Romania Prison Dolls #2 2017

Jan Stel

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67 ⨯ 100 cm
ConditionExcellent
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• A proposito di opere d'arte
  Jan Stel is a self-taught photographer. As a creative person, Jan was a pioneering artist in his youth. He sprayed graffiti murals in the suburbs of Amsterdam and at home he made detailed drawings and realistic illustrations. The analogue photo gear from his father prompted his interest in photography, and inspired him to develop his own creative style.
  
  Jan Stel’s photography is made in pure natural light, no flashlights or studio lamps are used. This authentic working process takes time, sensitivity and the right timing for action. Jan explains his photographic style in this way: “The human eye is far more sensitive than a camera lens and picks up minor as well as major differences in a scene. Because the photo camera is limited in its ability, I capture the image in multiple exposures. The scene my eye has seen in contrast with the part that the camera is unable to pick up is what fascinates me. I want to reassert this sensitivity. I do this by brushing the photographed brackets into a sort of light painting, similar to what the dark room masters and painters of past times used to do”.
• A proposito di opere artista
  Jan Stel è un fotografo autodidatta nato a Purmerend nel 1970. Jan è già stato un artista pionieristico durante la sua infanzia quando ha spruzzato graffiti ad Amsterdam. Ha anche realizzato disegni dettagliati e illustrazioni realistiche. Si interessò alla fotografia grazie all'attrezzatura fotografica analogica di suo padre, che lo ispirò a sviluppare il proprio stile. Jan Stel scatta le sue foto alla luce naturale, omettendo torce elettriche e lampade da studio. Fotografa l'architettura abbandonata dall'uomo. Ha avuto varie mostre nei Paesi Bassi e all'estero, tra cui Museum aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht; RAW Artfair, World Trace Centre, Rotterdam; PAN, RAI Amsterdam; Rotterdam contemporanea; KunstRAI, Amsterdam; Somerset House, Londra Inghilterra; FotoFestival Naarden, Naarden Vesting. Stel ha ricevuto numerosi premi, come i Sony World Photography Awards, gli International Color Awards e gli Epson Pano Awards. Le sue opere si trovano in molte collezioni private e pubbliche.