{"id":1362,"date":"2024-09-12T19:19:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T19:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/?page_id=1362"},"modified":"2026-07-03T14:31:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:31:51","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;link-transition&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Maartje Punt (b. 1989) &#8211; I\u2019m a Dutch art director, gallery representative and author. I take on different roles in creating publications (<strong>author, designer, editor<\/strong> and\/or <strong>photographer<\/strong>) and have a special love for documentary photography.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"mailto:maartje@maartjepunt.com\">Send me a message<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jongbloedmedia.nl\/product\/liever-licht\/\">Read my most recent work<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/maartjepuntphotoblog\/\">Follow me on insta<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;link-transition&#8221;]<strong>Press<br \/>\n<\/strong>2025 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/A-Visual-Journey-Through-The-Magic-Mystery-Of-New-Orleans-\u2013-Edge-of-Humanity-Magazine-scaled.jpg\">Edge of humanity<\/a><br \/>\n2025 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tubantia-\u00b7-iPhone-Photography-Awards-2025-\u00b7-IPPAWARDS-\u00b7-Maartje-Punt-scaled.jpeg\">Tubantia &amp; AD<\/a><br \/>\n2025 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PetaPixel-\u00b7-iPhone-Photography-Awards-2025-\u00b7-IPPAWARDS-\u00b7-Maartje-Punt-scaled.jpeg\">PetaPixel<\/a><br \/>\n2025 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DIGIFOTO-Pro-aug-2025-\u00b7-iPhone-Photography-Awards-2025-\u00b7-IPPAWARDS-\u00b7-Maartje-Punt-scaled.jpg\">DigiFoto PRO<\/a><br \/>\n2025 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/121-clicks-\u00b7-iPhone-Photography-Awards-2025-\u00b7-IPPAWARDS-\u00b7-Maartje-Punt-scaled.jpg\">121clicks<\/a><br \/>\n2025 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/designyoutrust-\u00b7-iPhone-Photography-Awards-2025-\u00b7-IPPAWARDS-\u00b7-Maartje-Punt-scaled.jpeg\">designyoutrust<\/a><br \/>\n2025 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Huis-aan-Huis-augustus-2025.jpeg\">Huis aan Huis<\/a><br \/>\n2025 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/My-Modern-Met-\u00b7-iPhone-Photography-Awards-2025-\u00b7-IPPAWARDS-\u00b7-Maartje-Punt-scaled.jpeg\">My Modern Met<\/a><br \/>\n2025 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lomography-artikel-2025-Maartje-Punt-scaled.jpg\">Lomography.com<\/a><br \/>\n2024 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/LINDA-31-juni-2024-kopie-scaled.jpg\">LINDA.nl<\/a><br \/>\n2024 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Algemeen-Dagblad-1-juni-2024_Maartje-Punt-en-Marinus-van-den-Berg_klein.png\">Algemeen Dagblad \/ Tubantia<\/a><br \/>\n2022 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Huis-aan-Huis_Maartje-Punt3-scaled.jpg\">Huis aan Huis<\/a><br \/>\n2022 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dagblad-Suriname_Maartje-Punt-scaled.jpg\">Dagblad Suriname<\/a><br \/>\n2021 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Linda-Magazine_Cubic-Collective_Maartje-Punt.jpg\">LINDA. Magazine<\/a> (about photography magazine &#8216;Homebound&#8217; by Cubic Collective)<br \/>\n2020 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Phonographer_Maartje-Punt-scaled.jpg\">Phonographer Magazine<\/a><br \/>\n2019 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/C-artikel_Maartje-Punt-scaled.jpg\">&amp;C Talent Foundation<\/a><br \/>\n2018 | Multiple newspapers among which <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Huis-aan-Huis-Krant_Maartje-Punt.jpg\">Huis aan Huis NL<\/a>, indebuurt and Cultuur in Enschede<br \/>\n2017 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/New-Dutch-Photography-Talent_Maartje-Punt4-e1713701170740.png\">NEW Dutch Photography Talent 2018<\/a><br \/>\n2017 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/NU_Maartje-Punt.png\">Nu.nl<\/a> (album cover)<br \/>\n2015 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/HP-De-Tijd-artikel_Maartje-Punt-scaled.jpg\">HP\/De Tijd<\/a><br \/>\n2015 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Metropolis-M_Maartje-Punt-scaled.jpg\">Metropolis M<\/a><br \/>\n2015 | <a href=\"https:\/\/maartjepunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AKI-ArtEZ_Maartje-Punt4-scaled.jpg\">ArtEZ Finals<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;link-transition&#8221;]<strong>Awards<\/strong><br \/>\n2026 | iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) Two honourable mentions<br \/>\n2025 | iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) 2nd place <em>People<\/em> category<br \/>\n2025 | Nominee Vincent van Gogh Photo Award 2025<br \/>\n2024 | Photo competition &#8216;In het licht van Vermeer&#8217;, Delft (one of five winners)<br \/>\n2017 | NEW Dutch Photography Talent 2018 by NEW PHOTO, the Netherlands<br \/>\n2015 | 3rd price Stellenbosch Laser Student Chapter Photo Competition, South Africa<br \/>\n2012 | 2nd jury price Art Fair Bathmen, the Netherlands[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;link-transition&#8221;]<strong>Education<br \/>\n<\/strong>2015 | Bachelor of Design | Crossmedia Design | AKI art academy in Enschede<br \/>\n2010 | Bachelor of Science | Educational Design | University of Twente in Enschede<br \/>\n2009 | Preliminary\u00a0year | AKI art academy in Enschede<br \/>\n2007 | Orientation year | Rietveld academy in Amsterdam[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;link-transition&#8221;]<strong>Past exhibitions<\/strong><br \/>\n2025 | Vincent van Gogh Photo Award, Nuenen<br \/>\n2024 | Vermeercentrum, Delft<br \/>\n2022 | Amstelkerk, Amsterdam<br \/>\n2018 | Brix Bar-Kitchen, Amsterdam<br \/>\n2017 | 5&amp;33 Gallery and Art\u2019otel, Amsterdam<br \/>\n2015 | Graduation show AKI (art academy), Enschede<br \/>\n2014 | Gallery Te Lintelo, Haaksbergen<br \/>\n2014 | Sheremetev Palace, Sint Petersburg, Russia<br \/>\n2013 | Annual Dutch Art Fair, Amsterdam<br \/>\n2013 | Art fair, Bathmen<br \/>\n2013 | Art fair, Ootmarsum<br \/>\n2013 | Art days, Zutphen &amp; Zwolle<br \/>\n2012 | Fort Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen<br \/>\n2012 | Art Fair International, Groningen<br \/>\n2012 | Art fair, Ootmarsum<br \/>\n2012 | Artist in residence at Bildwerk, Frauenau, Germany<br \/>\n2012 | Enjoy The Crisis, Enschede<br \/>\n2012 | Gallery De Aventurijn, Epe<br \/>\n2012 | Art fair, Deventer<br \/>\n2012 | Art fair, Enschede<br \/>\n2012 | Viva La Kommunikation, Bremen, Germany[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;link-transition&#8221;]<em>If there is a picture of you on my website that you don\u2019t want there, please let me know by sending an email to maartje@maartjepunt.com<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;316&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;link-transition&#8221;] Maartje Punt (b. 1989) &#8211; I\u2019m a Dutch art director, gallery representative and author. I take on different roles in creating publications (author, designer, editor and\/or photographer) and have a special love for documentary photography. 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