Rommert Boonstra

author · photographer

Rommert Boonstra is a Dutch photographer, poet, and visual artist. He is widely recognized as one of the founding fathers of staged photography in the Netherlands. His work often involves meticulous studio setups to create imaginative narratives that explore themes of fantasy, history, and human emotion. In addition to his photographic practice, he has contributed significantly to art criticism and literature, writing essays on contemporary art and poetry.[1,4]

Themes

  • staged photography
  • imagination
  • fantasy
  • visual narrative

Works by Rommert Boonstra

  • Beyond Photography: Imagination And Photography 2008 · Voetnoot · book · English ISBN 9789078068341 Co-authored with Maartje van de Heuvel, Lotte Menkman, and Eric Min.
  • Natura ex machina: een collectie in scène gezet 1998 · book · Dutch
  • Rommert Boonstra: Metamorfoses, het theater van de communicatie 2003 · book · Dutch

Exhibitions

  • The History of the Forgotten Noorderlicht, Groningen solo

References

  1. Noorderlicht link
  2. Wikipedia link
  3. Galerie Rotor link
  4. Amstelbooks link