Nelma Franke

When I was a kid and I saw my father walking with his camera hanging on his belly, I knew I once would be a famous photographer. Well, that dream did never come true, but my love for photography has never ended and is still growing.
My granddad and my dad and so my brother and my daughter, where/are fantastic and fanatic amateur photographers. It's in our genes, I suppose, a special need or something.

Living in Rotterdam -second largest city in the Netherlands and the biggest port of Europe- I not only get my inspiration from my hometown, but also from everything around me. The suburbs, the landscapes, the flowers in my little garden, my daughters, things, you name it.

Light and the effects of light always amaze me, therefor I like to work with it. Spotlight, back light, soft light, cloudy light, sunlight, hardly light. A nice thing of minor importance is that we all need light to make a photo. So at the end everything comes together.

Click!

Portfolio

Portraits

Photo Journalism

Projects

Landscapes

Stock Photography

Artist's Statement

Don't ask me why EYE choose a specific subject to Photograph. EYE is the boss, I have nothing to tell. I just follow EYE everywhere EYE wants to go and I obey.

If EYE yells Finger to click! the Camera, Finger click! the camera without any doubt or question.

Sometimes EYE don't have the Look and all what Finger click! ends in the Bin. Poor Finger eats her Nail then.

[Huh, what...?]

Sorry folks, I have to go now. EYE sees something special and tells Legs to walk, to run... Click!

Favorite Photos (of mine)

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