About

Living in Utrecht, The Netherlands
Teaching at HKU University of the Arts, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Born 1988, Grashoek, The Netherlands
Graduated 2010, BA Photography, HKU University of the Arts, Utrecht, The Netherlands


"On his website, young Dutch photographer Tom Janssen presents
himself as a documentary photographer, but I would say that his work is
slightly different from what we usually call that way. His images are wide
scenes of urban (and sometimes natural) spaces, where slowly we
detect something happening inside.
Groups of people gathered to watch something, the core of their
attention often concelead from us: Janssen's images show the theatre
where a photographer would normally move, looking for the right shots
and the right angles, moving inside the people, choosing the good
background and the captivating details, but perhaps ignoring the
complexity of the whole scene. Janssen focuses exactly on that, and if I
had to choose an example of what an engaged observation could be in
photography, I would definitely choose his photographs."
- Fabio Severo at his former blog Hippolyte Bayard.

Selected exhibitions

2018 Museum MORE, MORE FOCUS | Het trage lage land, Gorssel, The Netherlands - Parade
2017 60 years Brabantse Dag, Heeze, The Netherlands - Parade + Parade II preview
2017 Diaphane, solo show, Clermont de l'Oise, France - Parade + Parade II preview
2016 Vincent van GoghHuis, solo show, Zundert, The Netherlands - Parade + Parade II preview
2016 Rencontres d'Arles, The 2016 Book Awards exhibition, Arles, France - Parade book
2016 Athens Photo Festival at Benaki Museum, The Photobook Exhibition, Athens, Greece - Parade book
2016 Circulation(s) Festival of young European Photography at Gare de l'Est, Paris, France - Parade
2016 Van Kranendonk Gallery, Art Rotterdam Revisited, The Hague, The Netherlands - Parade
2016 Van Kranendonk Gallery at Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Parade
2015  Encontros da Imagem, shortlist exhibition 'call for books', Braga, Portugal - Parade book
2015  AMSTERDAMSEEN at Kunsthal Citroën, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Canal Pride
2014 Van Kranendonk Gallery at Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Parade
2012  FOTODOK, Transitions, Utrecht, The Netherlands - Papendorp
2010 GRID2010 - 4th International Photography Biennial, The Photo Academy Award 2010 - Carnival
2010 Museum of Photography The Hague, The Photo Academy Award 2010 - Carnival
2010 HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, Final Exams Exhibition, Utrecht, The Netherlands - 'Waar wij steden doen verrijzen op de bodem van de zee'
2009 Nederlands Fotomuseum, De Fotoprijs, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - 'Geest'