Artworks by Dion de Bakker for your wall
30 artworks from Dion de Bakker.
Dion de Bakker Photographer.
Dion de Bakker (1960) Born and raised in the Burgundian South. Just after the hippies but with Punk, New Wave and especially Bowie. It was also the time of Disco, but I didn't have much to do with that. My hobbies besides photography were music, sports, motorcycling, steep wall climbing and parachuting. I was not a student, but training to be a forest ranger seemed like a good idea. Unfortunately, I did not manage to get accepted at forestry school. After a job in a photo-vacation laboratory, I had to do military service at some point. Photography was still my big hobby. During this service, I therefore studied at the school of photography. After my military service, I was able to go back to work in the photo lab. I kept this up for some years, but taking photos myself was and still is my passion. In 1993, this led me to start working as an independent photographer. Initially as an all-round photographer, taking whatever you can get and trying to earn a living that way. Working like a free-range chicken to earn a living didn't work very well. At that time, a huge change took place within photography: analogue became digital. As early as 1996, this led me to become proficient in photo scanning and digital image processing. Not soon after came the first professional digital camera. By now I had gained a lot of experience in photographing interiors. The choice
