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HJ Hunter in Bressoux | Image by Nico Bastens

Contact

hjhunterphotography@gmail.com

+31 (0)6 243 20 977

I studied literature and had a professional career in journalistic and commercial writing, before I became a documentary photographer. 

I studied photography with Forum Beeldtaal and the Fotoacademy in Amsterdam. 

 

My autonomous projects were published in British, Dutch and Belgian newspapers (The Guardian, Trouw, De Volkskrant, De Limburger, De Standaard, De Morgen) and magazines like Dodho, Focus and Pf. Most of my projects deal with current social themes. Between 2016 and 2020 I made an interactive multimedia documentary about life in a migrant suburb. My latest projects are related to the pandemic, the floods in the Walloon region and the impact of Brexit on young adults in the United Kingdom. I am currently working with fellow photographer David Peskens on a long-running documentary project about the impact of the war in Ukraine on the lives of young people who grew up after the collapse of the Soviet Union (1991) and live between two spheres of influence from Europe and Russia.

Exhibitions in The Netherlands 

  • Lost in the City | solo | Galerie De Gau | Vaals | 1 april – 5 june 2015 

  • Once upon a time | UNCOVER17 group exhibition | 10 sept - 15 October | Centre Ceramique | Maastricht

  • Once upon a time | Fotofestival aan de Maas | 10 - 13 may 2018 | group exhibition Dutch Photomuseum Rotterdam

  • I Believe | The world in a suburb | 17 march - 8 June 2019 | Centre Ceramique, Maastricht

Exhibitions international

  • I Believe | Le monde dans un quartier | 9 May - 13 June 2019 | Centre Chiroux | Liege

  • Bob's fight | Photofestival Aachen | 29 aug - 26 sept 2021

  • Bob's Fight & Once upon a time | Portfolio review & exhibition Hamburg | 24 - 26 sept 2021

  • Once upon a time | Px3 Paris | group | 7 - 12 november 2023

Books 

  • Once upon a time | 176 pages, 94 images, Lecturis, March 2023

Awards 

  • EISA Maestro Contest 2017 | second prize National Award | with a publication in Focus Magazine

  • Prix de la Photography 2017 | Silver & Bronze | Press |  I Believe-project

  • Prix de la Photography 2023 | Silver | Architecture industrial

  • International Photo Awards 2023 | Third place | Architecture industrial

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