honorable mention
rohn meijer italy
title
metamorphosis
It would seem the full potential of a work sometimes only emerges through the process of its destruction.
Nothing is destroyed ... everything is changed.
emigrated to Los Angeles, a city which offered Rohn sunny growing years that with the passage of time he
assimilated in body and spirit. At the age of 22 he decided to return to Amsterdam where he studied
ceramics at the Rietveld Academy. After his diploma, he went to Italy for the first time and worked there as
a designer of industrial ceramics, collaborating with among others, Mario Bellini. Together with Ambroggio
Pozzi and Joe Colombo, he designed an onboard dinner service for Alitalia.
Rohn returned to Amsterdam after three years to work as a sculptor and teacher of industrial ceramics at
the Academy of Industrial Design in Eindhoven. He was introduced to the creative world of fashion
photography by the photographer Jan Francis and combined with his curiosity to deepen his knowledge of
the profession, his return to Milan opened up many possibilities for this new career. Franco Moschino gave
him his first job and over time many clients followed including Neil Barrett, Phillip Plein, Diesel Black Gold
and Les Hommes . For years he has been the house photographer for Dsquared.
In addition, traveling extensively for "personal research", a passion was born, that of photographing people
of other places and cultures.
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entry description
The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.It would seem the full potential of a work sometimes only emerges through the process of its destruction.
Nothing is destroyed ... everything is changed.
about the photographer
John Meijer was born in Amsterdam, Holland. Before his seventh birthday, his familyemigrated to Los Angeles, a city which offered Rohn sunny growing years that with the passage of time he
assimilated in body and spirit. At the age of 22 he decided to return to Amsterdam where he studied
ceramics at the Rietveld Academy. After his diploma, he went to Italy for the first time and worked there as
a designer of industrial ceramics, collaborating with among others, Mario Bellini. Together with Ambroggio
Pozzi and Joe Colombo, he designed an onboard dinner service for Alitalia.
Rohn returned to Amsterdam after three years to work as a sculptor and teacher of industrial ceramics at
the Academy of Industrial Design in Eindhoven. He was introduced to the creative world of fashion
photography by the photographer Jan Francis and combined with his curiosity to deepen his knowledge of
the profession, his return to Milan opened up many possibilities for this new career. Franco Moschino gave
him his first job and over time many clients followed including Neil Barrett, Phillip Plein, Diesel Black Gold
and Les Hommes . For years he has been the house photographer for Dsquared.
In addition, traveling extensively for "personal research", a passion was born, that of photographing people
of other places and cultures.
back to gallery