{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Peter van Stralen fotografie","provider_url":"https:\/\/petervanstralen.nl\/en\/","author_name":"peter","author_url":"https:\/\/petervanstralen.nl\/en\/author\/peter\/","title":"Biography - Peter van Stralen fotografie","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EYQSytRj4Y\"><a href=\"https:\/\/petervanstralen.nl\/en\/biography\/\">Biography<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/petervanstralen.nl\/en\/biography\/embed\/#?secret=EYQSytRj4Y\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Biography&#8221; &#8212; Peter van Stralen fotografie\" data-secret=\"EYQSytRj4Y\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/petervanstralen.nl\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Peter van Stralen studied to become a graphic designer at the Academy of Arts in Arnhem, The Netherlands. During this study, his interest in photography was awakened. Since then he has been working as an autonomous artist\/photographer, whose non-commercial activities have mainly been focussed on staged black-and-white photography. Apart from this, he is also active as a photographer in the field of art and culture in general. Motivation and Style Peter likes to describe himself as a \u2018two-dimensional sculptor\u2019 who works in between photography and Big Art.\u00a0He enjoys working with professional female dancers because they can combine strength with grace in a natural way. His style has been shaped by his background as a graphic designer: It is rather simple and straightforward. That is why he also played with the female body shapes in a simple way: To him, \u201cless\u201d often means \u201cmore\u201d and in this sense he can be considered as a minimalist. Both form and composition play an important role in his work, and since, in his opinion, color often detracts from the essence of an image, he prefers black and white images. In order to avoid fashionable or contemporary influences, he consciously created his pictures in an almost timeless and space-free environment. In addition, since these dancers act as interpreters, he tried to avoid identifying the person behind the figure in the photo, thereby drawing the viewer\u2019s attention entirely to the shape of the image. In this series \u201cODD BODIES\u201d he emphasizes the topic of alienation by ... Verder lezen"}