Koos Breukel - Outside of an Inner World

Sunday 21 July 2019, 13:13 by Michelle Peeters | 6,564 views | 1 comment

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

A photo studio is a wonderful place to create your own world. These studio portraits by Koos Breukel (1962) were made between 2011 and 2018. From his daily life, his inner world, this is a selection of people who rose above the group or situation when they came in.

Photos: Koos Breukel
You could therefore call them fantastic misfits. People with strong personalities, marked and full of character. I saw this special series at the Fotofestival in Naarden.

Photos: Koos Breukel
On all kinds of occasions, Koos Breukel invited people to pose in his studio. Sometimes for an assignment, such as the writers in this series, and at other times on an improvised basis.

Photos: Koos Breukel
On certain occasions, such as the annual fair in Volendam or the Ballo Mascherato in Venice, the studio moved outdoors: to a circus tent at the fair or to a Venetian Palazzo.

Photos: Koos Breukel
Koos Breukel: I brought these portraits together because they surprised me, they keep me sharp. They inspire me to carry on and give my inner world a small sense of rock-'n-roll.

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Michelle Peeters is fotografe en oprichter van DeuxBleus Fotografie. Michelle herkent het bijzondere in het gewone en het gewone in het bijzondere. Ze heeft zich nooit willen specialiseren en is daardoor van alle markten thuis.

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René Peterse wrote on Tuesday 23 July 2019 at 18:23 | reply
Beautiful portraits. They have the atmosphere of 17th-century portraits without imitating it. Wonderful.
Translated from Dutch.

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