Joel Tjintjelaar
Artist

Netherlands

Joel Tjintjelaar is an award winning B&W fine-art photographer from the Netherlands.
His work has been published on many online websites and in magazines like American Photo (October 2010), Black + White Photography magazine UK (March 2010) and Dutch magazine Digifotopro to name a few.

Besides these publications his work has also been used for commercial purposes like the worldwide press release for BMW’s 6 series concept coupe (September 2010) and Joel’s feature in NIK Software’s Promotional video for the world wide release of Silver Efex Pro 2.

This is what Joel says about B&W photography:

I love Black and White photography because with the removal of color the essence of objects, situations, sceneries and people can become more visible. Can become more visible because it’s up to you what you do with contrasts, light, shapes and lines to emphasize the essence, or what you see as the essence – no colors that will seduce the eye, only emotion that will capture the heart. If you do it right…

I don’t believe in SOOC shots. I believe in the artistic result and in the visualization of the artist of how he/she sees the world. A camera is just a piece of hardware with no mind, no soul, no artisticity, just an object that records a situation, unbiased and emotionless. I’m not interested in the vision of a piece of hardware, I’m only interested in the vision of the artist with a mind and soul, who will alter the image to his reality. It’s the difference between photography and art.

Awards

2010 International Photography Awards (IPA) 2nd place in Architecture – Bridges category for the winning entry “Zeeland Bridge Studies” . A series of 5 photographs of the Zeeland Bridge in the Netherlands.
2010 Sony World Photography Awards Shortlisted and finalist in the Landscape category with Bridge Study IV.
2010 Sony World Photography Awards Special commendation in the Architecture category with Connected
Visit www.bwvision.com for tutorials on B&W Long Exposure Photography or visit www.joeltjintjelaar.com that will serve as a preview website for www.bwvision.com while it's being restyled.

Favourite photographer: Michael Levin, Michael Kenna, Richard Avedon, Robbert Mapplethorpe etc.
Favourite style of art: B&W Fine art Photography
Operating System: Mac OS X
Personal Quote: I'm hungry...

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