Fine Art Photography by Teus Renes

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landscape65 works

Mountains, canyons, fields, and big skies.

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Black-and-white photograph of the moon rising over the Gran Sasso range, seen from Monsampolo del Tronto, Italy.

Moonrise Over Monsampolo del Tronto

The moon rising over the Gran Sasso, seen from Monsampolo del Tronto. The land takes up the bottom third, the sky darkens toward the top, and the moon sits small in the upper right.

A dense field of yellow, red, pink, and white tulips stretching into the distance, bathed in bright daylight

Field of Tulips in Bloom

A tulip field near Noordwijkerhout in late April, in full bloom. Yellow, red, pink, and white tulips stretch into the distance.

Lone tree in Kalmthout silhouetted by golden sunrise, with sunbeams streaming through morning mist.

Burning Bush, Kalmthout

Dawn on the Kalmthout heath in April. The sun comes up behind a single pine while the mist is still lifting, and for a few minutes the light swallows the shape of the tree.

Monochrome lone tree standing on the open Savuti Plains in Botswana.

Lone Tree on the Savuti Plains

A lone tree on the open Savuti Plains in Botswana, photographed in black and white in 2017.

Black and white view of the Gran Sasso range above rolling hills in Italy.

Gran Sasso in Monochrome, Italy

The Gran Sasso above Monsampolo in 2011. The snow line separates the farmland of the Marche below from the bare rock above. Black and white.

Dramatic black and white landscape photograph of the Eiger mountain in the Swiss Alps.

Eiger's Shadow: North Face in Cloud Veil

Cloud pulling away from the north face of the Eiger, seen from Wengen. A single cow in the meadow below shows how big the mountain is.

Angkor Wat and its reflection in the moat at sunrise, Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Angkor Wat: Dawn Reflection

Angkor Wat reflected in the still water of the moat just before sunrise. The reflection is almost symmetrical but a little darker than the temple above it.

Interior of a slot canyon with sweeping, layered sandstone walls lit from above, shown in black and white

Through Time

Light from above follows the curved layers of Antelope Canyon, turning the sandstone into bands of line and tone.

Black and white photograph of a dramatic sky over a flat desert landscape, with a heavy rain shaft falling from dark clouds near a distant mesa.

Rainfall, High Desert

A heavy shaft of rain falls from dark cloud near a distant mesa. The desert is a thin strip at the bottom and the sky fills the rest. Black and white.

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wildlife32 works

Animal portraits and moments in the field.

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A zebra mother and her calf on the African savanna.

Savanna Serenity: Zebra Mother and Calf

A zebra mare and her calf in Botswana. The calf is still small enough to fit under its mother's head, and both are watching the same thing.

Silhouette of a bull in Botswana against a golden sky at sunrise or sunset.

Sunlit Majesty: Bull of Botswana

A bull in Botswana photographed against the low sun, reduced to a dark silhouette on a golden sky.

Wildlife photograph depicting a lioness and her cub watching their pack in Botswana.

Watching the Pack: Lion Family in Botswana

A lioness and her cub in Botswana, both watching something outside the frame. The cub stays close to its mother but is clearly curious.

Two zebras standing close together in South Africa, their stripes overlapping.

Zebra Stripes: Savanna Duet

Two zebras in South Africa standing so close that their stripes run together. Black and white.

A lion cub and juvenile lion playing in golden sunlight in Botswana.

Golden Hour Play: Botswana Lion Cubs

A lion cub and a young lion playing in the late afternoon light in Botswana, 2016.

Black-and-white photograph of a giraffe standing and facing the camera.

Towering Grace: Giraffe in Monochrome

A giraffe against a pale, washed-out sky in South Africa. Printed high-key in black and white, so its patches carry the picture.

Black-and-white photograph of a hippopotamus rising out of a river in Uganda.

River Portrait in Black & White

A hippo in Uganda breaking the surface of the river, with water running off its skin. Black and white.

An adult baboon walking through grassy terrain in Uganda, carrying its baby underneath its belly.

Baboon Mother and Infant

A black-and-white photograph of a baboon walking through grass in Uganda, with her baby clinging underneath.

Black-and-white photograph of an African elephant walking across the plains in Botswana.

Botswana Giant: Elephant in Monochrome

An African elephant walking across open ground in Botswana, photographed in black and white in 2016.

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life31 works

People at work, at home, and on the street.

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Traditional boat crossing shimmering water on Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda.

Boat on Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda

Two people crossing Lake Bunyonyi in a small boat in the early light, with a second boat disappearing into the mist behind them.

Black-and-white photograph of villagers gathered under a thatched roof shelter in rural Uganda.

Ugandan Village Gathering

A village gathering under a thatched roof in Uganda, photographed from a respectful distance. People stand and talk with each other and pay the camera no attention.

Card Game Camaraderie

A group of men playing cards in Monsampolo del Tronto, heads down and hands close. Each player keeps an eye on the others while pretending not to.

Young child holding blades of grass beside a bamboo wall in Chiang Mai.

Child with Grass Blades, Chiang Mai

A child in Chiang Mai looks at a few blades of grass with total concentration, in front of a plain bamboo wall. She hasn't noticed the camera.

Black and white street scene photograph in Ortuka, Northern Uganda.

Daily Life in Northern Uganda

A street in Ortuka, Northern Uganda, June 2012, photographed in black and white.

An elderly couple standing in the doorway of a Parisian shop.

Elderly Couple in Doorway

An older couple standing in the doorway of a shop in Paris, January 2010. Black and white.

Black and white tea market scene on the shore of Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda.

Tea Market at Lake Bunyonyi

A busy tea market on the shore of Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda, in 2013: people carrying, trading, and loading tea. Black and white.

A Ugandan family standing outside their traditional mud hut with a thatched roof.

Ugandan Family: Life in a Rural Village

A family standing outside their mud house with a thatched roof in rural Uganda, June 2012. Black and white.

Black and white portrait of a child standing in a mud-hut doorway in Uganda.

Child at Doorway, Uganda

A child standing in the doorway of a mud house in rural Uganda, 2012, lit from outside with the dark interior behind. Black and white.

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city27 works

Buildings, stations, streets, and cities at night.

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Black-and-white photograph of a person walking through an arched tunnel in Berlin.

Urban Passageway in Monochrome

A tunnel in Berlin with a row of arches getting smaller toward the far end, where the light is. In black and white it looks older than it is.

Black-and-white photograph of the Brooklyn Bridge at night, with the lit Manhattan skyline behind it.

Brooklyn Bridge: Urban Nocturne

The Brooklyn Bridge at dusk, just before full dark, with its cables leading to the stone tower and the Manhattan skyline lit up behind it.

Art Deco doors of the Chrysler Building in Manhattan, New York City.

Chrysler Building Doors, New York

The Art Deco entrance of the Chrysler Building in Manhattan, photographed close up: polished metal, stepped geometry, and the pattern of the doors.

The Eiffel Tower and the dome of Les Invalides lit up at twilight in Paris.

Eiffel Tower & Invalides at Dusk

The Eiffel Tower and the gilded dome of Les Invalides in Paris, both lit up at twilight.

Black-and-white photograph of the geometric lines of a modern corridor in Mechelen, Belgium.

Urban Geometry in Passage

The walls, ceiling, and lights of a modern corridor in Mechelen, Belgium, forming converging lines in black and white.

Black-and-white abstract of the facade of the De Rotterdam building in Rotterdam.

Vertical City: Rhythms of De Rotterdam

A black-and-white detail of De Rotterdam, Rem Koolhaas's stacked towers on the Maas, cropped until the facade becomes a grid of lines and glass.

Piazza del Popolo at dusk in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, with illuminated colonnades.

Piazza del Popolo at Dusk, Ascoli Piceno

The Piazza del Popolo in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, at dusk in 2015, with the colonnades lit and the last of the evening light in the sky.

Priest walking beneath the colonnade of St. Peter's in Vatican City.

Priest in St. Peter's Colonnade

A priest walking through a band of warm light under the colonnade of St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, 2011.

Red Giants of Katendrecht

Two reddish-brown residential towers at the 2e Katendrechtse Haven in Rotterdam, photographed against a clear blue sky.

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black and-white10 works

Every subject, in black and white.

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Close-up, sepia-toned portrait photograph of a Ugandan fisherman.

Portrait of a Ugandan Fisherman

A close portrait of a fisherman on the banks of the Nile in Uganda. At this distance a portrait only happens if both people agree to it. Printed in sepia.

A vintage Singer sewing machine in Botswana.

Botswana Stitch in Time

An old Singer sewing machine in a room in Botswana, worn from years of use and still working.

A solitary tree silhouetted in the distance through dense fog, above a dark field of grass.

Solitary Tree in Fog

A field near Kalmthout in November fog. Almost all the detail is gone and only the trunk, the spread of the branches, and a faint horizon are left.

Black and white photograph of a person walking through a graffiti-covered urban underpass with strong overhead lighting and wet cobblestones.

Graffiti Passage

A person walking through a Rotterdam underpass covered in graffiti, silhouetted against the daylight at the far end. The columns and overhead lights lead the eye out.

Interior of Antelope Canyon slot canyon showing striated sandstone walls folded around a bright shaft of light, rendered in black-and-white.

Carved Light, Antelope Canyon

In black and white, Antelope Canyon comes down to layered rock and one bright opening. The sweeping lines in the sandstone were cut by water.

Black-and-white close-up of tangled fibres caught on a wire.

Tangled Fibres on Wire

Tangled fibres caught on a wire, photographed close up in black and white, April 2010.

Black-and-white photograph of stone stairs with the shadow of a railing across them.

Architectural Detail

The shadow of a railing falling across stone stairs, April 2010. Black and white.

A pigeon perched on a ledge against a weathered brick wall.

Pigeon on a Brick Ledge

A pigeon on a ledge in front of an old brick wall. The depth of field is shallow enough that the wall turns into texture. Black and white, 2010.

Black-and-white photograph of tall, thin tree trunks rising from a field of blurred vertical grasses beneath a low, misty horizon.

Vertical Silence

Thin trees and reeds become a row of dark and light strokes under a low, misty horizon. Black and white.

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portrait18 works

Faces, gestures, and people looking back at the camera.

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A young woman with long auburn hair and green eyes.

Woman Auburn Hair Green Eyes

A portrait built around colour: the auburn of the hair and the green of the eyes. Rotterdam, December 2012.

Black and white portrait of a woman with long hair partially covering her face.

Hidden Gaze: Monochrome Portrait

A black-and-white portrait of a woman with her long hair covering part of her face, Rotterdam, December 2011.

Low-key black and white portrait photograph of a man wearing glasses.

Contemplation in Shadow

A low-key portrait of a man in glasses, mostly in shadow. What is left out of the light matters as much as what is in it.

Black-and-white portrait of a woman looking directly into the camera.

Intense Gaze: Portrait Study

A woman looking straight into the camera in black and white. She doesn't smile or invite you in; she just lets you look. Rotterdam, December 2011.

Black and white portrait of a woman wearing a vintage-style veiled headpiece and a pearl bracelet.

Vintage Glamour: Portrait with Veil

A studio portrait styled after early film stills: a veiled headpiece, pearls, and a downward gaze. The light was set up so that parts of the face stay in shadow.

Close-up color portrait of a Swiss Guard at the Vatican.

Swiss Guard Portrait

A Swiss Guard at his post at the Vatican looks back at the camera, patient rather than welcoming. The uniform is centuries old in design; the man wearing it is not.

Black-and-white portrait of an older man smiling in Amuria, Uganda.

Radiant Smile: Village Elder Portrait

A black-and-white portrait of an older man smiling broadly in Amuria, Uganda, 2012.

Black-and-white portrait of a wirehaired dachshund.

Wirehaired Gaze: Dachshund Portrait

A wirehaired dachshund photographed in black and white, April 2012.

A White Swiss Shepherd Dog playing in the snow.

Winter Play: White Shepherd in Snowfall

A White Swiss Shepherd playing in the falling snow in January 2013. Black and white.

Collection

abstract16 works

Close details of water, leaves, bark, and stone.

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Macro photograph of a large dewdrop hanging from the tip of a green leaf.

Ephemeral Pearl: Dewdrop on a Leaf

A single dewdrop hanging from the tip of a green leaf, photographed close enough that the leaf's surface looks like a landscape.

Detail of the curved steel roof ribs of Liège-Guillemins station against a blue sky.

Calatrava's Canopy: Liège Station

A detail of Santiago Calatrava's roof at Liège-Guillemins station: amber steel ribs against a blue sky, divided by a single curved spine.

Black-and-white close-up of a water droplet resting on a leaf.

Pearl On A Leaf, Monochrome

A water droplet on a leaf in black and white: a sphere, a surface, and the point where they meet. Without colour, the picture is about shape.

Close-up of barbed wire in front of blurred autumn foliage in Etten-Leur, Netherlands.

Autumn's Edge, Etten-Leur

A strand of barbed wire in front of autumn leaves in Etten-Leur, Netherlands, with the colour thrown out of focus behind it.

Macro photograph of morning dewdrops on blades of grass.

Emerald Grass, Diamond Dew

Morning dew on blades of grass in the Netherlands, photographed close up in May 2012.

Black and white macro photograph of a water droplet clinging to a plant.

Monochrome Droplet

A water droplet clinging to a plant in Kalmthout, Belgium, photographed close up in black and white in May 2010.

Black-and-white close-up of a dandelion seed head.

Dandelion Seed Head Macro

A close-up of a dandelion seed head in black and white, 2010, where the seeds and their fine hairs make a radiating pattern.

Close-up portrait of a male mallard duck.

Emerald Gaze: Mallard Study

A male mallard photographed close enough to see the green of the neck feathers turn blue as the angle changes.

Close-up of dew drops strung along the threads of a spider web.

Dew Drops on Spider Web

Dew drops along the threads of a spider web, photographed close up in October 2011.

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