Dick Carlier or Carlierphotography

Born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and I come from a very creative family.

I’m an interior-designer by profession and a freelance self-taught photographer. Photographer with subjects like portaits, urbex, interior, architecture, travels and more. Don’t like to stick to one subject.

Love adventure, love to visit new places, find and enjoy the beauty of certain places or events.

I now am a freelance photographer specialized in interior- and exterior-photography, which brought me to cool places in Austria, Southern France, Belgium and the Netherlands the last few years. Also I work together with Bab’s Artcreations as her photographer to take photos to be used for her artworks.

I also sometimes model at photoshoots and work in films, tv-series and commercials.

What is the best thing that I love about my work?

Mostly the adventure, the places you get to visit the interiors you get to style and take photos of and also meeting the people behind it and hear their stories. Also after you deliver the photo’s it is so nice to hear the response after they see the results, which gives you a good feeling you have done something good.

With interior-photography also styling is needed, to make the place attractive for photo, my former job is interior design so I love to do that too.

Or style studio photosets for portrait shoots or events, also a very nice challenge to find the right items to create something cool.

For my designs I also used to design products and talk to producers to try to get them produced or get them interested to buy the design / idea.

What is my idea of perfect happiness?

To enjoy life, make the best of it stay positive no matter what life throws at you.

And if things don’t come your way it wasn’t meant to be.

What is my greatest fear?

To see all the things you have created or worked for in the past slip through your fingers because of bad luck. And of course to see the ones you love to get hurt in love, friendship or disease.

Also I have too many ideas but not always the right skills to make or create what I want.

What is the trait that I most deplore in myself?

Sometimes I need to show more balls to get things achieved or get somewhere I want to be. I’m sometimes way to nice and people use your goodness.

Which living persons in my profession do i most admire?

For photography that would be Kirsty Mitchell, she managed to achieve something stunning after a many setbacks in her life, love her story and where she managed to go with her pictures and creations.

For urbex-photography that would be Gina Soden, she finds such awesome deserted places and manages to make very cool photo’s out of the things she discovers and shoot.

What is my greatest extravagance?

I love to surprise people whether it is in photography or costumes / appearance at events.

On what occasion would I lie?

I don’t like to lie, I did in the past and it always works against you. Sometimes I rather just don’t tell everything and leave some information out, which works just fine.

What is the thing that I dislike the most in my work?

Sometimes in photowork you have so many photos to edit that you struggle to work your way through it. Sometimes your mind wants you to do other things. So it’s hard to focus and finish certain projects.

When and where was I the happiest, in my work?

I travel to nice countries sometimes, last year to Austria in 2014 to Southern France and I just love to find beautiful places, gives me so much pleasure.

If I could, what would I change about myself?

Learn myself new tricks in photography to get more professional. But I do want to stay close to myself and not copycat someone else.

What is my greatest achievement in work?

To get appreciated by my customer for the things I did for them in the past.

What do the words ‘The Financial Freedom to Create’ mean to me?

To get the freedom to make something really nice and money is no problem (carte blanche).

Where would I most like to live?

I love love love England or Wales, the great old houses, castles and landscapes.

What is my most treasured possession?

My creative mind and also the positivity.

What is my most marked characteristic?

I heard that it would be the down to earth characteristic and sense of humor. But also the creative mind.

What is my most inspirational location, in my city?

There is a very old botanical garden in Rotterdam which is a green oasis, love to shoot and be there with people.

What is my favorite place to eat and drink, in my city?

Rotterdam is a big city and I love to go out for dinner, one place I love to go is Restaurant Bazar, which has dishes from North Africa and the Middle East. A nice glass of beer or whiskey good food, good company is making me very happy J

What books influenced my life and how?

For my design work I loved the designs of Michael Graves, he is an architect and designs products. He influenced me when I studied at the Academy of Arts in Rotterdam. I was such a big fan that I even visited him in Princeton and stayed in touch for quite some years.

Also for my study I was very much inspired by underwater life, the fluid shapes (not square) which gave me so much ideas for a design I made for my study of interierdesign.

Who are my favorite writers? 

That would be Clive Cussler, I love the way he writes, adventures that many times involve underwater stories.

You Only Die Once. What music would I listen on my last day?

That would be Epic Music, it’s music used for trailers, film, tv-series or games, sometimes very powerful, sometimes very relaxed. (composers like Hans Zimmer Phil Rey, Jo Blankenburg, vocals like Felicia Farerre, Lisa Gerrard, Julie Elven).

Also classical music is something I would love to hear like Yo-Yo Ma or Secret Garden.

Who is my hero or heroine in fiction?

As a hero Love love love Sherlock Holmes, especially the new films with Robert Downey jr, the sense of humor but also the lifestyle.

As a heroine I love Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), such a strong person and great play in the tv-series of Game of Thrones.

Which movie would i recommend to see once in a lifetime?

The Fall by Tarsem Dingh, a fantastic story of five mythical heroes, the line between fiction and reality blurs as the tale advances.

What role plays art in my life and work?

I love art, whether it is photo-art, paintings or sculptures, for photo mostly light, subject and composition, in paintings mostly use of color, subject and composition and in sculptures fluent lines, shadow-play and subject.

Who is my greatest fan, sponsor, partner in crime?

First of all my parents, who support me in life and my sister. But also Babette van den Berg, we work good together for many years now.

Whom would I like to work with in 2017?

Good question, I know so many people. So I don’t want to name someone I’ll see what this year might bring, love surprises.

Which people in my profession would i love to meet in 2017?

Laura Sheridan or Renee Robyn, love their style in photography. Over the years I have met so many great people or during events or during photoshoots.

What project, in 2017, am I looking forward to work on?

I’m waiting for a project in the Ardennen (Belgium), so I would love to see the hidden gems there and enjoy the Belgium way of life and good food and beers once again.

Where can you see me or my work in 2017?

I had a big exhibition here in Rotterdam at the beginning of the year showing 32 photos, have nothing planned yet, you can find my work on my website, deviant-art or on my personal facebookpage.

What do the words “Passion Never Retires” mean to me?

The passion of photography never wears out and also a creative mind never dies, it’s always active.

Which creative heroes should Peter invite to tell their story?

I know so many talented people, I would say Henk van Rijssen, a great Dutch Photographer with his own eye and style.

How can you contact me?

You can find me on

Facebook : dick.carlier

Twitter : @Dcarlier71

Deviantart : carlierphotography

Instagram : dickcarlier

Youtube : dwecarlier

Email : info@carlierphotography.com

Website : http://www.carlierphotography.com

Here is an amazing picture/example of my modelling work on facebook