honorable mention
Mo Verlaan netherlands
Photo © Mo Verlaan
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Hazardous
She studied for a year at Atelier Smedsby in Paris and attended masterclasses in analogue photography with Dirk Braeckman, Anders Petersen, Machiel Botman and Leo Divendal. Lately she has been studying several old alternative photographic techniques.
Very recently she was awarded with the 2nd prize single image Nude at the 16th JM Cameron Award in 2021. The series Undercurrent was Winner of The Photo Award at The Mt. Rokko International Photography Festival 2019 in Kobe, she was Finalist at the Hariban Award and Winner single image at the 9th JM Cameron Award in 2016. She was awarded with several Honorable Mentions in the past years (Minimalist Photography Awards 2019, IPA 2017 & 2018, TIPA, Monovision, FAPA, 11th, 13th, 15th and 16th JMCA).
Mo Verlaan participated in exhibitions in The Netherlands and abroad, her work has been shown in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Amersfoort, Den Helder, Groningen, London, Berlin, Athens, Arles, Barcelona, Budapest, Los Angeles, Hudson NY, Kobe and Hyderabad.
Her work was published in Thinking About Photography #Time, The F-Stop Magazine #106, the All About Photo Magazine #1 and in the NEW 2017, 100 New Dutch Photography Talents, by GUP.
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This image Hazardous was shot at the coast of Kumanoshi in Japan. The holy Kumano Trail follows the coastline here. The sea is very wild and dangerous at this point. A large barrier has been built to protect this holy area against tsunamis in the future.about the photographer
After graduating from the Rietveld Art Academy, Mo Verlaan (1963) started out in experimental theatre, creating sets on location as well as performing. Her love for travelling and cooking made Mo found the company De Drie Gezusters catering to (inter)national filmcrews from a converted truck. A growing passion for photography made her enter the Photo Academy. She graduated in 2016 with a joint exhibition and her first book Resonance was launched, in which she explored the impermanence of light, the brief and fleeting beauty of landscapes, architecture and people.She studied for a year at Atelier Smedsby in Paris and attended masterclasses in analogue photography with Dirk Braeckman, Anders Petersen, Machiel Botman and Leo Divendal. Lately she has been studying several old alternative photographic techniques.
Very recently she was awarded with the 2nd prize single image Nude at the 16th JM Cameron Award in 2021. The series Undercurrent was Winner of The Photo Award at The Mt. Rokko International Photography Festival 2019 in Kobe, she was Finalist at the Hariban Award and Winner single image at the 9th JM Cameron Award in 2016. She was awarded with several Honorable Mentions in the past years (Minimalist Photography Awards 2019, IPA 2017 & 2018, TIPA, Monovision, FAPA, 11th, 13th, 15th and 16th JMCA).
Mo Verlaan participated in exhibitions in The Netherlands and abroad, her work has been shown in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Amersfoort, Den Helder, Groningen, London, Berlin, Athens, Arles, Barcelona, Budapest, Los Angeles, Hudson NY, Kobe and Hyderabad.
Her work was published in Thinking About Photography #Time, The F-Stop Magazine #106, the All About Photo Magazine #1 and in the NEW 2017, 100 New Dutch Photography Talents, by GUP.
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