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When asked which is my favorite image it’s always a struggle to give an immediate answer. Though it’s a such a simple question, it tends to provoke a technical and non emphatic answer. The challenge is not that the answer depends on personal taste, but it’s an endeavor in my mind to filter the experience the viewer has to see for himself. 

This image is kinda special for me in many ways. Visiting the Mountain Gorilla’s is an amazing experience by itself; not only when carrying a camera. It’s absolutely magical and it’s about as intimate as any wildlife encounter can be. However, sometimes you have an image in your head and all works out perfectly in not more than a second. I wanted a Mountain Gorilla with it’s characterizing eyes focussed and facing towards me. Ideally from as close as I dare to be.

In the end it all worked out from less than 4 feet. The result, taken with a 50mm prime, is pinsharp and evidence that great imagery is not about technical superiority or the biggest telephoto lenses. If anything, it’s intimate portraiture at it’s core.
When asked which is my favorite image it’s always a struggle to give an immediate answer. Though it’s a such a simple question, it tends to provoke a technical and non emphatic answer. The challenge is not that the answer depends on personal taste, but it’s an endeavor in my mind to filter the experience the viewer has to see for himself. 

This image is kinda special for me in many ways. Visiting the Mountain Gorilla’s is an amazing experience by itself; not only when carrying a camera. It’s absolutely magical and it’s about as intimate as any wildlife encounter can be. However, sometimes you have an image in your head and all works out perfectly in not more than a second. I wanted a Mountain Gorilla with it’s characterizing eyes focussed and facing towards me. Ideally from as close as I dare to be.

In the end it all worked out from less than 4 feet. The result, taken with a 50mm prime, is pinsharp and evidence that great imagery is not about technical superiority or the biggest telephoto lenses. If anything, it’s intimate portraiture at it’s core.

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Rafiki (unframed) - Limited Edition 1 of 25 Photograph

Jochen van Dijk

Netherlands

Photography, Black & White on Paper

Size: 29.5 W x 19.7 H x 0.1 D in

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When asked which is my favorite image it’s always a struggle to give an immediate answer. Though it’s a such a simple question, it tends to provoke a technical and non emphatic answer. The challenge is not that the answer depends on personal taste, but it’s an endeavor in my mind to filter the experience the viewer has to see for himself. This image is kinda special for me in many ways. Visiting the Mountain Gorilla’s is an amazing experience by itself; not only when carrying a camera. It’s absolutely magical and it’s about as intimate as any wildlife encounter can be. However, sometimes you have an image in your head and all works out perfectly in not more than a second. I wanted a Mountain Gorilla with it’s characterizing eyes focussed and facing towards me. Ideally from as close as I dare to be. In the end it all worked out from less than 4 feet. The result, taken with a 50mm prime, is pinsharp and evidence that great imagery is not about technical superiority or the biggest telephoto lenses. If anything, it’s intimate portraiture at it’s core.

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Photography:

Black & White on Paper

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25

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29.5 W x 19.7 H x 0.1 D in

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Jochen van Dijk is a Dutch-based wildlife and landscape photographer. He strives to capture the urban experience of cities, animal encounters and the emotional connection with different cultures in images which translate these emotions to a clear visual voice. The goal is to bring a observable connecting message that can move people in any way possible. This is his motivation to push harder and harder every time he presses that shutter. The problem in this modern world is there’s a huge amount of visual content. Maybe even too much… By the internet it’s simple to share all of these experiences with so many people worldwide. Though good pictures make up for likes on Facebook, Instagram or pretty iPhone wallpapers, in the end it’s about one simple critique: if I personally have only one wall to decorate… would I put this up? Jochen fiercely believes that the answer to this question is trivial. He favors a fine-art style, choosing to appeal to buyers of framed photography, because a well executed picture framed and hanging on a wall or printed in a book has more impact than on a webpage. In his opinion, print is the ultimate destination for any image. Even in this digital world we live in.

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