TITLE: Author Patrick Bassant II

A portrait of author Patrick Bassant (1977) for his second novel (2020), ‘De vlinder in de inktpot’ (‘The butterfly in the Inkwell’), that is used for promotional purposes. Patrick Bassant studied Dutch literature, and published his first novel (Joy) in 2012 at publisher Wereldbibiotheek. For this book launch, I have created a music video, shot with the iPhone, which started my interest in film and photography. His novel Joy received many positive reviews in respected Dutch newspapers, and now for his latest novel, the reviews are even more positive. ‘De vlinder in the inktpot’, a novel about the Spanish Civil War, took nine years to complete, including a huge amount of research time to get acquainted with that time, but also to get to know famous characters such as Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway that take important roles in the storyline.

The photographs were taken near the place I live, in ‘De Jordaan’ at the center of Amsterdam, with nice picturesque characteristics and good photography possibilities.

The publisher defined the photos as beautifully totalitarian and thus perfectly suited for the novel.

AUTHOR: Martijn Rijnberg (Netherlands)

Martijn Rijnberg has a background in molecular biology, and founded award-winning scientific 3D animation company Cortical Studios in 2001. In 2012 he founded visual production company Zero Landscape to explore the possibilities of photography and film by creating music videos, shorts and now also larger projects including a feature film. His photographs has been used as book covers and in newspapers, and an interview on the Zeiss website will be published that focusses on his photography work of the last years. In 2019 and 2020, several of his photos received Honorable Mentions at the International Photography Awards (IPA), Color Awards, Monochrome Awards and Monovision Awards, where he was awarded 1st Place at the 2020 International Photography Awards (IPA). He is primarily focussed on portraiture, although nature and macro photography are becoming a special interest.

- IPA 2020 (International Photography Awards), Lizard, 1st place

- Monovisions Awards 2020, Paintress Simone Haijtink II, Honorable Mention

- Monovisions Awards 2020, The Eye, Honorable Mention

- 2019 International Color Awards, Paintress Simone Haijtink I, Nominee

- Monochrome Awards 2019, Paintress Simone Haijtink II, Honorable Mention

- IPA 2019 (International Photography Awards), Authors Mary Fisher And Richard Hulshof I, Honorable Mention

- IPA 2019 (International Photography Awards), Fashion Designer And Artist Mart Visser I, Honorable Mention

- IPA 2019 (International Photography Awards), Fashion Designer And Artist Mart Visser II , Honorable Mention

- IPA 2019 (International Photography Awards), Paintress Simone Haijtink I, Honorable Mention

- IPA 2019 (International Photography Awards), Paintress Simone Haijtink II, Honorable Mention