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I have an aversion to water. Why do I have this aversion? Am I weird? What actually is water? What does water do in a body? Is there a difference in water? What causes the taste of water? I had a lot of questions and started to research water and my relation to water. During this research I used different photographic techniques such as Cyanotype, instant photography and film. A next phase in this work is to also reach out to water-researchers, psychologists and explore other avenues.

The trees have voices. They speak to us, loudly. Through various media I want to discover the different ways they are speaking.

Trash

Cigarette butts are everywhere on the street. They don’t catch your attention right away, because of their size, but they’re definitely there. Due to their material, they stay there for quite a while; decomposing a cigarette filter takes nature at least ten years. I wanted to show this littering in a unique way. The pictures are captured with a pinhole camera, made from a cigarette pack. Presented in this scale, you’re being drawn in to see what exactly it is while, due to the size of the work, that’s also not directly clear.

(Schützen)graben

Just on the edge of the Dutch - German border there are remnants of trenches from the first world war. At the time this part of the Netherlands was German and the Germans were afraid an attack could happen on this part of the border, even though the Dutch were neutral in this war. They built kilometers of trenches and added bunkers to this.

They have not been used for warfare.

I went to these trenches with a camera from that time, trying to see what they saw when building the trenches. Trying to feel what must have felt.

#ww1 #ww1trench #trench #elten #montferland #war #photography #analogue #vintagecamera #nature #trench warfare #picturalism #conceptualphotography #conceptualart

#conceptart #photography #photoshoot #nature #model #Orange #fabric #colorful #threatning #tree #vibe #woods #forrest #conceptualphotographer #conceptualpho #art #rags #posbank #greysky #portrait

Gefeliciteerd!

In this series I photographed typical Dutch birthday treats. This food has been served on birthdays for years & years and years to come. When you arrive at the birthday you start with cake or pie and during the time you’re there more food is passed along. It’s a never ending circle. You eat so much of it that you start to feel full and possibly even a little sick. Something really delicious is starting to look less appealing as the birthday passes.

#dutchtradition #birthdayfood #congratulations #gefeliciteerd #photography #foodporn #studiophotography #lekker #birthday #foodphotography #advocaat #tompouce #sigaretten #cigarettes #kringgesprek #gevuldei #bowl #misselijk

60 minutes.

We are so busy with the next thing, the next move that we forget to look and take things in, we forget to have patience, to see the small things. For this serie I went to a park in a busy city. As soon as you get to the park, the city disappears and there is space to just be. I found 5 spots that I wanted to observe and I did so for 60 minutes per spot. I took a photo every minute of the hour and these images are the result.

#60 minutes #minute #photography #photograph #concept #concept art #conceptual photography #peace and quiet #observing

Longing.

In this series I combined places I have been visiting for all of my life and will probably do so for the rest of my life, with images of places I once was but will not return to. All the places I will not return to have been important places in my journey and I long to go back but I know it will not be possible to do so. I combined analogue techniques with digital photography.

#photography #concept art #conceptual #conceptual art #analogue #analogue photography #digital photography

Nebulae. 2016

(different sizes)

Under the skin. 2015

(15 to 25 photographs, each photograph 25cm*25cm)

I have been sick for a while and my body started to change. I tried to capture this by photographing my skin/body. I was looking for changes in the skin and body but I was also looking at the texture of the skin and the small hairs on my body.

The photographs are all taken with natural light on the same spot over a period of 6 months. All photographs are shot with an analogue camera and not edited or enhanced.

Interlink.

(210*150 5H en 5B pencil, paper.) I am trying to find out where the border of photography lies. At what point does a photograph cease to be a photograph and become something else? When does something that isn’t a photograph appear to be a photograph? I went on a trip to Saint Petersburg with my class. The city was quite interesting but the only thing that managed to draw my attention were the electricity cables connecting house to house, street to street. I was wondering about them and noticed them even when I couldn't see them. For instance, in the hotel room. When there was a bit of wind the light in the room would dim or become brighter for a few seconds. At one point I decided to go to a terrace on top of a roof. Before I could get on the terrace I had to climb over and under these cables. They were almost everywhere. Even though I was fascinated by them I had no idea what to do with them. I decided to photograph them and wait and see until I had printed them.

Once they were printed it became clear to me they had to become drawings. Big drawings. The size is based on intuition, as is the choice of pencils and paper.

They need quite a lot of space and the viewer needs a certain distance. Walking in to a room it appears they are photographs. Only when coming closer do you realize they are drawings.

#art #electricity #power #cables #saint petersburg #russia #drawing #pencil #interlink #Black and White

Replica vanaglorioso.

(210*88 and 200*110 cm. Print.)

I am trying to find out where the border of photography lies. At what point does a photograph cease to be a photograph and become something else? When does something that isn’t a photograph appear to be a photograph? In this series I'm investigating this subject. I started with photographs from a friend with whom I have only spent about 2 hours. He traveled from Amsterdam to Sicily and sent me photos from his journey. I was curious as to why I was receiving these photos but I felt they were a good source material. I wanted to get to know him a bit better through the photos. I have never been to Italy so the only things I could relate to in the photographs were the skies. So I removed the landscapes until all I had were the skies. I decided to draw them with oil pastels to see why they were appealing to me and to figure out why I was receiving the photos. In the mean time I also tried to find out who the person was who was sending them to me. When I finished the drawing I was missing something in them, something the photos had. Therefore I decided to photograph the drawings and make the pixels apparent. The pixels were a big part in the photos I received over facebook. It isn't immediately clear whether the work is a photograph or a drawing when you see it hanging in a space. It takes some time to realize they are photographs. From a distance they seem to be drawings or paintings.

#sky #italy #art #drawing #photograph #replica