Photographer's Profile

August Langhout

Netherlands

August Langhout (1961, Sneek, NL) is a self-taught visual artist whose work blurs the boundaries between photography and painting. Through digital manipulation, physical experiments, and organic textures, he creates dreamlike, layered images that explore memory, transformation, and the fragility of nature. Inspired by Impressionism and the alchemy of natural processes, Langhout uses his camera as a brush and the landscape as a canvas. His series, such as Echo of Light and Sunken Beauty, are visual poems that invite viewers to discover the hidden beauty in decay and distortion. His work has gained international recognition, including a category win at the Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA 2025), a jury TOP 5 selection of TIFA for Whispers in the sky, features in Dodho Magazine and Artdoc Magazine, and exhibitions at PH21 Gallery (Budapest) and Praxis Gallery (Minneapolis, USA). Langhout’s photography is an invitation to pause, experience the transience of the moment, and find magic in the everyday.