Portraits - identityIt Gesicht fan Fryslan
Hylke Speerstra, writer, 2019 - from It Gesicht fan Fryslân
Portraits · Visual Stories · Time
Arie
Bruinsma
Portraits and visual stories from Friesland, Netherlands.
People, character and time.
Photography, stories and ideas about people, character and time.
Latest stories
Just in.
New stories, discoveries and things that suddenly began to exist along the way.
24 August · Life as artHow?
As long as you can still ask how something works, the world is far from finished.
Keep asking → 20 August · Friesland The Cloudburst over MakkumThe day the sky briefly forgot it was supposed to stay above us.
Wade into the story → 16 August · Photography Kicking the Door In or Holding It OpenBruce Gilden catches the shock. I wait for trust.
Come closer →A living studio
Enter my world.
I am a photographer. But my work does not begin with the camera. It begins with attention: to people, to what is really happening and to the small things that give a life meaning. I photograph, write and build. Not to turn my life into art, but because my way of living sometimes produces art.
People & series
Selected projects
Portraits - identityIt Gesicht fan Fryslan
Color - characterRED
200 portraits · first bookBaardmannen
Men - machinesDe AutomobilistPeople & machines
Looking at what happens between them
Photography, logistics, Pyramid, HeitOS and the stories along the way may look like different worlds. Often they move around the same question: how do people, systems and machines keep their intention visible?
About
Attention to character.
Portraits, series and stories about people, places and moments that deserve time.
Photographer is what I do. Perhaps, at heart, I am an artist of living.
Working from Friesland, the Netherlands.
Read the full biographyA photograph stays with you when attention, character and story meet.
Guide prices
Working with Arie
A portrait or visual story starts with time and attention. These guide prices give a clear starting point before we discuss the shape of the work.
Ask for availability1.5 hour session, 3 finished digital images and 1 print 20x30 cm.
Half-day session, 8-10 finished digital images, 2 prints and room for several locations.
Profile image or storytelling on location, with 5+ images for own use.
Concept, several encounters and custom work in image and form.
2.5 hours focused on your question, including coffee and follow-up notes by email.
4 intensive hours with up to 6 participants, including lunch, model and location.
The hours no one sees
One hour of photography is rarely one hour of work.
A photograph often begins before the camera comes out of the bag. First there is contact, preparation and the calm needed for someone to stop performing for the camera. Afterwards the images are stored safely, selected and finished with attention.
For a wedding or visual story, a few visible hours often mean many more hours around them. Not because it has to be slow, but because I do not want to deliver everything that happens to be technically successful. I want the images to bring back how it felt.
So my fee is not only about the hours in which you see me walking around with a camera. It is about attention, experience and the hours no one sees. Until you look at the photographs again.
Prices include VAT and preparation. Travel outside Friesland by agreement. Campaign or national use requires a separate licence.
Contact
Contact
For exhibitions, print inquiries, assignments, publications or questions about existing work.