Kristel Schneider
Kristel Schneider‘s images capture the natural world’s beauty and create emotional connections between the viewer and nature. She explores common subjects with an intuitive approach that highlights their inherent rhythm and brilliance. She has a keen eye for detail and captures fleeting moments with remarkable emotional depth. Kristel’s use of natural light, weather, and her textured compositions invite viewers to experience nature’s simplicity and magnificence. Photography is more than a passion for her; it is a way of life and her method of creative self-expression.
Born and raised in the Netherlands, Kristel worked in Amsterdam as an international communication adviser for a pharmaceutical company. In 2007, she followed her heart and moved to Auvergne, France, to pursue photography full-time. Since 2009, Kristel has worked as a professional photographer, undertaking photo assignments. Her work is featured in various publications, magazines and books, and she is a frequent presenter and exhibitor at photo festivals across Europe. She self-published her first book, Variations in Trees, in December 2017, and her latest book, Riverscape, was released in October 2023. In addition to independent projects, she is a guide for a Dutch photography tour company.
Exhibitions:
- D – Bad Homburg – Taunus Foto Galerie – Solo – Symphony of Water and Trees – 11/2024-1/2025
- NL – Bergen – Kunst10daagse – RIVERSCAPE
- F – Souvigny-Allier – 2A2B Art and Craft Bourbonnais: Water stories – RIVERSCAPE 6-9/2024
- F – St-Didier – Salon Monts d’or Photo – RIVERSCAPE – 3/2024
- F – Morhange – Lorraine PhotoNature festival – RIVERSCAPE – 3/2024
- F – Audinghen – Residence d’ artist expo – Double Vue-Double Vision 5-11/2023
- F – Audinghen – Photo Festival Les Deux-Caps – With Trees – 5/2023
- F – Rambouillet – Festiphoto-foret – With Trees – 9/2019
- F – Courpiere – Fete de la nature – With Trees – 5/2019 – Special Invitée
- F – St. Didier – Salon Monts d’Or Photo – With Trees – 3/2019 – Special Invitée
- E – Lloret de Mar – Festival MontPhoto – With Trees – 10/2018
- B – Namur – Festival Aves International Photo Festival – With Trees – 9/2018
- F – Saint-Valery-sur-Somme – Festival de l’Oiseau et de la Nature – With Trees – 4/2018
- F – St. Avold – Festival Lorraine Photonature – With Trees – 3/2018
- F – St. Didier – Salon Monts d’Or Photos – With Trees – 3/2018
- F – Festival Pyrénéen de l’Image Nature – Variations in Trees 9/2017
- I – Bodoia – Bio Photo Festival 2016 – Variations in Trees – 9/2016
- F – Vic le Comte – Variations in Trees – invitée d’honneur – 5/2016
- F – d’Hauteville-Lompnes – Festival Nature Ain – Variations in Trees – 5/2016
- F – Aubrac – Festival Phot’Aubrac – Variations in Trees – 9/2015
- DK – Viborg – Fotofestival DK – Variations in Trees – 5/2015
- F – Picardie – Festival de l’Oiseau et de la Nature – Variations in Trees – 5/2015
- F – St. Berthevin – Festimages Nature 7 – Variations in Trees – 1-2/2015
- B – Namur – Festival Nature Namur – Variations in Trees – 10/2014
- F – Ainay-le-Vieil – Festival d’arts Nature – 6/2014
- F – Aubrac – Festival Phot’Aubrac – 9/2013
- F – Egliseneuve-d’Entraigues – Maison van Stijn – 2009
- F – Mareugheol – 2009-2010
Jury:
- LES DEUX-CAPS – French Photo Festival – Paysage et de Nature – 2022
- FIFPAN – International Wildlife and Nature Film and Photography Festival -2020
- MONTPHOTO – Spanish international Photo Competition – 2018
- l’ASPTT– French annual national photo competitions – Coupe de France – 2013
Publications:
Biblioscapes (podcast), Asferico, Vision&Light, Shotkit, OnLandscape, Camera Natura, Natuurfotografie, FRAMES, Capture Landscapes, Zoom, Macrophotographie, Massifs Central, Nat’Images, Wakou, Solpharia, Solvay Nu, La Montagne, La Gazette, VLT, PIX, NaturaPics
Books:
- RIVERSCAPE– 2023
- Variations in Trees | Les Variations de l’Arbre– 2017
Both available at Taunus Foto Galerie
