Biography

	- born: 16-01-'68 - Photo Academy Haarlem - Traineeship 1/2 year with Chris Lewis, commercial photographer in Amsterdam - Traineeship 1/2 year with Mark Seliger, Rolling Stone photographer in New York City - Studio at the Burgwal in Haarlem - Working as freelance photographer since 1994, for various clients, such as: Quote, Oor, Runner's World, Preview, Communicatieburo Zantinge & Bolluijt, Reader's House (British, Esquire, Audi Profile, Volkswagen Magazine, amongst others), Emerce, Filmvalley, VNU Business Publishers, Sport International and various designers. - Report series such as 'The last Trabant owner', 'Italian portraits', 'The fotografie_projecten_zigeuners of Sainte-Marie de la Mer', 'Works after van Gogh' and 'A portrait series of Marten Toonder'. - Enjoys doing portrait photography and cars (pretty ones preferrably...). Fjodor Buis is a portrait- and report photographer who likes to put something extra into his photographs, both in the classical sense, in the darkroom, as in the modern one, using digital image manipulation. He manages to produce strong imagery, especially when on location. But, in his studio in Haarlem, he also produces original concepts for posters, amongst other things. In order to keep developing himself as a photographer, Fjodor often finds time to produce inspired thematic reports and to organize exhibits. Only recently he travelled to former East Germany to portray the last Trabant owners. In Haarlem, the city he lives in, he portrayed remarkable citizens and this series resulted in the publishing of a book, and an exhibit in the Teylers Museum. For his most recent project Fjodor travelled to Greystones in Ireland, where he portrayed the creator of Ollie B. Bommel, Marten Toonder. Fjodor Buis is a portrait- en report photographer who likes to put something extra into his photographs using contemporary digital image manipulation. On location especially, he manages to register stark imagery. But in his Haarlem studio, too, he builds on original concepts for advertising, posters and the like. In order to keep developing as a photographer, Fjodor regularly takes time out to make inspired thematic photographic reports, and to display his work. He travelled to Eastern Germany, for instance, to picture the last of the Trabant owners. In his hometown of Haarlem he portrayed remarkable Haarlemmers. This series resulted in the publishing of a book and an exhibit in Teylers Museum. Another project led Fjodor to Greystones in Ireland, in 1999, where he portrayed the creator of Ollie B. Bommel, Marten Toonder. In 2003 this resulted in a cooperation with publisher Hans Matla (Panda Publishers) and author Frank van Hartingsveld. Van Hartingsveld has interviewed Toonder repeatedly over a period of 15 years, and at the end of 2005 his book 'De Tao van Toonder' was published by Panda Publishers. The Toonder portraits by Fjodor have come to excellent use in 'De Tao van Toonder'. Accompanying the book, a DVD appeared, that contained material Fjodor turned into film, shot in places both Irish and Dutch, with which Toonder had a relationship. This recent material illustrates unique audio-recordings of Toonder, from the documentary 'Een eenvoudige doch voedzame maaltijd' by Frank Wiering, 1972. From November 3rd, 2005 to January 8th, 2006, Fjodor, on the Oude Groenmarkt in Haarlem, exhibited ten portraits of Italians in gigantic steel frames with photos sized two by two metres. This within the framework of Haarlem Pronto 2005 (check under 'photography/portfolio/travel/4' for photographic impressions).