Erik Hijweege

Erik Hijweege (1963) is fascinated with the overwhelming power of nature. He started chasing big weather and tornadoes in 2006.

Since 2013 Hijweege is also using the 19th century wet plate collodion process. The fragility of Endangered species inspired him to use Ambrotypes (Glass positives) to photograph a selection of frozen Animals from the IUCN RED List. This project resulted in the Endangered book.

His latest project 'Sublime Nature' focusses on the beauty of Nature's forces and the vulnerability of man.
Rotating storms, thundering waterfalls and strangling trees take centre stage in this project

Academy of Photography Amsterdam

Selected Solo exhibitions

September 2023 - January 7 th 2024 Natuurmuseum Fryslân The Netherlands
January- march 2020 Natural History Museum The Netherlands

January - March 2020 Natural History Museum Rotterdam

March - May 2019 Contour Gallery Rotterdam

May - June 2017 Comenius Museum Naarden Holland

March - May 2016 Eduard Planting Gallery Amsterdam Holland

May- june 2015 Fotofestival Naarden, Holland

December 2014 - March 2015 Natural History Museum Rotterdam, Holland


December - February 2014 : Gallery Patries van Dorst, Wassenaar, Holland

August - September 2013 : Gallery for Classic Photography, Moscow, Russia

April - May 2013 : Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland

March 2012: Milk Gallery, New York, USA

October 2011: Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland

May - June 2005 : Naarder Fotofestival, Naarden, Holland

December 2004 : Museum Oude Kerk, Amsterdam Holland

May 2000 : Fotogram Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland