Willem Kolvoort

Between 1989 and 1995 graphic designer Willem Kolvoort photographed numerous bands in raw black and white images, including Dead Moon and Nirvana, at a time when Vera was known as the venue for alternative guitar music in the Netherlands. During that period he also did the design for the now defunct Vera Newspaper and joined the so-called Vera ARTdivision that today still designs and prints posters in its own screen printing workshop. All carried out by dedicated volunteers. With the emergence of digital photography, the Vera photo group saw the light. Once again this is a volunteer driven group that captures almost all the concerts in the club; it complements Stranded in the Mystery Zone with a kaleidoscopic overview of concert photography.