Niki Feijen

Dutch photographer Niki Feijen immortilizes an astonishingly intact glimpse into the past. This autodidact specializes in documenting and capturing historic architecture and abandoned buildings. Each photo fuses together the conflicting notions of beauty and decay and corresponds with his desire to capture and silently communicate with his audience about the subject’s very essence.

Oftentimes photo shoots with dark settings tend to be problematic without the use of artificial lighting. Dark settings in these conditions causes the highlights, such as windows, to wash out into white or for dark areas to become obscure black blobs. It’s impossible to shoot a photo that captures both ends of this spectrum. With his HDR technique Niki uses different exposures which capture a much wider light spectrum than a traditional photograph.