Martijn van de Griendt has been a photographer for over 25 years. His photos are full of ambiance, intimacy and they hit home. It doesn’t matter whether they are focused or unfocused. He relies on his feelings, not on technique. Yet he is an artist of today. He gives masterclasses for companies, schools and academies. He shows his work on Instagram, in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and in galleries. He writes for newspapers and is working on his first novel. But above all, he is a storyteller.
After graduating from the School of Journalism in Utrecht, Martijn studied photography in The Hague (KABK). Since graduating in 1997, he has completed photo projects and portraits for many magazines, newspapers and companies in the Netherlands and abroad. He often writes his own story to accompany the images. His photos of popstars can be admired in Oor Magazine. Martijn makes both portraits, as well as documentary series. He works on his own projects, such as his long-term series about today’s young people. He also works by commission. His assignments are editorial as well as commercial.  To date, he has made ten solo books. He self-published his last seven books. For his first film about Maria he received an honourable mention at the Debut Competition of the Dutch Film Festival.