About Me

Artist Statement: 

I am a Fuji and Samsung photographer based out of Leusden, The Netherlands. I love discovering new places, meeting people and experiencing other cultures. During my travels, I discovered there is beauty everywhere, even closeby home or my office.

My goal in photography is to keep my images as simple as possible, with a clear subject and not too many distractions. I love to play with light in both my commercial and free work. I am someone who likes the sunset, evenings and early morning, so it is natural that my work includes warmer and darker tones.  I have always been drawn to darker images, yet paradoxically I am always seeking that one ray of light to do its job and play off my subject, highlighting and obscuring features, creating a clean and simple image of interest. 

I consider myself an intuitive photographer. Moreover, as for my professional assignments and trips, I plan ahead to achieve a certain goal, to catch that right light at the scene. From my nature and my background as an engineer, planning and looking ahead feels like second nature.

Maarten van Apeldoorn  - May 2019

Publications:

• [Upcoming 24-26th of April 2020] Photo Exhibition in Paris (link)

• Avular in Eindhoven, MATLAB Automatic Code Generation, November 2019 (link)

• Kunsthal KAdE in Amersfoort. Frontpage Exhibition One-Way Ticket to Mars, October 2019 (online)

• Photo Exhibition at the Old Town Market Square in Warsaw, Poland, September 2019

• Photo Publication Vilderskerkhof, Leusden Frontpage May 2019 (online)

• Cosmopolitan Italy, Nov 2018 (online)

• Metropole Region Eindhoven. Front page Publication on the Collective Collaboration (hard-copy + online)

• University Di Parma, Student Information Utrecht (online)  

• Blockchain Conference, Innovation, 2018 (online)

• Terry Fox Art Foundation, 2017 (hard-copy + online)

• Nature Calendar of Leusden 2019, published Nov 2018 (530 x hard-copy + online). Profit for a good cause: Stichting PLN

• ... ask me for a full list here