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Geralda de Graaf is a photographer based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She followed the Dutch academy of Photography (Fotoacademie). Her specialties are Street- and Travel photography. In addition to her specialities she makes autonomous work, mostly short stories with a poetic touch. She is co-founder of Street Avengers, an international streetphotography collective, and moderator of their instagram account.
Geralda is passionated wandering the streets and catch the moments, capture them with an eye for visual forms, rhyme and shadow. Her strongest abilities is connecting and collaborating with people from different backgrounds. Her style authentic, sometimes graphic, sometimes poetic.
'De Graaf takes a big pleasure in photographing everyday life, details and city perspectives that's right in front of you -but sometimes hard to see when hurryng past it'. -Uppsala fotofestival-
'How can an image evoke inspiration, when we may not know the person in the picture and have never traveled to where the photo was taken? My goal is to inspire those to look more carefully at the world around them to discover beauty in unusual places'.
For enquiries, fine art and specific assignments or if you are interested in one of her photographs, please feel free to contact.
CONTACT:
By DM E: geraldadefotograaf@gmail.com
© all rights reserved by Geralda de Graaf
Publications Print
Book: Undesirable Plants
Photozine (self published, by donation of Stichting Droom en Daad): Ode to a Park 2021
Light Journal Magazine New York, fall edition Wisdom 2018
The Phonographer Magazine #2 2018
Publications Online/Movie
Participant in the documentary 'Niet te filmen' by Tako Bolt 2017
Digifotostarter 2016
Work in progress
Streets of Rotterdam
Project Disconnected
Project Me & You
My favourite place " Oude Westen" Rotterdam
EXHIBITIONS and Other:
2022
Upcoming:
Italy, Treviso photographicfestival 6th - 25th September
Sweden, Uppsala Fotofestival 22th - 25th September
Initiator and participant window-exhibition 25 artists | New West, Rotterdam 31th March - 16th April
2021
Ode to a Park, solo exhibition Het Park, 16th September - 14th October Rotterdam
(made possible by a donation of Stichting Droom en Daad)
2020
Honorable mention streetphotoawards.art>Paris International Photo Awards
Group Exhibition Dutch Photomuseum
Masterclass Tall stories: Serie Nightwatch
2019
Group Exhibition Praxis Photoartcenter Mineapolis July/Aug
https://www.praxisphotocenter.org/cfe-temp-gallery
Nomination Best of the week (BOW) 1415mobilephotographers
2017
Exhibition, solo, Rotterdam.Photo during Artweek Rotterdam
Exhibition of Assignments for the Stadsarchief Rotterdam
2016
Exhibition, solo, Rotterdam.Photo during Artweek Rotterdam
2015
Group exhibition Pinhole, Las Palmas, Rotterdam
2014
Exhibition Undesirable Plants, Niche, Rotterdam
2013
Exhibition Streetphotography World, Groene Passage, Rotterdam
2012
Exhibition and publicaties Mijn volkstuin, Erfgoedhuis Zuid Holland
2011
Group exhibition Panorama Rotterdam, Museum Rotterdam
Group exhibition Samen Rotterdam Bewaren, Fotomuseum Rotterdam
PHOTOWALLS permanent:
Prinsenhof Building, Prinses Beatrixlaan 512, tower A6 and B1,the Hague
Photowall, commissioned by municipality Rotterdam/Stadswinkel IJsselmonde
LINKS:
http://www.m97gallery.com/
http://www.foam.org/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1814123@N22 |
https://www.lensculture.com/
http://www.fotodok.org/