The Dark Rooms of... Marcel Borgstijn

The Dark Rooms of... is an interview series in which a photographer talks about his or her darkrooms, the digital and the mental, or technical and inspirational. What makes you click?

In this first edition, I'm kicking things off myself. I already have a long list of photographers I'd like to invite into this series, but am certainly open to suggestions you guys come up with.

Here we go

Who are you?

I am Marcel Borgstijn (1971), living in Culemborg and an enthusiastic autonomous photographer. I deliberately don't say amateur photographer because I don't find that important at all and has a negative connotation. This is not to say that I photograph on a professional level, don't get me wrong. That is also not the reason I photograph. I do it to enjoy myself and if others feel the same way, that is fine, not a necessity. In daily life I work for a large ecommerce company as a Business Analyst. My free time is mostly filled with photography, whether I am taking photos myself, thinking about it or studying books and portfolios. I am married and have two sons, who are regularly the subject of photo projects. One of my recent projects with my youngest son yielded a selectio…