Serge van Neck Photography, LLC

P.O. Box 77 | Sioux Falls | South Dakota 57101

Summary

Fine art and freelance photographer specializing in street, architecture, landscape, event, documentary, and authentic portrait photography.

Artist Biography

Serge van Neck is a fine art photographer focused on urban and rural landscapes, as well as authentic portraiture. Born and raised in the Netherlands, Serge spent most of his adult life in the Phoenix, Arizona area, where in 2014 he started photography as a serious hobby. In 2018 he moved to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota where he was inspired to photograph the landscape as well as rural life. He later became a member of Professional Photographers of America and earned his CPP certification in 2021. Since moving to Sioux Falls in 2021, Serge has immersed himself in street photography, using digital as well as analog media. One of his favorite photo spots is the downtown area, but he also enjoys photographing his own historic neighborhood as well as the various parks in and around the city. In January 2026 Serge began work on an art project titled “Sioux Falls Artists & Entrepreneurs: Creativity at Work”, producing a series of environmental portraits of local creators, artists and small business owners, eventually to be published as a photo book about the people who make Sioux Falls a great place to live.

Artist statement

One World. Many Lenses.™

I believe that the earth is a single homeland for all of humanity, and that the diversity of the human race is a cause for celebration, not conflict. That diversity is not only expressed in different nationalities, ethnicities, cultures and languages, but also in different world views and perspectives. Everyone perceives the world through their own “lens”. In the same way, the photographer captures not what is objectively there, but rather what the eye perceives through the lens. Since objectivity in photography is impossible—a photograph is a slice of spacetime without context—it is my job to provide that missing context, which is inevitably influenced by personal interpretation and state of mind, through editing or film selection. As Ansel Adams observed, “A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed, and is, thereby, a true manifestation of what one feels about life in its entirety.” Photography for me is also a form of meditation, even therapy; whether walking through a quiet neighborhood, a busy downtown street, or a park full of flowers, I’m in a “zone” where I become hyperaware of my surroundings and, to use a cliché, “see the beauty in the mundane”.

Website & social media

Professional memberships & certifications

  • Professional Photographers of America, 2019

    • Certified Professional Photographer, 2021

  • Startup Sioux Falls, 2022

Professional clients

Artistic and technical skills

  • Documentary and street photography

  • Landscape and astrophotography

  • Architecture and real estate photography

  • Authentic and environmental portraiture

  • Model photography

  • Event photography

  • Wedding, group and portrait photography

  • Available/low light

  • On-camera and off-camera flash

  • 35mm and medium format film

  • Film developing and negative scanning

  • Photo editing using Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop and Capture One Pro

Published works

Juried exhibitions and awards

  • Green Acre Baha’i School, “Just, Diverse, United – The Destiny of America” (December 2020)

  • Augustana University Center for Western Studies, “Stallions and Mares—Legends of the Plains”, juried by Augustana Center for Western Studies’ Art Committee (July–November 2022)

  • ArtLink exhibition Fort Wayne, “Nocturne”, juried by John Hrehov. https://www.artlinkfw.org/nocturne (September-November 2022)

  • Green Acre Baha’i School, “Creative Power of Unity” (November 2022–May 2023)

  • Brookings Art Council, 45th Annual Photography Exhibition, January 25–February 18, 2024

  • Serendipity Studio, “Meet the Parents: Art of Moms & Dads”, Honorable Mention, April 2024

  • Eastbank Art Gallery, solo exhibition titled “Serge van Neck: One World, Many Lenses”, August 2024

  • Serendipity Studio, “Playful Reflection”, Best of Show, July 2025

  • Untitled.10, “The Same Coin”, Guest Artist, August 2025

  • Pepper Entertainment, “The Art of Music – Charity Art Fundraiser for Champion Foundation”, Guest Artist, September 2025

Other group exhibitions and art shows

  • Art in The Lot at ICON event hall (August 2022)

  • Falls Art Market at BronzeAge Art Casting (August 2022)

  • “Hot Dog! Art Show” at Third Eye Gallery in collaboration with Sioux Falls Humane Society (August 2023)

  • Art Collective at Washington Pavilion (August 2023, December 2023, July 2024, December 2024, June 2025)

  • BronzeArt Fire + Ice (December 2023)

  • Various themed rotational exhibits at Serendipity Studio and Poppler’s Music in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (2023-2025)

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