Welcome

Thanks for visiting my website. You'll find some information about me and examples of the photos I make. I am a freelance photographer with a special passion for stage photography, live (jazz) music in particular. Interested in a portrait or live (stage) shoot? Please contact me! Some of the information on this site is in dutch.

BandEvent

BandEvent foto-bestelserviceRon voert op dit moment diverse projecten uit i.s.m. BandEvent: Een team van enthousiaste professionals die met een uitgekiend pakket van workshops op scholen een mega muziek- en dans event organiseren. Foto's van deze events zijn door ouders en bekenden te bestellen via de speciale BandEvent foto-bestelservice.

Hot News

Jazz Leeft! Photobook The Hague Jazz being printed

The Hague Jazz festivaldirector Ruud Wijkniet presents the photobookMy friend and fellow photographer Eric van Nieuwland and I just finished our photobook Jazz Leeft! (jazz lives) that we are producing in cooperation with The Hague Jazz Festival / Clockround Productions. The launch of the book is planned close to the end of this year. The 112-pages book has front- and backstage photos covering the 5 years that the festival is held in The Hague. Besides live pictures we are very proud to have interviews and portraits of several dutch and international artists and musicians. Among them are living legend Wayne Shorter, Candy Dulfer, Jesse van Ruller, Wouter Hamel, Sensual and more.

 

Pat Metheny in EMusician

America's largest electronic music magazine Electronic Musician did a coverstory on Pat Metheny in their April edition. I supplied some of Pat's pictures. They were shot at gig in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

North Sea Jazz Festival 2010

The largest indoor jazz festival of the world just finished. 3 inspiring days full of great music came to an end. You can find an overview of the material on a special Flickr North Sea Jazz slideshow

Gwilym Simcock

CD Blues Vignette van Gwilym SimcockBritish pianotalent Gwilym Simcock launched a new album last November : Blues Vignette. Most of the material of the booklet are photos I took at his Bimbuis concert last year. Some photoalbums from last year are the one from the North Sea Jazz festival. And the The Hague jazz 2009.

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Photo's

Below you'll find some examples of my work.

More photos in the artist overview or the alphabetic index).

The most recent material you'll find at my Flickr-page:

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Bobby McFerrin op North Sea Jazz 2008 Sharon Jones & DAP Kings

Bobby McFerrin / Sharon Jones & DAP Kings @ North Sea Jazz Festival

Al Di Meola drummer Eric Kamau Gravatt

Guitarplayer Al Di Meola & drummer Eric Kamau Gravatt (McCoy Tyner Trio)

All photos copyright Ron Beenen.
Usage of all material only after written permission