I’m born and raised in Rotterdam (the Netherlands) and got in touch with photography at a young age influenced and supported by my father who was an enthusiastic hobby photographer. Followed a 2 year professional photography school (Fotovakschool) in the mid seventies and was determined to be a professional photographer (which, however never happened) but the love for photography never really faded. At that pre-digital time, the interest was mainly shooting concert photo’s of local and international rock bands playing in The Netherlands at that time and Formula 1 race photography at the Dutch Zandvoort and Belgium Zolder race circuits.
Like many others I switched from analog to digital photography at the end of the nineties and lost interest in serious photography for several years. In 2014 while scanning my old 120 medium format and 35mm color slides I re-discovered the quality of analog film photography with all the concert photo’s I shot in the seventies and the fun started again. Right now I think I have found a good balance ‘working on film and digital photography using a couple of great vintage cameras in 35mm and large 120 medium film format, my solid black digital Fuji X-Pro 2 and the more compact Fuji X-E3 or even my iPhone shooting in high resolution … you can also find me on Instagram and Threads: @janvandergaag
Feel free to send me a message or if you want information …
Jan van der Gaag | The Netherlands ~ contact: janvdgg@me.com
