TIFA 2024 Architecture / Abstract

Harbor of Dreams

  • Prize
    Silver in Architecture/Abstract
  • Photographer
    Paul Brouns
  • Agency / Studio
    Paul Brouns Photography
  • Technical Info
    Canon Eos R5 / Rf24-105mm F4 L Is Usm / Edited In Adobe Image Raw & Photoshop
  • Photo Date
    09-2024

When seeing a row of small harbor houses in the South of Sweden, my imagination was triggered to create a whole mountain out of them. Near the water I only kept one young woman, seated next to her boat. It could be a scene of a Wes Anderson movie or a story you as the viewer can make up.

I am a Dutch artist that lives and works in Almere, near Amsterdam. In 1990 I graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Tilburg in photography, painting and drawing. Since the development of digital photography my camera and computer have become important tools for creation. Because of my fascination with patterns, music scores, languages and other types of structures, my work always has been inhabited by geometric shapes, lines and rhythm. My current passion is the abstract beauty of architecture. Through my photographic work I hope to inspire and touch people's souls with visual music.