Gerrit Schreurs
Gerrit Schreurs attended the School for Photography and Photonics where in 1982 he graduated with distinction.
In 1985 he set up his own studio. From the outset his work was characterized by taut, carefully created compositions in which light plays a major role. This working method, his pursuance of perfection, is not so much the result of his study, but more a way of viewing and registering the world around him which is self-evident to him. His first contact with advertising agencies, which required that he develop a distinctly specific approach to a wide range of different of commissions, gave rise to his fascination with further expanding the possibilities afforded by technique and content-related insight. This frequently resulted and today still results in a baroque, sometimes even surrealistic undertone to his work, particularly his non-commissioned oeuvre.
Taking stock after the thousands of pictures he has made in the course of the years, his fascination with continually seeking out new challenges both in terms of technique and content is probably the greatest motive for his work. Schreurs is never on the automatic pilot and always open to new ideas, new techniques and new grounds, such as animation. Definitely not one for dogmatically working on a univocal oeuvre, he gets a thrill out of courting adventure, both in his choice of commissions and in his non-commissioned work.