Marnix Goossens
photographer
Marnix Goossens (born 1967, Leeuwarden) is a Dutch photographer whose work centres on nature, portraits and still lifes. He studied at the HKU in Utrecht, at the Ateliers in Arnhem and at the Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, finishing in 2000. He works with a large-format technical camera, using 13 x 18 cm or 4 x 5 inch negatives, and regards photography as a means to art rather than documentation. His book Regarding Nature (2001) earned him the encouragement prize (aanmoedigingsprijs) of the City of Amsterdam. He also published Supernatural (2004) with Elspeth Diederix. His photographs are held by the Fries Museum, the Gemeentemuseum The Hague, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the Caldic Collection, among others. He contributed photographs to Dag Osdorp (2005).[1,2,3]
- cultivated nature
- portraiture
- still life
- large-format technical photography
Works by Marnix Goossens
- 2001 Regarding Nature Received the encouragement prize of the City of Amsterdam.
- 2004 Supernatural (with Elspeth Diederix)
- 2005 Dag Osdorp Photographs; essay by Willem van Toorn.
Awards
- 2001 Encouragement prize (aanmoedigingsprijs), for Regarding Nature