Alexander Sporre began his professional life in business, completing a Master’s degree at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam before making a deliberate turn toward photography. He enrolled at the Fotoacademie Amsterdam in 2015 and graduated in 2017 with a specialization in Documentary and Portrait Photography. That same year, GUP Magazine selected him as part of its New Dutch Photography Talent showcase — a recognition extended in 2018 with the Haute Photographie Talent distinction, and again in 2020 when he was included among Europe’s top 100 emerging photographers in the Fresh Eyes programme.
His practice addresses the philosophical — and often poetic — dimensions of perception, failure, and the illusion of a knowable self. Working across analogue and digital techniques, he explores the boundaries of the photographic medium through unconventional development processes, seeking imagery of a deliberately imperfect and lyrical nature. In 2018, a two-month self-initiated residency in Tokyo resulted in the series and solo exhibition Rustle of the Morning Stars at MIDORI.so2 Gallery. A residency at Arteventura, an off-grid artists’ estate in Andalucía, followed in 2020.
Between 2021 and 2024, Sporre co-founded Unveil, a curated platform for collectible photography combining limited-edition prints with blockchain verification, first presented publicly at Unseen Amsterdam in 2023. He has been represented by blackprint since 2018. Rotms_zur_3 was presented at Art Salon Zurich in 2024 and at PhotoBasel in 2025.
Alexander Sporre (*1988 / The Netherland)
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