Artist Information:
Tom Stappers
Voorburg,
Netherlands
Member Since: Nov 2007
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Artist Statement:
Although I have covered a wide
range of subjects through the
years, from avantgarde jazz to
Egypt and from house parties
to gypsies, I am basically a
street photographer. My main
subject is "people in their
social environment", and I
consider Garry Winogrand's
work to be the purest form of
this style of contemporary
personalized documentary. It
has had a decisive influence
on my personal approach and
and still has while subjects
may change and my style keeps
evolving over the years.
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
Street photography is very
often a completely
misunderstood categorization,
as many portfolios and blogs
about streets and buildings
under that heading testify.
Real street photography is,
however, concerned with people
in their daily (often urban)
surroundings. This style of
photography is fast and
intuitive, related to
documentary photography, but
highly individualized.
MY BEST IMAGES
As my best images I consider
those that show a situation
which is of psychologic or
sociologic interest, enigmatic
rather than explanatory, and I
am at the same time aiming at
certain iconic aesthetics. My
belief is not that "less is
more", since "more is more"
seems more logical, and allows
me to fill my pictures with
lots of visual information,
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Artist Exhibitions:
selected recent exhibitions:
1995 "La Cambre", Brussels(B);
1996 Musée de la Photographie,
Charleroi(B); Hôtel de Sully,
Paris(F)
1997 Museet for Fotokunst,
Odense(DK); Canal de IsabelII,
Madrid(E);
Centro Andaluz de la
Fotografia, Almería(E);
1998 Town Hall, The Hague(NL);
2000 Cultural Centre ...
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Artist Galleries:
ICM - Photography for
Collectors, Haarlem(NL); phone
+31235519093; email
fr.troost@wxs.nl
Fotokabinet, The Hague(NL);
phone +31702202984; email
info@fotokabinet.nl...
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Artist Reviews:
Coming Soon!
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Collections:
The Corcoran Museum of Art,
Washington D.C.(USA)
Musée de l'Élysée,
Lausanne(CH)
Museet for Fotokunst,
Odense(DK)
FotoMuseum Provincie
Antwerpen, Antwerpen (B)
Musée de la Photographie,
Charleroi(B)
Museum of London, London(GB)
Musée Français de la
Photographie, Bièvres(F)
Musé...
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Commissions:
Municipality of Zoetermeer
(NL): "New housing projects"
1972
ICIM B.V., Rijswijk (NL):
"Infrastructure and automation
in the landscape" 1990
The Hague Municipal Archive:
"The Hague's Periphery" 2001
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Tom Stappers's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Tom Stappers's Portfolio.
Although I have covered a wide range of subjects through the years, from avantgarde jazz to Egypt and from house parties to gypsies, I am basically a street photographer. My main subject is "people in their social environment", and I consider Garry Winogrand's work to be the purest form of this style of contemporary personalized documentary. It has had a decisive influence on my personal approach and and still has while subjects may change and my style keeps evolving over the years.
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
Street photography is very often a completely misunderstood categorization, as many portfolios and blogs about streets and buildings under that heading testify. Real street photography is, however, concerned with people in their daily (often urban) surroundings. This style of photography is fast and intuitive, related to documentary photography, but highly individualized.
MY BEST IMAGES
As my best images I consider those that show a situation which is of psychologic or sociologic interest, enigmatic rather than explanatory, and I am at the same time aiming at certain iconic aesthetics. My belief is not that "less is more", since "more is more" seems more logical, and allows me to fill my pictures with lots of visual information, ... |
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