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Moonlight Paradise (Single)
DESCRIPTION
In my free work I am inspired by the paintings of the 17th century, but also by social themes such as identity and origin. I see people, in all its manifestations. This is reflected, for example, in my portraits of adopted and refugee children, who have already been through a lot in their young lives. With this I connect with the topicality of the migration and adoption problem. By portraying them in the style of the old masters, I offer them a stage that they would not have had in the 17th century because of their origins.
AUTHOR
I was born and raised in Heerenveen in the Netherlands. After 30 years working at a bank I decided to change my career. In 2012 I bought a camera and started in 2015 my own photostudio. The Dutch Masters I am very interested in! The last years I won a lot of photo competitions and awards as: Siena Awards, Creative Photo Awards, Fine Art Photography Awards, Vincent van Gogh Photo Award, William Rutten Photography Award, Best of best Photographers Oneeyeland, PIA d'OR Talent Award, Winner grote Fotowedstrijd EU and more. By Vogue Italia 168 portraits of mine are published.
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