About Peter
I have been working in the professional photography industry (Rijksmuseum, Amazon.com, etc) for many years, with both mediums, film and digital. Now I was at that point where I could not feel the excitement/creativity anymore. How to find a new way?
I was always attracted to the old big wooden cameras and all the historic photographic processes. So, I decided to find myself a 10”x10” wooden camera and start working with the Wet Plate collodion process. With this I could go back to the very beginning of the photography.
The Wet Plate process is exciting and full of surprises and sometimes disappointments! You only have one prepared Wet Plate and one chance to get it right. You have to think ahead, make the composition, light, time, aperture and it will all come together in one unique magic moment. This magic moment happens sometimes and then a one-of-a-kind photo develops in front of your eye!
I hope you enjoy my WetPlate photography.
Exhibitions Awards
April 2021, Winner of the Sony World Photography Awards 2021, Still Live
November 2020, 4 x Honorable Mentions in the ND Awards
October 2020, 6 x Honorable Mentions in the IPA Awards, New York
September 2020, Honorable Mention in the PX-3 Awards, Paris
September 2020, Publication in the Knack Magazine no.62
August 2020, Honorable Mention in the Minimalist Photography Awards
June 2020, Vienna Austria, 3 x Honorable Mentions in the Vienna Black & White Awards 2020
June 2020, Siena Creative Photo Awards, Highly Commended prize in the section Still Live.
June 2020, second place in the FineArt section of the TZIPAC Awards (8th ZEBRA black and white awards)
May 2020, 6 Nominations in the Creative Photo Awards Siena,Italy
Part of a Group Exhibition in F-Stopmagazine, Issue-Still Live 2020, UK
March 2020, 7 Nominations in the FAPA International Fine Art Photography Awards, UK
3 HONORABLE MENTIONS in the Monovisions Black & White Awards 2019
7 HONORABLE MENTIONS in the International Photography Awards (IPA), New York, September 2019
Shortlisted for the Hariban Award 2019 in Kyoto, Japan
6 HONORABLE MENTIONS in the MONOVISIONS PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2019, 5 x in the single and 1x in a serie. B&W PHOTO CONTEST, by Online Black and White Photography Magazine Monovisions, UK. July 2019,
Received 3 Honorable Mentions for my Wet Plate Photography in the 13th Pollux Awards 2019.
One Artwork will be exhibited (and for sale) in the new FotoNostrum Gallery in Barcelona.
The exhibition will run from October 7 to October 27, 2019
Received 2 Honorable Mentions in the International Minimalist Photography Awards 2019 with my WetPlate Photography in the Fine Art Section. One Artwork will be exhibited (and for sale) in an exclusive show at Silk Road Gallery venue, one of the well-known galleries in Tehran (the Middle East). Starting at July 19, 2019
Interview and publication with Rowynn Dumont for Cooph Magazine July 2019
Won the 3rd Place in the International Zebra Black and White Awards within the Fine Art Section. June, 2019
4x Nominee for my Wet Plate Photography, FAPA International Fine Art Photography Awards April 2019
Finalist in the Siena International Photo Awards (Sipacontest), Siena Italy, June, 2019
2 Wet Plate’s have been awarded with an Honorable Mention (Section, Professional/FineArt) in the 2018 International MonoChrome Photography Awards, January 2019
My WetPlate image “The Egg House” is selected for the Analog Forever’s first online group exhibition. Oct. 2018 US. Analog Forever Magazine
3 WetPlate’s have been awarded with an Honorable Mention (Section, Professional/FineArt/Still Live) in the 2018 International Photography Awards (IPA Awards, New York) Oct. 2018
‘Winner’ in RangeFinder Fine Art photography competition, New York, Aug. 2018
Featured at an exhibition in September at the Fujifilm Wandershop in New York City
Honorable Mention for 4 Wet Plates in the category Fine Art from the Monovisions Photography Awards 2018, London UK, Sept. 2018
ARTVITA Exhibition, Santa Barbara, CA, US. Runner-up with WetPlate images, 2018
Honorable Mention Wet Plate Photo Composition 2018, Indianapolis, IN, US. 2018
Nominee 2x, for the 4TH FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS, London, UK. April 15, 2018.
Part of a group exhibition “Wunderkammer” in Galerie Sensucht, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. From April 11-May 26, 2018
Opening of my own Gallery and WetPlate studio, ’t Olde Postkantoor in Olst, the Netherlands, Oct. 2017
Interview and publication in magazine ‘Dichterbij’ from the RABO Bank in the Netherlands, Dec. 2017
Honorable Mention for a series of 8 WetPlates in the category Fine Art from the Monovisions Photography Awards 2017, London UK, Oct. 2017
Finalist in the Siena International Photo Awards (Sipacontest), Siena Italy, Oct. 2017
Interview and publication in Regional News paper ‘de Stentor’ , the Netherlands, Febr. 2017
Interview and publication in magazine ‘Art Reveal”, jan. 2017
Interview and publication in Regional News paper ‘de Stentor’, the Netherlands, Sept. 2016
Part of a Group Exhibition, Analog Mania 2015, Romania, Nov. 2015
Group Exhibition and publication with Halation Magazine, Salvo Art Project, USA, Oct. 2015
Solo Exhibition within the Revela-T Analogue Festival, Barcelona Spain, June 2015,
TV interview with Spanish TV during the Analogue Festival.
When Analogue meets Digital, Solo Exhibition in Art Cafe SamSam, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, Sept/Oct 2014
Interview with James Scully from US Blogsite ‘theWallbreakers’, New York USA, June 2014
