Since he got an interest for photography at the age of 14, he always viewed the world around him through a lense.

After working digitally for several years, specialising in retouching and editing, he felt a need to go back to basic. When he went back to the darkroom he instantly realized that he had missed the slow process of working by hand, and the joy of tinkering with chemistry, films and paper. He never looked back since.

Jan Fines mainly works on medium or large format film, taking his time and making sure that every shot counts.