Sunday Edition: Koentjoro and Snoek
PHOTOSNACK #158
Every Sunday, I reach out to photographers previously featured on PHOTOSNACK and ask them to send me their spontaneous thoughts, observations, reflections, or advice.
Today, I am sharing with you the messages I received from Hengki Koentjoro and Otto Snoek.
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Hengki Koentjoro
I was born on March 24, 1963, in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. I studied Multimedia Production at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. I majored in Video Production and minored in the Fine Art of Photography. I graduated in 1991.
Photography is not just a way of expressing my inner soul, but it also creates a window to the world where, through my pictures, the unseen and the unspoken can be grasped. Driven by the desire to explore the mystical beauty of nature, I develop my sense and sensibility through the elements of Fine Art Photography. My freedom of expression is most reflected in the elaboration and exploration of black and white.
Photography can never be separated from the aspect of making the common things unusual, welcoming the unexpected, indulging and embracing ourselves with the joy of photography as well, and believing that anything is possible.
I love BW photography because of its timeless beauty and the ability to play with shape, lines, form, texture, and details. Lighting is very important because light gives shadows and highlights. They are the most essential part of BW tonality. It is not just black and white; 256 shades of gray are in between. The more you can expose these tonalities, the better. That is why one must be sensitive to the gradations of BW tonality.
We learn to see in black and white.
Hengki Koentjoro was featured in PHOTOSNACK #106.
Otto Snoek
The way to find out that two views are the same is to let someone who is at home in unfamiliar territory show you around. Your guide will always follow a path that you cannot see — these are the words of Belgian author Eric de Kuyper.
In response to this thought, I started to re-exploit my hometown, as if I had to show a stranger my city. Now, I am compiling a photo book with the results of three years of walking within the municipal boundaries of Rotterdam. It will be called "Detour Rotterdam."
This is the link where you may support the release.
Otto Snoek was featured in PHOTOSNACK #135.
Sunday Editions connect you with photographers whose work you previously explored through PHOTOSNACK.
I want to reveal some authentic parts of the people behind the cameras.
I don’t ask them any specific questions. I ask them to share whatever pops into their mind when thinking about YOU - the readers of this newsletter.
It makes their responses genuine and personal.
I hope you enjoyed today’s Sunday Edition.
Until next time,
Tomasz
Hengki's work is mindblowing. Thanks!