Klaus Kemp (1937-2022) in Memoriam
Klaus Kemp was a friend and mentor to me since 2002. You can read a biography that Klaus wrote for a book here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1bs2IFpqZlQVq0998rYyVuxYVk5UcEhX4/view?usp=drive_link
You can also read about Klaus' life here
isdr.org/in-memory-of-our-friend-and-colleague-klaus-kemp/
You can use the Wayback Machine to view Klaus' website when he was in business. It has many images and details about his collection and his wonderful abilities. Click here for his 2013 website: https://web.archive.org/web/20140512231625/http://www.diatoms.co.uk/
or here for his 2018 website
https://web.archive.org/web/20190317011303/http://www.diatoms.co.uk/
drive.google.com/file/d/1bs2IFpqZlQVq0998rYyVuxYVk5UcEhX4/view?usp=drive_link
You can also read about Klaus' life here
isdr.org/in-memory-of-our-friend-and-colleague-klaus-kemp/
You can use the Wayback Machine to view Klaus' website when he was in business. It has many images and details about his collection and his wonderful abilities. Click here for his 2013 website: https://web.archive.org/web/20140512231625/http://www.diatoms.co.uk/
or here for his 2018 website
https://web.archive.org/web/20190317011303/http://www.diatoms.co.uk/
Here are a couple videos of Klaus Kemp collecting and arranging diatoms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwEtdRzv9gY and here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrK3ncElKm0
Below are my images (sorry for the poor quality) of some diatom arrangements made for me by the late Klaus Kemp. If you have images of slides made by Klaus and would want to share them, please contact me on the contact page. (Page updated 3/30/2024)
Below is an image of one of Klaus' beautiful diatom arrangements taken by Kent Wood. You can see some of Kent's work on his website at www.KentWoodArt.com
Below is an image of one of Klaus' 100 form type slides illustrating the many different diatom forms. This image was taken by Chris Power of Carl Zeiss Limited using some really fancy equipment!
Below is an image of one of Klaus' large rosette forms consisting of 145 forms. It was taken by Jonathan Crowther using 450nm LED light with a 10x Nikon Fluor NA 0.5 objective, a Leitz Heine condenser set to dark ground and an 2.5x Nikon CF PL photoeyepiece. What an excellent image and what an impressive arrangement by Klaus!!
Here's another great image of one of Klaus' rosettes taken by Jonathan Crowther. The slide was damaged but Jonathan did an excellent restoration back to it's initial glory using digital techniques.
The following images of some of Klaus' amazing arrangements were taken by Dr. Stephen Nagy, MD.
Below is Klaus' amazing 471 form arrangement imaged by Dr. Stephen Nagy, MD. WOW is all I can say to both the arrangement and image.
Another one of Klaus' beautiful diatom arrangements imaged by Dr. Stephen Nagy, MD.
Here's a couple more of Klaus' beautiful diatom arrangements imaged by Craig Downing.
Here's a beautiful image of one of Klaus' arrangements taken by Håkan Kvarnström. His image was also used as an album cover! See: https://8midnightsun8.bandcamp.com/album/myriad
