About
Marcel Graumans is an Amsterdam-based photographer working across commercial assignments and independent projects. This website showcases a selection of his artistic work, including photography and drawings. For commercially oriented studio work and portraits, visit Behance.

Photography
His photography explores the quiet power of nature, the wandering soul, and the depths of human emotion. Each image is driven by feeling—the invisible force that gives it meaning and intensity.
    “We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
— Anaïs Nin.
His work often carries a dark undertone, capturing the mystique of rain, mist, and shadows. It is desolate, oppressive, and melancholic, yet also poetic, intimate, and hopeful. Through stark black-and-white images, he captures themes of solitude, loss, decay, and the search for meaning. His work invites introspection and personal interpretation. Above all, his photography reflects a deeply personal worldview, woven with universal themes that transcend the individual experience.

Drawings
While photography is at the core of his work, he also experiments with drawings—cartoon-like, expressive, and surreal. Like his photography, they arise from an interplay between the conscious and the unconscious.

Photo-Lyrics
Sometimes, a fragment of a song lyric lingers, carried by the melody—lines that resonate without you quite knowing why. Images have a similar effect: beyond language, they evoke emotion and capture an atmosphere that words sometimes fail to express. When image and text merge, a new layer of meaning emerges—not literal, but intuitive. The original context fades, leaving only pure feeling. A photograph speaks without words; a lyric captures what remains unseen.
On this website, photographs and lyrics from the photographer’s personal music collection intertwine to form new narratives, open to interpretation.

(All lyrics on this website remain the property of their respective copyright holders. They are used solely for artistic purposes, in combination with photography, to explore new interpretations and perspectives. This website is non-commercial; no lyrics are sold or monetised in any way. Rights holders with any questions or concerns are welcome to get in touch.)