About Matthijs Rietveld

Matthijs Rietveld (1979) is a photographer and lives in Rotterdam. He studied History in Leiden.
He photographs whatever he finds beautiful. This can range from fleeting moments on the street to a chapel in an abandoned polder or his children playing in the garden. He does not focus on any specific genre, although he does have a particular fondness for street and landscape photography.
Alongside his ‘everyday’ work, he tries to combine his background as a historian with his photography in longer-term projects, such as ‘Silent Witnesses of Time and Eternity’.
In addition to his photography, Matthijs works as a data management consultant for a major environmental agency in the Randstad.