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I Believe | The world in a suburb is produced by Visto Studio, which was established by HJ Hunter.

Visto Studio is a non-commercial networking organisation of photographers, film producers, musicians, designers and translators. The shared interest in today’s topics binds us.

We want to tell in-depth stories. Stories that matter. That are relevant to a broad audience. The result is a collection of autonomous productions, told with journalistic objectivity.

HJ Hunter

HJ Hunter

Fotograaf

Completed the four year Master degree in Photography at Forum BEELDtaal. Published in photography books and international photography magazines (print and online). Exhibited his work at a gallery, in Centre Ceramique and In the Dutch Photo Museum in Rotterdam. Published several (journalistic) articles and books. 

Paul Salemink

Paul Salemink

Fotograaf

Graduated cum laude from the Royal Dutch Photography Academy and studied Photography at the Royal Dutch Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague. Worked as an allround photographer at different photography studios. Specialised as a freelancer in documentary, advertisement, interior and portrait photography. Publications in magazines and books. Exhibited his work both domestically and abroad.

Nico Bastens

Nico Bastens

Fotograaf

Studied at the Dutch Photography Academy, graduated cum laude from Amsterdam Photo Academy. Won two awards in 2012 at the Photo Academy Awards and came in third at De Zilveren Camera. His artwork has been published in Dutch photography books New Photography 2013 and Selection of Dutch Photography 2014. Publishes in De Limburger and De Volkskrant. Exhibits his work both domestically and abroad. Travelled to Armenia several times to do photography for a charity organisation. This resulted in a multimedia project. 

Lisa Artois

Lisa Artois

Vertaler

Graduated in 2017 magna cum laude as a Master of Arts at Ghent University for translating Dutch, English and French. She is also learning Korean and Vietnamese and is mainly occupied with translations in tourism and the cultural atmosphere.

Sytske de Jong

Sytske de Jong

Vertaler

Studied at the College of Interpreters and Translators, is ‘native speaker’ in Dutch and French and has her own translation agency Latourdebodegraven.nl. She translated the novel Thérèse by François Mauriac, provides language courses and is language coach for Vluchtelingenwerk (refugee assistance association).

Maaike de Wijs

Maaike de Wijs

Vertaler

Graduated in sinology from Leiden University. Through her company Cultural Diamond, she provides translation services and workshops. She is also an editor for two magazines, China Nu and Linguaan. In her spare time, she likes to play the bassoon and guzheng (Chinese zither).

Paul Van der veer

Paul Van der veer

Grafisch ontwerper, illustrator en fotograaf

After living in Singapore for a period of eleven years, working for design agencies Epigram and Equus, he returned to Maastricht and worked 7.5 years for Zuiderlicht. Afterwards, he established Beeldplus, and followed a three year program in digital photography in Hasselt. His Singapore experiences converged in his photo book “Chinese street opera in Singapore,” which resulted in several exhibitions (Het Domein Museum in Sittard, amongst others).

Iñigo Viu Huguet

Iñigo Viu Huguet

Color & sound engineer

Graduated in sound engineering at SAE Amsterdam and specialized in sound restoring, color grading and video editing. He loves photography and has an inherited passion for art, music and history in general.

Bram Rusman

Bram Rusman

Cameraman & editor

He studied Multi Media Design in Eindhoven. During his internship with T36 Media, he became interested in camera work. After being on a pay roll for 16 years, he is now a freelance camera man/editor and Motion Design is his second love.

Photography 

Images: HJ Hunter, Nico Bastens, Paul Salemink

Post production: Nico Bastens 

Films

Camera & editor: HJ Hunter 

Camera support: Bram Rusman 

Subtitles: Lisa Artois, Maaike de Wijs, Sytske de Jong

Colour & sound corrections: Iñigo Viu Hugue

Music

Avishai Cohen: Nu Nu (Continuo, 2006), courtesy of Razdaz Record 

 

Text 

Author: HJ Hunter

Translations: Lisa Artois, Maaike de Wijs, Sytske de Jong 

Reviewer English: Ellen Singer

Reviewer French: Ines Adriaens

Design

Logo & grafhic design: Paul van der Veer

Multimedia & website design: HJ Hunter

Website produced by: Sékou Nabe

Educational program

Development: Hennelien Stoorvogel en Frank Schenk