Share this with friends or colleagues

Hotel 22 – New York Times – Op Docs

1 September 2015

| No Comments

/ Categories: The Blessedlist

01-09-2015

Well made video portrait by Elizabeth Lo for Op Docs by New York Times. By keeping distance, not using any voice over or text titles, the story unfolds naturally. In Silicon Valley, the region’s homeless use Line 22, a 24-hour bus line as a shelter at night.

/ Share this with friends or colleagues