The American Mountain Men

• Prize
  Gold in People/Culture
• Photographer
  Jeroen Nieuwhuis
• Technical Info
  Phase One XF Credo 100 & Schneider 28-45-55-80mm lenses
• Website
  http://www.jeroennieuwhuis.com

Even in the modern world of today, some people feel more at home in the mountains than in society. They want to go horseback riding, hunting, and survive in the wild. These men call themselves “The Mountain Men”. They try to live exactly as the original Mountain Men did between 1804 and 1840. I have documented this extraordinary group for the past four years. From the extremely cold winters in the north of America through to the extreme heat and drought in Tennessee. The result is a book of more than 200 pages, including over 150 high-quality images, historical narratives, and captions.

• Biography
  Jeroen Nieuwhuis is a commercial portrait photographer based in the Netherlands. Shooting professionally since the age of 17 (now 31) he continuously works for clients all across the globe and has worked with some of the largest advertising companies such as Belstaff, Harman Kardon, Heineken, JBL, Johnnie Walker, Shimano, and many more. Top-tier brands in the photography industry such as Broncolor (flash equipment) and Phase One (camera brand) widely promoted his imagery and way of working on their websites and social media. Broncolor even took it a step further and made him an ambassador.
• Awards
  Red Bull Illume 2013 | Winner in category close-up PX3 2020 | Gold winner portraiture/personality professional PX3 2020 | Silver winner portraiture/personality professional PX3 2020 | Silver winner advertising/other professional (2x) PX3 2020 | Honorable mention portraiture/culture professional (2x) International Photography Awards 2020 | Honorable mention (3x) ND Awards 2020 | Honorable mention (3x) Tokyo Int’l Foto Awards 2020 | Gold winner people/culture Tokyo Int’l Foto Awards 2020 | Silver winner advertising travel/tourism Tokyo Int’l Foto Awards 2020 | Honorable mention editorial – personality Fine Art Photography Awards 2020 | 1st place winner – people (professional category) PX3 2021 | Gold winner portraiture/personality professional PX3 2021 | Honorable mention portraiture/culture professional International Photography Awards 2021 | Honorable mention (2x) International Color Awards 2021 | Honorable mention people Tokyo Int’l Foto Awards 2021 | Honorable mention people – culture Moscow Int’l Foto Awards 2022 | Book photographer of the year PX3 2022 | Bronze winner book – documentary PX3 2022 | Silver winner advertising – product professional PX3 2022 | Honorable mention portraiture – culture professional International Photography Awards 2022 | Honorable mention book-documentary International Photography Awards 2022 | Official selection book-documentary International Photography Awards 2022 | Offical selection advertising ND Awards | 3rd place editorial Budapest Intl’l Foto Awards 2022 | Gold winner people – culture Budapest Intl’l Foto Awards 2022 | Silver winner book – documentary Tokyo Int’l Foto Awards 2022 | Gold winner advertising Tokyo Int’l Foto Awards 2022 | Silver winner book – documentary Tokyo Int’l Foto Awards 2022 | Silver winner people – culture Fine Art Photography Awards 2023 | 3rd place – photojournalism professional