Elmer Ralph Dinkelaar (Kunst)

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The photos of Dutch fine art photographer Elmer Ralph Dinkelaar appeal because of their impressionistic emphasis on colors, light and structure. He tries to shut out everything that distracts from what he perceives as the heart of the image. This approach often gives his photographs a slightly abstract nature. A returning theme in his work is 'tranquility in motion': a movement is abstracted to a point that -in contrast to its own nature- it conveys stillness and ease.
His favorite subjects are: Modern Landscapes (including Cityscapes), Nature and 'In & Around the House' scenes and details.

HIS MOTTO:
Create by exclusion. “To see your photo gaining strength because you take out all that is not related to the essence of a scene: that is what really fascinates me. Less is really far more beautiful.”

INSPIRED BY:
Edward Weston, Charlie Waite, Ansel Adams, Jim Brandenburg, Tao Te Ching.

NEW PROJECTS:
“Currently I'm working on a project that I call Speedscapes. From a moving car I take photographs of a landscape, which results in wonderful compositions purely of lines and color areas. I find that these photos communicate the essence of the landscape very strongly, precisely because they lack sharpness and detail. It's a challenge to find out how much can be left out while still preserving a specific landscape.”

RÉSUMÉ:
Elmer Ralph Dinkelaar was born in 1958 in the Netherlands in the city of Zwolle. When he was 9 his family moved to a village on the Veluwe, a major nature reserve. At the age of 12 he started photographing and developing his own black and white pictures. He graduated from Wageningen University in communication skills and complemented this with a foundation year at the Academy for journalism in Tilburg.
Throughout the years he worked as an editor and a publisher and he still owns a small communications agency. Photography was always a part of his work en his stock images appeared in informational magazines and papers. In recent years he has focused more and more on fine art photography.

Elmer Ralph Dinkelaar lives with his wife and two children in the Netherlands, near Steenwijk, next to the famous European nature reserve of Giethoorn / Wieden and Weerribben. Besides taking photographs he loves to read, write, sing, massage and play badminton.

COPYRIGHTS
All images ©2012 Elmer Ralph Dinkelaar. All rights reserved. Images may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, manipulated or used in any way, without written permission of the artist.

AVAILABILITY
Elmer Ralph Dinkelaar's fine art photographs are available as acrylic prints, canvas prints, framed prints, metal prints, simple prints, posters and greeting cards. Any watermark you might see will not appear on purchased prints.

If you would like more information, please contact the photographer using the link on this page or on his website: http://elmerralph-dinkelaar.artistwebsites.com .

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