Ernst Yperlaan Dutch, b. 1960

Ernst Yperlaan (b. 1960, Utrecht) is a Dutch photographer who studied at the School for Photography in The Hague. He began his career as an assistant photographer in London, before establishing himself as an independent photographer in Amsterdam, where he has been based since 1985. Alongside his artistic practice, Yperlaan has been actively involved in education, teaching at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and later at the Royal Academy of Art, while also giving lectures and workshops at the Fotoacademie Amsterdam for over two decades. Since 2013, he has been leading landscape photography workshops in Ireland.

Reflecting on his current practice, the artist notes:
“Today, technology’s role in this is unprecedented and while I also abhor it, it is also a blessing. The bits and bytes that seem so far away from my penchant for aesthetics simultaneously give me a great tool to excite and challenge me. How wonderful, after so many years in this profession, to still be able to immerse myself in this and to stand out in the current storm of visual language and create ‘my reality’ in time and space.”