About
My name is Ezra Böhm (2000), an art and advertising photographer based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. I am fascinated by culture - it is something we all believe in and pay attention to and gives color, meaning and symbolic value to the world around us. Like birds of paradise, it can be rich, proud and breathtakingly beautiful - but only if we are willing to truly see its value and preserve it.
In a rapidly globalizing Netherlands, I felt disconnected from my own country from a young age. That's why I started using my camera to search for what is left of Dutch culture. To understand who I am, where I come from and what has shaped the Dutches and his environment to what it is today.
With my work, I tell stories that show the human beauty of cultural heritage - in the hope that others will see its value too. Because people only preserve what they really care about.
Besides my artwork I also do various assignments in advertising, editorial, fashion, portrait, architecture and landscape through photography, film and retouching.
Awards
Tokyo International Foto Awards, Silver in category Book
IPA Photography Awards 2024, 1st in category Book, People
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2024, Bronze for Bookproject: Forgotten Heroes
PX3 Prix de la photographie Paris 2023, Silver in categorie Portraiture/culture
Refocus Awards 2023, Colour photography contest - Bronze - Series: forgotten Heroes - Fishing Weir.
Fine Art Photography Awards 2023 - 3rd in category: People - Series: ‘Forgotten Heroes.’
Nd Awards 2022 - Gold in category: Documentary - Series: ‘Forgotten Heroes’
Sony World Photography Awards 2022 - Student of the Year - Series: ‘The Identity of Holland.’
Tokyo International Photography Awards 2022 - Honorable mention - Series: ‘Forgotten Heroes.’
Fine Art Photography Awards 2022 - Bronze in category: People - Series: ‘The Identity of Holland.’
Nd Awards 2021 - Gold in category: People - Series: ‘The Identity of Holland.’
Nd Awards 2021 - Discovery of the Year - Series: ‘The Identity of Holland.’
Tokyo International Photography Awards 2021 - Gold in category: People/Culture - Series: ‘The Identity of Holland’
Fresh Eyes 2020 - One of 100 emerging talents of Europe