Photographer's Profile

Jan Janssen

Jan Janssen Fotografie, Netherlands

Dutch artist Jan Janssen is best known for being an people-photographer. While using only the natural available light, he always has his eyes on composition and details. His heart is with the elderly in our society and the Buddhist inhabitants of the Himalayas. He specialized in documentary photography with a photographic culmination in 2013, when he launched his successful photobook "The Himalaya, my home". The book was awarded several times with international awards. A few years later, he became the big winner of the International Photographer of the Year with his series "Proud for One Second".