André Bakker // Photography // Projekte

Marksmen of the present

The Limburgian Shooting Club Festivals. I have grown up with these events and their cultural roll in society and all the aspects that come with it, have always fascinated me.

I this series I want to take a look to show which role the marksmen, guilds and fraternities play in local culture in today’s society and show their history and events.

I am visiting a lot of small local events in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.

The high-light of the year 2022 O.L.S. (Oud Limburgs Schuttersfeest) is being hosted 2nd of July in Meijel, the Netherlands.

I will be right in the thick of the action.

Down here some samples to view.

Click and Enjoy!

André Bakker // Photography // Projects

Be a European

Travelling across Europe – without a set route, without a set place to crash, without a plan for the next morning. André has ventured out to portray Europe in all its diversity. Because it is this diversity that makes life so colorful – and for André, Europe is one of the most colorful places on earth. In his pictures to which he keeps adding, he shows how highly relevant the European concept was and still is today. Everyone who offers André a meal and a place to stay for the night will receive a unique photograph in return: a portrait, a wedding picture, a snapshot of the family dog, the ultimate food picture for Instagram, the living room interior in all its beauty …

Would you like to participate in the project? André is looking forward to hearing from you!

André Bakker // Photography // Projects

“I’d like to leave behind something bigger than myself.”

People are great at telling stories and thereby keeping history alive. But what will these stories evoke after years, when nobody can picture them anymore? André wants to leave behind more than a documentation, more than a scientific paper. So he has launched several projects in order to engrave stories into photos. For eternity.