{"id":19,"date":"2025-02-20T20:45:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T20:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petermeirmans.com\/over\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T19:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:47:08","slug":"over","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/petermeirmans.com\/nl\/over\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Peter Meirmans, a fine art and portrait photographer from Venray. Timeless photography filled with emotion, calm, and personal attention."},"content":{"rendered":"
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I did not begin with the intention to photograph faces.
I began with light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Light falling across a surface.
Light revealing form.
Light holding silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over time, I became less interested in capturing expressions and more drawn to what exists beneath them. The moment before a gesture. The stillness between breaths. The quiet presence that does not ask to be seen yet is deeply felt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My work is rooted in fine art portraiture and conceptual photography. Each image is created with intention and patience. Nothing forced. Nothing performed. I allow space for something real to emerge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Light plays a central role in my process. Influenced by classical chiaroscuro, I use contrast not merely for drama, but to sculpt presence to reveal depth through shadow, and emotion through restraint. Darkness, in my work, is not absence. It is atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am not searching for perfection.
I am searching for truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The people I photograph are not models. They are individuals willing to slow down. To step into stillness. To be present without performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography, for me, is not about documentation.
It is about creating images that feel timeless as if they have always existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is where I work.
Between light and shadow.
Between presence and silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had a very pleasant and excellent experience with Peter. Definitely worth repeating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cindy en Hailey de Jong<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Had a wonderful photoshoot with Peter. He captures the emotion so well in the photos that they truly speak for themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Esther Frinking<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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“During the photoshoot with Peter, I was able to be completely myself. And that is exactly how he captured me. Beautiful photos with constantly different perspectives of who I am.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marl\u00e9ne van Poeijer, Roermond<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Story I did not begin with the intention to photograph faces.I began with light. Light falling across a surface.Light revealing form.Light holding silence. Over time, I became less interested in capturing expressions and more drawn to what exists beneath them. The moment before a gesture. The stillness between breaths. The quiet presence that does not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"no-title","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petermeirmans.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petermeirmans.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petermeirmans.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petermeirmans.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petermeirmans.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/petermeirmans.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1841,"href":"https:\/\/petermeirmans.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/1841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petermeirmans.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}