honorable mention
Marc Olthoff netherlands
Photo © Marc Olthoff
title
drifter
Generally speaking I try to create tantalising images that capture the viewer’s attention for much more than a quick glance. The story is often incomplete or contains an unexpected twist.
“Stories” ia a series in which the viewer is placed in the position of a voyeur. He/she is witness a strange situation that was most likely not meant to become public. Typically the images show only part of the story, as there are often references to persons/items outside of the frame and or expected elements missing. Inside the frame there may be elements that trigger questions. All this invites the viewer to think and wonder about what she/he is actually seeing, what it means and in the end complete the story with his/her own thoughts.
The viewer’s creative process to ‘complete’ or ‘explain’ the story is an essential part of this series, and the images are set up in such a way that different persons are likely to arrive at different stories.
I realised that although I made pictures since my early youth I lacked some of the skills required to create the fine-art images that I envisioned. So I went ‘back to school’ and graduated as top of the class from the Fotovakschool, Rotterdam in 2015.
I try to create tantalising images that capture the viewer’s attention for much 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.
These images can take many months to create as it often requires quite some organisation and sometimes technical solutions need to be developed.
My experience as an engineer (to develop technical solutions) and as a manager (to realise a complex process) helps me.
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entry description
This image is part of the series Stories.Generally speaking I try to create tantalising images that capture the viewer’s attention for much more than a quick glance. The story is often incomplete or contains an unexpected twist.
“Stories” ia a series in which the viewer is placed in the position of a voyeur. He/she is witness a strange situation that was most likely not meant to become public. Typically the images show only part of the story, as there are often references to persons/items outside of the frame and or expected elements missing. Inside the frame there may be elements that trigger questions. All this invites the viewer to think and wonder about what she/he is actually seeing, what it means and in the end complete the story with his/her own thoughts.
The viewer’s creative process to ‘complete’ or ‘explain’ the story is an essential part of this series, and the images are set up in such a way that different persons are likely to arrive at different stories.
about the photographer
In 2012, after working 21 years in industry ultimately as a director at Unilever, I quit to focus on my passion: photography.I realised that although I made pictures since my early youth I lacked some of the skills required to create the fine-art images that I envisioned. So I went ‘back to school’ and graduated as top of the class from the Fotovakschool, Rotterdam in 2015.
I try to create tantalising images that capture the viewer’s attention for much 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.
These images can take many months to create as it often requires quite some organisation and sometimes technical solutions need to be developed.
My experience as an engineer (to develop technical solutions) and as a manager (to realise a complex process) helps me.
back to gallery
