I am Marcel van Balken, a photographer in the Netherlands for about 25 years and my work has won many awards, both nationally as well as internationally. I have won more than 350 awards, prices and acceptations over the whole world. In 1997 I became the status of EFIAP (Excellence Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique). Alongside the awards and exhibitions there have been more than 130 publications of my work in several magazines, newspapers and books including Focus, FOTO, Foto Creativ/FotoColor, Kodak Image 2000, Photograpy Yearbooks

Through the use of sophisticated darkroom (and later digital) techniques, I am able to produce all kinds of special effects. For the images in this portfolio I do not use any digital manipulation but everything is done in the traditional way by camera and darkroom. As a photographer I am interested in specific themes. In this portfolio you can view some images of black and white series such as ‘Readings’, ‘Movements’, and ‘Impressions’. The complete series (and more) you can see in my galllery ‘Photure Image Gallery’ (www.photure.demon.nl)