Otto Snoek Ode to the Railway Bridge (1999)

Photographer Otto Snoek (Rotterdam, 1966) studied at the St. Joost art academy in Breda. He shoots autonomous documentary. Lovingly, but also ruthlessly, he shows people in their living environment and tries to make cohesion visible. In his photography, Rotterdam is often the starting point and reference when working outside its city limits. Snoek unabashedly shows the brutality of contemporary urban and leisure culture. The images arise from a compelling view. His works, which tell increasingly complex stories, have been shown in numerous exhibitions across Europe. In the long-running project Nation he examines how the different identities of European citizens manifest themselves at public events, thereby attempting to document the long and complex process of European integration. He has made several publications such as Rotterdam/Dresden (2020) Ukrainian crossroads (2014) in WHY NOT (2009). He has photographed many images in public space for this BKOR website.