Hans de Kort photographer, paints with silver and light
Dutch analog photographer Hans de Kort paints with silver and light, creating intense wet-plate (tintype/ambrotype) portraits in a skylight studio with an ultra-large camera. He is captivated by the beauty of imperfection. The manual process — long exposures, darkroom development, careful composition, and the art of omission — demands technique, concentration, and creativity. His subjects are photographed without adornment, their flaws embraced, celebrating imperfection. All frills are taboo. In this way, his striking portraits and studies communicate directly, forging an immediate and intimate connection with the viewer.
Since being introduced as a 4-year-old in the darkroom, his lifelong fascination for the art form ‘painting with light’ began. Furthermore the wet-plate collodion photography is a continuation of his love for the polaroid which emerged during his education. The results are his timeless collodion series. Every plate with an authentic signature.
So just contact or visit him at his daylight studio in Het Gooi, Hilversum for portraits, workshops, buy prints in his online gallery, follow him on facebook, instagram or subscribe to his newsletter.
