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Barend Houtsmuller
Barend A. M. Houtsmuller discovered photography in 1976. He saw the medium as the perfect vehicle for expressing himself. After graduating from the Institute for Audiovisual Communication in Haarlem he received a grant from the Prince Bernhard Foundation to go to the Venice Festival and workshops at the International Center of Photography. He studied with the likes of Nathan Lyons, Duane Michaels, and Christian Vogt. He returned to the Netherlands in 1980 and soon partnered with several other photographers in founding gallery and accompanying magazine, Perspektief,in the city of Rotterdam.

The female form is the main subject of Houtsmuller's work. Aesthetics are stressed over eroticism and his photographs are grounded in classic elements and strong forms. His work has been exhibited in many countries in Europe and accepted in collections like the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum, The International Polaroid Collection (USA), Bibliothèque Nationale Paris (FR) and the International Bert Hartkamp collection. His book The Other Side of the Light was published in 1985 and contains eighty infrared images of women. 

About his work
Barend Houtsmuller says: "Photography is one of the best ways to visualize my world of ideas. I am obsessed with the beauty of females. My work is the visible form of the fantasies which are created between my models and me. Much is originated spontaneously in the intimacy of the sessions at my studio, but ultimately I will have everything under control. Nothing happens accidentally and at the end I often use image manipulation to intensify the picture".
 
CONTACT INFORMATION
Location: Woerden, The Netherlands
Email: foto@houtsmuller.com
Website: www.houtsmuller.com 
 
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