I bought my first SLR (a second hand Minolta) around 1978, when I was still a student. It took me until 2007 to buy my first DSLR (Nikon). Since 2019 I have added several mirrorless cameras to my gear (Panasonic, Olympus, OM Digital Solutions).

Having shot different subjects, I drifted more and more towards concert photography. This of course had to do with my passion for and involvement in music. So concert photography has become my major subject.

Through my oldest brother, who is a painter, I have also become a regular visitor of the world of visual art. I often shoot openings of exhibitions, but also sometimes shoot individual pieces of art for PR purposes, like for posters, postcards or press releases.

Although, due to well known circumstances, for 2020 this had shifted to landscape photography (landscapes in the south of the Netherlands). I also started to include models in landscapes, shifting to make models more prominent in shoots.

Since 2022 other kinds of events have become subjects, like dance performances (flamenco, ballet) and cosplay.

(Cosplayers may know me as Lord Mathias J.B. Solberg of Chaol Ghleann, my decorative Scottish title, see: www.theosolberg.net/deedofentitlement.php)

Since 2016 I have been organising and praticipating in numerous photo and mixed arts exhibitions at locations like Parc Imstenrade (Heerlen), Foto Gery (Heerlen), Sint Janskluis (Geleen), Statistics Netherlands (Heerlen and The Hague) and Museum Valkenburg (Valkenburg aan de Geul).

Website: www.theosolberg.net

YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/@theosolberg