Marc Pennartz is a Dutch photographer and writer, currently living in Belgium. He has always taken pictures. At home, in the city, in the woods, and in a previous life as a journalist. However, it only gained momentum after a series of setbacks in his personal life. Instead of jumping in front of a train, he went out on the street and frantically started shooting in a desire for some peace and quiet. He has not yet returned from that trip.
Pennartz describes his work as street photography, but defines the genre broadly. He looks at the world with the eyes of an introverted outsider, choosing scenes or objects that are basically irrelevant, but that are able to convey some sort of emotion when taken out of context or isolated by the frame. His work tends towards the abstract, paying detailed attention to colours, shapes, layering, reflections and textures.
Pennartz runs a popular Dutch-language blog on street photography, straatfotograaf.be, and his work has been featured by a number of print and online media. He also gives workshops and lectures on photography.
