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The coming of age of a photography project - Part V

The coming of age of a photography project - Part V

Showing you the evolution in my long-term project Riverlands

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Marcel Borgstijn
Oct 08, 2024
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This is the fifth in the series about the making of my ongoing project 'Riverlands'.

Missed the previous parts? Here you can read part I, part II, part III and part IV.

In previous articles about the creation of my photography project, I have shown you images based on inspiration I found in all sorts of places.

One of the images I took, a panorama of the banks of the Lek, was also used in the exhibition at the end of September. I printed it on brushed aluminium and next week I will write about that exhibition in the newsletter.

I hadn't used this format of panorama very often before, but I have to say that I really like it, especially considering that I want to photograph a bit more minimalistic. Well, my images have always been quite quiet in terms of content, but I want to take this one step further. Partly inspired by Japanese photography. I deliberately don't say Japanese photographers because Westerners also show that they are influenced by this form of photography and are very su…

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