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No Horizon (Series)
DESCRIPTION
No scouting for that perfect location. No thinking about perfect framing. No fretting about choosing the right lens or having the right camera settings. No waiting for that one magical moment that would give the shot that something extra. Rather: leaving everything to chance instead.
For his photo series ‘No Horizon’, Dutch photographer Maarten Vromans (1975, Rucphen) travelled by train through Switzerland in 2019. For six days he journeyed over snow-covered mountain peaks and through green valleys. He saw beautiful landscapes passing by, in which the horizon was rarely visible. In Switzerland, Vromans explored whether it is possible to take interesting images if, as a photographer, you leave everything to chance. ‘No Horizon’ is a sequel to his photo series ‘Lucky Shots’ (2017) and ‘Go West’ (2018).
AUTHOR
Movement. That is at the heart of Dutch photographer Maarten Vromans' (1975, Rucphen) work and methods.
Whenever Vromans travels from one place to another – be it on foot, by boat or by train – he methodically records the altering terrain that passes him by. This could be the eroded buildings in an anonymous urban setting, but also the untouched landscape of a remote region, or the infinite distance on unspoiled open water.
Vromans likes to move through transition areas: the no-man’s-land between residential, commercial and working environments; between built-up, cultivated and untouched areas. There, in places that apparently no longer belong to anyone, he takes photos that are tranquil, abstract and picturesque, and in which the subject always remains recognisable.
At the start of his career, Vromans’ photos were published in New Dutch Photography Talent (now known as GUP New), an annual publication showcasing the work of one hundred upcoming Dutch photographers. Since then, his work has been shown at fairs and exhibitions in Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Budapest and London, among others. After a successful crowdfunding campaign, he compiled his ‘Lucky Shots’ series into his first photo book in 2018. Vromans is represented by Zerp Galerie, Rotterdam,NL.
Whenever Vromans travels from one place to another – be it on foot, by boat or by train – he methodically records the altering terrain that passes him by. This could be the eroded buildings in an anonymous urban setting, but also the untouched landscape of a remote region, or the infinite distance on unspoiled open water.
Vromans likes to move through transition areas: the no-man’s-land between residential, commercial and working environments; between built-up, cultivated and untouched areas. There, in places that apparently no longer belong to anyone, he takes photos that are tranquil, abstract and picturesque, and in which the subject always remains recognisable.
At the start of his career, Vromans’ photos were published in New Dutch Photography Talent (now known as GUP New), an annual publication showcasing the work of one hundred upcoming Dutch photographers. Since then, his work has been shown at fairs and exhibitions in Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Budapest and London, among others. After a successful crowdfunding campaign, he compiled his ‘Lucky Shots’ series into his first photo book in 2018. Vromans is represented by Zerp Galerie, Rotterdam,NL.
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