MARTIJN SCHOEMAKER Fotosafari

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MARTIJN SCHOEMAKER Fotosafari

MARTIJN SCHOEMAKER Fotosafari is a Zine from Stickit.

Martijn Schoemaker lives and works in Zeist, the Netherlands. One of his ongoing projects is photographing the everyday. During ordinary walks – or as he says photo safari – he photographs inconspicuous square houses, or weathered shutters that anyone else would pass by. He treats the objects as portraits. As if they have sat down neatly to take a passport photo.

Stickit Publishing

Stickit started in early 2001 as a platform to promote the emerging street art movement. Stencil graffiti, poster and sticker art as well as murals and street installations. The website became a fast-growing database to show the diversity of the scene. Creations from young, local artists as well as from now renowned artists. The website also contained a forum to discuss the subjects and meet other artists and like-minded people. Stickit made a lot of friends back then, some are still good friends to this day. For many, this burgeoning scene was a movement without rules and boundaries. Anyone could jump in to express their creativity.

Over the years, their focus has remained the same but now promote the scene in a different way. Today Stickit invite artists to put together a monograph of their work. Usually in the form of a zine. In terms of interpretation, they are completely free. Artists come from different disciplines, with a background equally in street art/graffiti. Stickit is based in Utrecht, The Netherlands, but focused on an international audience.