Marc Olthoff
Tess (Single)
DESCRIPTION
Marc's creates single frame narratives; tantalising fine-art images that capture the viewer’s attention for much more than a quick glance. The primary objective of his images is not to be aesthetically pleasing, but to touch the viewer and to trigger his/her imagination.
The viewer is often placed in the position of a voyeur, witnessing a strange situation that was likely not meant to be seen. The images frequently show an incomplete story or an unexpected twist. When looking deeper, often there are references to persons or items outside of the frame and/or unexpected elements that trigger questions. The viewer is invited to think and wonder about what she/he is actually seeing; what it means and in the end complete the story with one’s own thoughts.
The viewer’s creative process to ‘complete’ or ‘explain’ the story is an essential part of his work, and the images are set up in such a way that different viewers are likely to arrive at different explanations.
For Marc, the biggest compliment is that someone in the comfort of his home (on the couch with a glass of wine) has a flash-back and reflects on one of his images.
AUTHOR
In 2012, after working 21 years in industry, I quit to focus on my passion: photography.
I realised that although I photograhed since my early youth I lacked some of the skills required to create the fine-art images I envisioned. So I went ‘back to school’ and graduated top of my class from the Fotovakschool, Rotterdam in 2015.
I try to create tantalising images that capture the viewer’s attention for more than a quick glance. My images mostly show an incomplete story or an unexpected twist that invites the viewer to think and wonder about what she/he is actually seeing and what it means.
So I received 56 awards for 36 different images. The most important are:
2016 Zilver medaille Prix de la Photography Paris (PX3)
2016 Bronz medaille Moscow International Foto Awards
2016 Finalist London International Creativity Contest.
2017 2e place categorie Silhouet 10th International color awards (USA)
2017 8e place Fotowedstrijd.EU
2017 Finalist Sienna International Photo Awards
In addition: nominaties and honourable mentions were received from:
International-Photography-Awards (USA); International-color-awards (USA); Moscow-International-Foto-Awards; Photographers-Forum (USA); ND-awards (UK); Tokyo-International-Foto-Awards; London-International-Creativity-Contest; Prix-de-la-Photography-paris; Fine-Art-Photography-Awards (UK)
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