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What I do is portraiture (in the studio), people, street photography and fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love to make photo\u2019s, as stills of life, of situations, be it that the form, the aesthetics dictates the decision to press the button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have been photographing and studying photography from young age, with different camera\u2019s, formats and media, learning all the ins and outs, and I am still learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years my style has evolved to my love, again, for black and white, giving more expression of the core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember long time ago photographs I have seen in a display case of an art gallery, portraits in black and white of artists\/writers. I was struck by the balance of greys, the gradients from black to white in the pictures, and the coolness of the glance, the look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That coolness, that frank look, the genuine glance, I like to grasp in my portraits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ik maak portretten (in de studio), fotografeer mensen, doe straatfotografie en mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ik hou ervan om foto’s te maken, als stills van het leven, van situaties, zij het dat de vorm, de esthetiek, de beslissing dicteert om op de knop te drukken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ik fotografeer en studeer fotografie van jongs af aan, met verschillende camera’s, formaten en media, leerde alle ins en outs, en ik ben nog steeds aan het leren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In de loop der jaren is mijn stijl ge\u00ebvolueerd naar mijn liefde, opnieuw, voor zwart-wit, waarin meer expressie van de kern van het beeld wordt uitgedrukt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ik herinner me lang geleden foto’s die ik heb gezien in een vitrine van een kunstgalerie, portretten in zwart-wit van kunstenaars \/ schrijvers. Ik werd getroffen door de balans van grijstinten, de gradi\u00ebnten van zwart naar wit op de foto’s, en de coolness van de blik, de oogopslag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die coolness, die openhartige blik, de oprechte blik, probeer ik in mijn portretten te bereiken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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See also my website\/ kijk op mijn website: StrayLightPhoto \u2013 Photography of Jan Willem de Groot<\/a> about black & white street autonomous & art photography<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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