Eli Dijkers - Fine Art Photography ‘Eli’s portfolio is a stunning ensemble of eclectic but cohesive photographs. An abstract. It only requires the viewer to look.
Technically, visually and psychologically, this series bring a lot to the viewer. The photographs are powerful enough that we do not need any subtext to read them. A brilliant catharsis for the viewers, a dark but enjoyable trip...’ Pauline Vermare (international center of photography in New York)
Artist Statement
My goal is to move people, like a piece of music. Within photography, I explore hu
manity as I experience it. My images appeal to sensory perception more than to that of the mind. By using black and white, contrast and grain, a parallel world is being created. A world in which light and darkness are allowed to exist side by side. Recently, my work is described as follows: “Beauty is not cultivated and ugliness does not seem to be a problem. On the crossroad of journalism, Dijkers exhibits poetry in the images of daily life, in a complex, undefinable way. The quality of his images is that they do not want to be more powerful than the world from which they originate.”
I am a member of noise collective, Dutch Contemporary Photography, Pictura and represented by Deelen Art Gallery (www.deelenart.nl).
27/09/2024
Looking forward to my first solo exhibition at Galerie Noord in Groningen.
I’m pleased to announce my upcoming solo exhibition, When the River Runs Dry, which will be on display from October 5 to November 7 at the beautiful Galerie Noord in Groningen.
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‘ELI’S PORTFOLIO IS A STUNNING ENSEMBLE OF ECLECTIC BUT COHESIVE PHOTOGRAPHS. TECHNICALLY, VISUALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY, HIS SERIES BRING A LOT TO THE VIEWER. THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE POWERFUL AND DO NOT NEED ANY SUBTEXT TO READ THEM. A BRILLIANT CATHARSIS FOR VIEWERS, A DARK BUT ENJOYABLE TRIP...’ PAULINE VERMARE (INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY, NEW YORK, USA).
Eli Dijkers (1978) was born and raised in The Netherlands. He graduated from the Academy of Photography in Rotterdam in 2012, after having been awarded a PhD in Pharmacy, Nuclear Medicine and Oncology. Since then he has received many recognitions for his photographic work, including multiple Honourable Mentions at the Black & White Spider Awards, Commended photographer in the Sony World Photography Awards and several Honourable Mentions at the Monochrome awards. He was winner of the Porta Coeli Artist Residency Award at the XIth edition of the International Contemporary Art Biennale of Florence and awarded Ilford MASTER in 2018, together with Sebastião Salgado.
Eli graduated the academy of photography with his interpretation of the city he lives in, Rotterdam, titled Temporal Existence. Post-graduation, he was one out of 12 photographers selected to document the city of Rotterdam. In addition, he is author of the self-published book Enigma, a confronting series of images about daily life on the streets of India.
Eli’s work has been extensively exhibited within the Netherlands and abroad. His first solo-exhibition at gallery Deelen Art, was curated by Sun Hee Engelstoft, at the time editor to Magnum photographer Jacob Aue Sobol. In 2018 his work on China was shown as a solo-exhibition for six successive months in de Kunsthal (museum of contemporary art) in Rotterdam. In addition, his work has been exhibited in Italy, Greece, the United Kingdom, Denmark and France.
