Theo Berends

"Respect and emotion: the two words that describe my manner of working. A subject deepens itself if it's approached respectfully. One can look at a stone and "just" see a stone, but one could also realize that this stone is thousands of years old and has had incredible experiences. If this is your way of approaching a subject, you will receive something in return as a photographer. The image produced will become richer and more beautiful.
Many objects reveal their secret only after four or five times, and even then it's impossible for me to tell the secret of that landscape, that town, or that woman. However, it is possible for me to make a picture that shows that the secret is there. I'm not sure whether secret is the right term, but what else can you call it? Mysticism? Alliance?"

"I photograph on the basis of emotion. The ideas for many of my photographs arise on the spot or during a session. More often than not, a shot entails only the beginning of a process. I linger about what I felt during the shooting, about why, about the backgrounds or the history of the subject. The new information and the new feeling connected with this is added to the photograph at a later moment. For this goal, I make use of modern computer tec...

“The Open Origins 2– Open Ends” Annual Edition Durbar Hall, Cochin India december 01=december 09,2017

“The Open Origins – Open Ends” Annual Edition Durbar Hall, Cochin India July 31- August 4, 2016

Advisor. Museum of Photography Photomuse . Kerala India - Dec 2014

Werkplaats Emmen • Emmen - Netherlands • Jan. - Feb. 2013

Monastery Domus Novae lucis • Ter Apel Netherlands • Permanent 2010

Theo Berends • Underground Photo gallery Iisalmi, Finland • 28 Nov 2007

Theo Berends • Museo Della Fotografia Italy • 14 july / 24 aug 2007

Icons • monastery Domus Novae lucis Ter Apel Netherlands • 16 June 2007

Werkplaats emmen 3 • Emmen Netherlands • 28 jan/23mar 2006

Forks • Otrabanda Willemstad Curacau Carribbean • 1 march/dec 2006

Werkplaats emmen 3 • Emmen Netherlands • 28 jan/23mar 2006

Landscape 's Van Dort Clinic • Renswoude Netherlands • 1 Febr/august 2006

BAF Art Foundation • Kerala - India • Permanent 2005

Digital Art • Soho New York - USA • 8 Dec. - 28 Dec. 2004

Grupo Batik Art • Barcelona - Spain • 2 Apr. - 29 Apr. 2004

Unive • Emmen - Netherlands • 13 Dec.- 28 Feb. 2003

Sale exposition • Gallerie Koopkunst - Rotterdam • Permanent

Fire, Earth, Water & Air • Ferrara - Italy • 25 Oct. ...