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Erik Hijweege
Erik Hijweege
Erik Hijweege

Erik Hijweege

Country: The Netherlands
Birth: 1963

Erik Hijweege (1963) is fascinated with the overwhelming power of nature. He started chasing big weather and tornadoes in 2006. During his first years of stormchasing Hijweege chose an alter ego for this body of work in the making. Kevin Erskine a farmer from Valentine Nebraska was born. This resulted for Erskine (a.k.a Hijweege) in his first international solo show in New York and the Supercell book. Sequel to Supercell are his Sublime Nature series focusing on the beauty of nature that is grand and dangerous.

Following his 19th century inspired longing for remote places and distant shores he travels the world working on his long-term Uncharted and waterfalls projects. Capturing landscapes on tintype and using old copper lenses, he shows us the world as seen through the eyes of early explorers.

The multiple threats of our natural surroundings triggered Hijweege to start a second line in his work focusing on endangered species. Based on the Red List of the IUCN he photographed 23 endangered animals preserved in ice. Being a fragile subject matter Hijweege used the 19th century wetplate collodion process to capture these frozen animals on ambrotype. His Endangered series was exhibited at the Dutch Natural History Museum in Rotterdam raising awareness for this important matter. The Endangered book was published in 2014. In succession of this series Hijweege is currently working on 'New Habitat'. This series is about relocating endangered species to safer grounds. New Habitat is exhibited in the Dutch Natural History Museum during the first three months of 2020.
Selected Books on Available on Amazon
Erik Hijweege: Endangered
Erik Hijweege: Endangered
Erik Hijweege
Erik Hijweege: Holland
Erik Hijweege: Holland
Erik Hijweege
Supercell
Supercell
Noir
Noir

Galleries

Amstel Gallery

Contour Gallery

The Photo Gallery

Website

www.hijweege.com

 

Selected Books

Erik Hijweege: Endangered
Erik Hijweege: Endangered
Erik Hijweege
Erik Hijweege: Holland
Erik Hijweege: Holland
Erik Hijweege
Supercell
Supercell
Erik Hijweege
Noir
Noir
Erik Hijweege

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