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Early work
These are a few examples of my early work, experimenting with my 4×5 ” Cambo:
Friday, 12 o’clock
A selection of my ‘free’ work:
From Barcelona
Suddenly there she was, from Barcelona, for a shoot. Pure fun.
Encounters
Meeting all kinds of different people at different locations is such an adventure and pleasure.
Tonguechair
Through the years I have been using my orange Tonguechair a lot. It is just a perfect object to ’shape’ a body. Not that easy to do for a model, but full of challenges.
FEPN, Arles, 2009
I was invited to the FEPN in Arles, France for an exhibition at the ‘Espace van Gogh’. Not a bad place to show my work as a Dutch artist.
Black&White Mag.
I had a really nice 8 page portfolio published in Australian Black&White magazine.
A simple hand gesture can make a world of difference under the intense scrunity of Martin Wieldraaijer’s camera.
The black- and -white nude genre may sometimes look like simplicity itself- the photographic equivalent to charcoal life drawing, perhaps. In reality, many elements must coalesce- [...]
My photography
My photography is grey. Light grey, dark. A hand stretched towards the light.
A sigh.
A press on the button, a long journey.
Human scale at two square meters. Nothing to be afraid of.
That’s what I say. Comfortable.
Independent and free.
People
Mijn werk gaat altijd over mensen. Hoe mensen zich tot elkaar verhouden. Wie ze zijn en van waar ze komen.