marcellus is a photographer, filmmaker and musician from the Netherlands.
Photography is for marcellus besides trying to connect with the nature of time, exploring the collective and as a part of, his subconsciousness. The world of surrealistic cinema and the paintings of the First New York School in the Abstract Expressionism period have a great influence on the way he takes and makes photographs. The more abstract, the more your senses, brain and heart have to work so the more you will dive into your subconsciousness and then the deeper you see, feel and explore. Looking at photographs will create reflections of who you are.
He admires the photographs of Hiroshi Sugimoto, Uta Barth and Saul Leiter and finds inspiration in the magic realism and metaphysical worlds of the writers Haruki Murakami and Paul Auster, film directors David Lynch and Roy Andersson and video artist Bill Viola.
marcellus published four photobooks:
On top of the world (ISBN 978 90 825932 0 4)
LIFE DEATH LOVE BEAUTY IN NEW YORK (ISBN 978 90 826678 0 6)
Dierbare herinneringen (ISBN 978 90 826678 1 3)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Celebrating 100 movies (ISBN 978 90 826678 2 0): Honorable mention Tokyo Internat. Fotof
