I’m a photographer based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. I take candid, unposed photographs of interactions between strangers and their everyday surroundings.
I like how an apparently everyday moment can become a short story when photographed.
How a non–scripted moment looks that odd, meaningful, beautiful or funny that it looks scripted. But it isn't. I am thrilled when I succeed in doing this.

Proud to be one of the finalists of the quite, among streetphotographers, prestigious ISPA 2013. View my submission and interview here.

Want to learn more about contemporary street photography, or how to go about taking candid photographs in public? Send me an email, or give me a call at +31 6 474 286 72, and I'll provide a customised program, for you, your class or group.

Yes, I do that too. Though I tend to stay close to my own speciality, I would love to hear what you have in mind.
Drop me a line at caspar@gmail.com or give me a call at +31 6 474 286 72.

For promotional use I made quite a nice 42–page book called 'What are you doing?'.
More information on this page.

International streetphotographer Eric Kim (does Eric need an introduction?) did quite a long interview with me on his world famous blog.

I have been invited to be one of the artists on Galleray, a new online gallery featuring tons of great art. Here's an example of one of my photographs on show and for sale there.

I made a 42–page book called 'What are you doing?'. More information here.
My series from Chișinău, Moldova was featured on GUP Magazine, and in the #2 2011 issue of Beeld, the bi–annual magazine from Dutch professional photographers association GKf.

A few other websites I am proud of my work has been featured on:
Booooooom community
iGNANT
Vormplatform
File Magazine

Focus Magazine, The Netherlands' oldest and most popular photomagazine, showed two of my photographs in an introductory article about streetphotography.

And btw, I also photographed a few cargobikes ("bakfietsen") for Dutch national newspaper Het Parool...

I am very proud to have one of my photographs in The Street Collection, an online sale to raise money for and awareness about the work of the charity www.photovoice.org/.
Please read more here.

For usage of my photographs in any printed or digital media, please contact me. This also applies for personal prints to match your couch, gallery or workplace – I'd love to hear your ideas and I'm sure we'll work something out.

GKf (Dutch professional photographers association)

I was interviewed for the Street Photography Now Community at Flickr.

Naturally, all photos on this website are copyright to me, Caspar Claasen, and may not be used or reproduced for any purpose without my permission. However, you can always ask...