Arnold van Rooij photography
Welcome! I'm a photographer from Zutphen, the Netherlands. I mostly shoot black and white film with a wide variety of very old analog cameras, each camera having its own characteristics and limitations. A process that demands patience and perseverance. For a few years now I have been focussing on analogue photography. It offers unique aesthetic qualities. Not the clinically sharp images I get from digital cameras. Instead grainy textures, soft focussed images and moody vignetting. The camera, filmtype and developer - each a part of the choices I make to create a final print. A challenge and experience I hope you see reflected in my photographs.
End of the line
A visual journey amongs these abandoned train wagons. A railway history on black and white film. This photoserie is now also availible as a photobook
Old sheds
Old abandonned sheds i came across while hiking throug Dutch and Belgian landscapes. Abandonned or perhaps still serving a shelter for cattle sometimes.
Floral compositions
Some floral still live photographs. Compositions of sometimes withered flowers on medium and large format black and white film.
Portraits
The amazing characters facing my camera. Photographs of colofull people on black and white film.
Industrial heritage
Photoseries about Germany's industrial heritage. Old machinery of iron industry in Essen. Now a cultural meetingpoint - Landschaftspark.