The work of Rogier Houwen (1992) can be defined as ‘magical realistic’. Whether it’s a landscape,
an abstraction, a portrait or a still life, his photographs represent a fantastical observation found within ‘the real world’. When in the course of a magical experience, Houwen carefully captures the intensity of that experience; he is a collector of observations that almost seem unreal but are super real. (Are they?)

All of the black and white works are hand-printed by the artist himself according to the traditional
gelatin silver process. His color photographs are optical C-prints made by master printer Peter Svenson
from the AAP-Lab. Paradoxes, surrealistic thoughts, optical illusions, dreams and questions about our environment are to be found in his photographs.

Rogier Houwen’s work is an ode to the miraculous and versatile nature on our planet.