Gerrit Fokkema
Gerrit Fokkema | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1954 Port Moresby |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Nationality | Australia |
Gerrit Fokkema is a commercial photographer. He was born in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea in 1954 and moved to Australia in 1958.
Education
Gerrit Fokkema's education started at The Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra, ACT, where he studied from 1972 to 1974. He then went on to study Photography at, Canberra Technical College, Canberra, ACT from 1974 to 1977 and received a Photography Certificate.[1] He also spent a semester in 2012 at The Australian National University where he lived at the university and worked with the students.[2]
Career
Fokkema worked as a photographer for many magazines and newspapers. He also did independent photography. He was a photographer for The Canberra Times, for four years, from 1975 to 1979. He then proceeded to work for The Sydney Morning Herald for four years, from 1980 to 1984. For the next three years Fokkema worked both for The Sydney Morning Herald as well as Good Weekend Magazine. After this, he started his own Photography company and is now the owner of Gerrit Fokkema Photography Pty Ltd and has been working there for the past 28 years, from the year 1987 until present.[3]
Photography
Gerrit's photography career began with him being a staff photographer for The Canberra Times. When he worked for The Canberra Times, he had the time to work on his own photography. He was most well known for his urban landscapes photographs, which sometimes included people. After his exhibition, Somedaze, at Images Gallery in 1983, Gerrit began to do a series of nighttime images. These images were taken all across Sydney. These photographs were made to show Sydney nightlife in a different light, where the streets looked both mystical, but also rugged and tough.[4] From the mid 1970s, Gerrit Fokkema's started including images of his feet, hands or even his own shadow, in his pictures. This was used to communicate his views on the photographed location.[5] Gerrit Fokkema was also a commercial photographer, having clients that were for architectural and design firms, pro bono work, large corporations and advertising agencies.[6]
Exhibitions
Known exhibitions
- Exhibition: Gerrit Fokkema, 1979, the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, NSW[7]
- Somedaze: Gerrit Fokkema, 1983, Images Gallery, Sydney, NSW[8]
- Australian Vernacular Exhibition: Gerrit Fokkema, 2014, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW[9]
Unknown exhibitions
These are a few exhibitions, that the name and date of the location were unknown, however, the place was documented.
- Australian National Gallery
- Art Gallery of NSW
- State Library of NSW
References
- ^ "Gerrit Fokkema". Design & Art Australia Online.
- ^ "Visiting Artists". Australian National University.
- ^ Fokkema, Gerrit. "Gerrit Fokkema". Linked In.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Willis, Anne-Marie (1988). icturing Australia: a history of photography. North Ryde: Angus and Robertson. p. 228.
- ^ Newton, Gale. Shades of Light. Canberra: Australian National Gallery. pp. 140, 141.
- ^ Fokkema, Gerrit. "Gerrit Fokkema". Architecture & Design.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Exhibition by Gerrit Fokkema". Design & Art Australia Online.
- ^ Willis, Anne-Marie (1988). icturing Australia: a history of photography. North Ryde: Angus and Robertson. p. 228.
- ^ "EXHIBITION: AUSTRALIAN VERNACULAR AT ART GALLERY OF NSW, SYDNEY". Large Format Photography Australia.
