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Feedback and Reviews
Here I show some of the feedback received over the last year. A 'thank you' to all who did take some moments to write me their feedback. And your new feedback is also very welcome!
On photography:
of Adriana Sjan Bijman
"Your photography is stunning "
and I can learn a lot from it. My favourites are: February and June 2009, May, July and December 2010, April 2011 and the closeups of the flowers (yellow and white) in your newsletter email!
Ruth May, on Summer Solstice newsletter June 2011
"Je Findhorn newsletter straalt"
en ik zie nieuwe en prachtige fotografie, nog beter dan ooit. Opvallend zelfs, ha!
Harm Botman, photographer, the Netherlands, June 2011
"Shadow and Light image"
Deep stuff, thank you for sharing, makes me think of a Rothko painting looking at the window there. Green over green lol , a kind of emergence of the heart perhaps .....
on my Inspiration blog, by Fiona Dilston, Yorkshire, UK, June 2011
"Someone's life through pictures"
I saw your slideshow at A'funeral. Showing somebody’s life through pictures at the funeral was inspiring me to do the same with my Mum’s. You came with the idea and designed the invitation too, it was wonderful. Others also said how beautiful, lovely it was made, and how lovely it was to receive it, to connect with what will be happening, even if they cannot come themselves to the memorial.
Jane Hera, March 09
"Black and white shots on you website"
I have really enjoyed looking at your site. I particularly liked the black and white shots on your site, and the portraits.
Emma Walker, Chief Executive Craftscotland, Jan 2009
'GREAT pictures! Thank you very much'
Forres Gazette newspaper, June 2008, Feedback on photos made by Adriana Sjan Bijman in the very north of Scotland, for 'Rosie Runs around the world'
Kipling is sooooo beautiful
Dear Adriana, - thank you so much for this wonderful collage of yours! That will beautify my new home office, for sure! It does make him very alive again - but then, he is around in Cullerne anyway, just like Norman too. Sabine Weeke, editor Findhorn Press,
on collage-poster of horse Kipling, March 2008
'Great photos! I'm really pleased!'
Adriana did the photo of me on my website- she takes wonderful, inspiring photos and is great to work with. I also get all my blank journals from her, with some fantastic shots of Findhorn and the surrounding areas on the cover. Jane Rogers. Oct 2008
‘Wonderful work.'
for me 'Funeral' is by far the most powerful and impressive photo. I would be very proud to have taken that.’ Steve Busby, Febr. 2008, about the project Findhorn Favourites and my Funeral-image
Your photograph of the calendula is very beautiful - the diverse petals reflect the range of therapeutic modalities I offer.
Kate Williams Nov 2007
'Thank you so much
for this photo-session - it is such an uncomfortable thing for me to have my picture taken - you made it much easier.'
CF, Sept 2008
'Its really a very good pic.!'
Filmer Elmer Postle from Owl Productions (London UK) about portrait Neale D Walsch for the DVD cover of
“God says Yes” Oct 2007
'Magnificent photos'
“I was today in the Art Centre and I have seen your magnificent photos. Very very beautiful, also how they are presented. Congratulations!” Loriana Pauli, by email, Oct 2007,
about photo-installation “SandSeasSkies” at the STORY exhibition
On design, cartoons & other work:
of Adriana Sjan Bijman
' YOU ARE A STAR!!!'
"Thank you so much for all your work on the advert and poster "Women2Women" and your care, commitment and dedication ... not to mention talent and skill! I send you my deepest appreciation!! "
Debbie Dinsmoor, Kassel, Germany, June 2011
"Thank you for the gorse image. With appreciation for the work that you do."
Jonathan Caddy, director Duneland, June 2011
"Thank you again for the pleasant & professional cooperation and the outstanding result! Without specifically asking for feedback, people told me they really like the photo, and that they thought it was taken in the summer."
Petra Mikat on a portrait series, Spring 2010
“Informative, sehr gut, inspirierend , Volbildfunktion”
Du hast die Gruppe begeistert!
Participant and focaliser of Experience week, after Nature sharing, May 2010
"I'm very happy about the result, it is really what I wished: something simple, elegant and accurate. It helped to have a good result at the exhibition"
Marialaura Romagnolie,on graphic design of her flyer with pottery work. March 09
'Adriana, I like your cartoon in the Rainbow Bridge'
Sondra Rose, on Lesbian & Gay cartoon, 4th April 2008
….just caught up on reading past issues of the Rainbow Bridge magazine and LOVE your cartoons!
Steve Busby, 12th April 2008
Nature writing in Devon:
'My blackbirds seem awfully pedestrian after your Charleston-singing one at Totleigh Barton’
Emma Townshend, May 2008
Beautifully written'
This is lovely Adriana. Shift after shift after shift in perspective... very clever! And all, as always, beautifully written.
Thank you for sharing it with me.
Mary Inglis, on Blackbird-story of Love, May 2008
'Heartfelt sharing'
Your Nature Sharing was spiritual and heartfelt- drove home the importance to me of a strong connection with the earth.
David Fr, Experience Week, June 2008
‘She is one with nature.
- Nature is her family; her life-source,
she really touched me; I’ll think of her.
Guest Experience Week Findhorn, July 2008
AND GENEROUS WOMAN.
Much love and gratitude to you'. Margot Henderson
on the design for her website and logo, Sept 2008
‘We are really happy with the cards
- so beautiful and distinctive.’
Alice & May East, CIFAL Findhorn, Dec 2007, design New year's card
‘Die Einfuehrungsmeditation war toll,
sehr intensiv, die Intensivste, die ich in dieser Woche erlebt habe. Ich liebe die Natur und fand es gut raus zu gehen um die Natur auf neue Art zu erleben, ganz nah +intim waehrend die Uebungen”. Participant Nature Sharing Deutsche Tanz-Erfahrungswoche, June 2008