New York Fashion Photographer Sander-Martijn

Sander-Martijn Fashion Photographer

Sander-Martijn is a New York Fashion Photographer who also works in other commercial fields such as Beauty, Music, Portraits and Headshots. With a zeal for Editorial and magazine work, Sander also does look books, product photography and other studio and location work. Able to travel anywhere in the world he occasionally turns his eye to editorial travel documentaries such as capturing portraits of the people of Haiti. Sander-Martijn currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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Stepping away from my work to show what I like

Submitted by Sander-Martijn on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 12:01

I was asked today to show other people's work that inspires me - what do I love and what do I hate? So today instead of talking about myself I'll talk about that.

First off practically everything Sølve Sundsbø (with artandcommerce) does is amazing, and I think he is by far the most talented photographer alive today. I would quit photography for a couple of years for a chance to apprentice for him and learn some of how he is able to manipulate time and light at a level far above what I or any other photographer I know can. Here are a few samples of his work:

Spelunking abandoned spaces for fun and profit

Submitted by Sander-Martijn on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 21:11

I've been exploring abandoned buildings for as long as I can remember. As a kid growing up in the country it was usually old barns where I might come home with a freshly adopted stray kitten. When I was a music major in Philly I broke into an old factory with a friend. Armed with his portable 4-track recorder we banged on everything we could find, recording the sounds for an experimental piece he was working on. When I first moved to Brooklyn the options were everywhere, my favorite being a lot with broken piers jutting into the East river.

The importance of bringing music to your shoot

Submitted by Sander-Martijn on Mon, 02/28/2011 - 10:36

There are many things that I do when I shoot that are the same as every photographer does. In my writings I try to focus on some of the techniques I use that not all photographers employ. Music is a very important one.

Before every shoot I send the client/model a list of things to prepare them for what to expect in the shoot. Most of these things are common suggestions: bring your own preferred foundation in case the makeup artist doesn't have a color that matches your complexion; make sure your outfits are clean, new-looking and ironed (if the person is bringing their own outfits as opposed to having a stylist on set); build an inspiration board that we can review for ideas.

The real us - how we see ourselves vs how the camera sees us

Submitted by Sander-Martijn on Sun, 02/27/2011 - 18:18

I received the following email from a stranger - sent through my website so this person had seen my work and perhaps read some of my opinions - below is my response. This may not be directly and exactly about Haiti, but as it exposes some of how I think about my work, I believe it relates.

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I have a question about the way others see us.
Nothing to do with the way we think of ourselves, just as an image. The way I see myself in the mirror is different to what I see in the pictures. This confuses me and makes me unsure of how I look on the outside as an image.
Which one is the real me?
Mirror or the picture?
Thank you

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The real us - how we see ourselves vs how the camera sees us

Submitted by Sander-Martijn on Sun, 02/27/2011 - 18:18

I received the following email from a stranger - sent through my website so this person had seen my work and perhaps read some of my opinions - below is my response.

I have a question about the way others see us.
Nothing to do with the way we think of ourselves, just as an image. The way I see myself in the mirror is different to what I see in the pictures. This confuses me and makes me unsure of how I look on the outside as an image.
Which one is the real me?
Mirror or the picture?
Thank you

Speaking my mind about Haiti

Submitted by Sander-Martijn on Sat, 02/26/2011 - 14:17

a speech I made about my thoughts on Haiti with accompanying imagery, before the earthquake hit.

Becoming a professional photographer - Do you like sandwich?

Submitted by Sander-Martijn on Sat, 02/26/2011 - 12:15

Every once in a while I get asked "What does it take to become a professional photographer?" Before I give my response let me start by going back some time and telling you what was told to me when I asked something similar.

When I was first working to make the transition from art/hobby photographer to professional I had the opportunity to sit down with an older photographer that had seen success first as a fashion photographer in Paris and later internationally as a documentary photographer working with the effects war has on children. At the time I had no idea I might end up working on similar projects with my work in Haiti and was only interested in fashion, but I guess that's a topic for another day.

Producing a solo show - afterthoughts and a review

Submitted by Sander-Martijn on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 16:32

On February 11th my second solo show "Reveries of form - a celebration of women" opened at The Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, PA. It was a great undertaking that took months of preparation and thought, promotion, and of course a lot of investment in pr

Music photography - more than just a band photo

Submitted by Sander-Martijn on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 11:00

keeping it simple with light

Submitted by Sander-Martijn on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 11:55

The other day I was photographing a product for a cosmetics company. The job was to shoot the packaged product with various props around it, for web and other advertising uses. In this particular case the packaging was a foil bag that was mostly printed with some spots of foil showing through. The printed areas created diffused reflection (undesirable) while the foil areas (mostly lettering) created direct reflection (desirable in this case since otherwise you can't read the words).

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The real us - how we see ourselves vs how the camera sees us

The real us - how we see ourselves vs how the camera sees us

Speaking my mind about Haiti

Becoming a professional photographer - Do you like sandwich?

Producing a solo show - afterthoughts and a review

Music photography - more than just a band photo

keeping it simple with light

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