Gerco de Ruijter
photographer
Gerco de Ruijter is a Rotterdam-based visual artist, photographer, and filmmaker born in Vianen in 1961. He is known for his landscape photography, which often employs unique vantage points such as those achieved from flying kites, balloons, or fishing poles. His work is characterized by a quest for pure, unspoilt nature and an exploration of the boundaries of the recognizable landscape, often presenting images without a horizon or traditional compass orientation. He was educated at the School for Fotografie and Fotonica in The Hague and the Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam. His photography often investigates the conceptual relationship between human perception and the physical environment.[1,2,3]
- landscape photography
- aerial perspective
- bird's-eye view
- nature vs artifice
- scenic landscapes
Books
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Desert Passage€35.00 -
Gerco de Ruijter€50.00
Works by Gerco de Ruijter
- 2004 Gerco de Ruijter Monograph featuring the photographer's work with text by Petran Kockelkoren.
- 2019 Grid Corrections Documentation of the landscape phenomenon known as 'grid'.
- 2016 Almost Nature Selection of works from the past decade.
- 2010 Toevallig Landschap Publication on the accidental nature of landscape.
Exhibitions
- 2023 ON TIME
- 2022 t i l t (2001-2021)
- 2019 Grid Corrections
- 2014 Almost Nature
- 2013 Gerco de Ruijter, the Black Box