Julius Tjintjelaar I

Joel (more formally Julius) Tjintelaar is a black and white artists who specializes in B&W seascapes and architectural photography. He tends to use long exposure day time photography to achieve his works.

He likes to work in B&W as he feels that the removal of colour brings out the essence of objects, situations and people become more visible. He believes, with the removal of colour, it allows one to become more technical in composing one's shot; being more aware of contrast, light, shapes and line.

The photograph above taken by Tjintelaar shows very powerful and effective use of line and curve line structures. It is composed very well, using the rules of odds - through the three stairs shown horizontally. There's a lot of contrast between the sky and the materials of the stairs. It is very simplistic. Which is key is many photographs today.

Tjintelaar, in my opinion, has a very experimental style. Take the photograph below as an example.

I am deeply inspired by this marvelous artwork. The long exposure technique made the shot extremely simple.  The line structure again compliments the piece perfectly. It is also composed with great precision - closely look at the horizon in the piece. Even though this looks different to other cliche artworks, he is still able to use the common composition rules of photograph - and art in general. The rules of thirds, notice how placed the horizon on the bottom half of the piece.

The composition and point of view of the two photographs above are expertly done and executed. The first one has a very strong use of patterns whilst the second one has strong use of line structure that takes initiative.

I find his works very inspiring and 'out there' - fresh. That is why I have decided to create an artwork that pays homage to Joel Tjintelaar and his photographic style. I will do this by taking on his style of perspective and vision and mixing it with mine.

Jonathan Lim.