TITLE: Study of a Wasp

In an attempt to get as close as possible, I have tried to express the unique and powerful features of a wasp.

As a fifteen-year-old, I enjoyed having my own microscope, watching fabrics, dust, and insects highly magnified. To refind this joy, but also to have a more three-dimensional feel to the imagery, I reversed a Zeiss 15mm Distagon, and added six extension rings.

I found a dusty wasp in my hallway that I used as my model.

Watching the images and fine-tuning the look and feel was a real treat.

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