Telling a story with a single picture has always fascinated me. Growing up, I had my own simple camera enabling me to capture family holidays. However, the switch to a more sophisticated one came years later. Just to see whether my old love was still there, I bought a digital camera. It was. And it brought me to the point where I am now.
Over the last two years I have been photographing a lot, capturing all kinds of scenes. Finding out that my heart lies with street and portrait photography. Not a single country is an exact copy of another country, not a single person is an exact copy of another person. We differ in so many ways and are yet so similar to one another. That to me is a continuous source of inspiration. Showing local scenes. Capturing local habits. Just to help us understand a bit more of the world we live in.
Having a camera in my hands makes me a very happy person. I felt that taking pictures while traveling wasn’t enough anymore, so autumn last year I decided to launch my website and explore a career in photography. Since then I have been asked for various assignments.
My starting point in every project or assignment is an optimistic one. True, we don’t live in a perfect world. Not even close as goes for some areas on this globe. But there are many courageous, innovative, ambitious, beautiful initiatives that make a difference. Those are the ones I love to have in front of my camera.
For that reason I am currently working on two independent series. The first which I recently have started focuses on integration/ diversity in four major European cities. The project takes me to Paris, London, Berlin and closer to home, Rotterdam. The second has light – daylight and artificial light – as a starting point. These projects take me to familiar places and places yet to become familiar.
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Links
Website: www.theworldinfrontofmycamera.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/mlvannoort
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