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Most of the posts are also translated in English.
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Most of the posts are also translated in English.
Little by little, I’m also getting used to the new rhythm of my days.
I bought a small lemon tree, along with rosemary, sage and echinacea.
After more than 2.5 years of working, researching, photographing and shaping, a moment I have been moving toward for a long time has finally arrived: my photo-artist book In Search of Nijinsky is ready to be printed and bound
So why write at all?
I realize I’m mostly interested in people’s processes. In what moves someone. Where you end up, and how you continue from there. Not in ready-made answers,
(…) Now, I’m excited to share the dummy cover with you. It features a drawing by Nijinsky, made in Saint Moritz between 1918 and 1919,
The last couple of months, I’ve been struggling with a lot of anxiety. I had severe panic attacks and even ended up in the emergency room at the hospital. So once again, I was forced to take a step back …
I’d love to share a more in-depth update about the final phase of my project In Search of Nijinsky.
Over the past months, I’ve had a series of rich, meaningful conversations …
Creating this zine also inspired ideas for the book itself—both in terms of design and editing—so it turned out to be a useful step in between.
This whole project — In Search of Nijinsky — has been a journey through history, landscape, and emotion. Around the lakes where he once wandered in anguish, I walked too. And yesterday, standing before the Morteratsch Glacier, I felt it:
I arrived at Hotel 6 in Kreuzlingen around 3:00 PM. After settling in, I walked to the Venenklinik Bellevue — formerly the Bellevue Institute, once a large psychiatric hospital spanning over 10 hectares. There, I spoke with Verena Kurland,
March 29 | 2025
I booked my trip to Switzerland to work on my project, In Search of Nijinsky. I will leave on April 14, which is both exciting and terrifying. I’m a little afraid of disappointing myself—that there will be nothing there I can use or that I won’t know how to use it.
As the weeks pass and winter gives way to spring, my mind remains close to my current photobook project, In Search of Nijinsky. Over the past few weeks, I have been experimenting more with the work.
This is the start of my new book project In ‘Search of Nijinsky’.
In this post you can read some background information about the subject and about my journey.
As I sit here on the couch, now placed under the large windows—a much better spot—I take in the space around me. The sound of piano music from my speaker in the background helps.
She has exhibited in Amsterdam and Paris, but doing so in Bovenkarspel feels particularly nerve-wracking. Still, it was time to take the plunge, so photographer Monique Belier is showcasing her work this weekend at the Meisjesschool.
After taking it a bit easier for a few weeks, it's time for new things again.
On the weekend of January 31st, I’ll be exhibiting for the very first time in my own village—the place where I grew up and where I still live.
The last trip of 2024 was to Berlin—a small holiday together with my love. I had never been to Berlin before, and I fell in love with the city straight away. We walked for hours without a plan, and I simply took photos of things that resonated with me
As I sat at home recovering from a cold, it seemed like a whirlwind of photography events was happening all around. It feels as though everything always gets packed into the first three months of the new season.
A series of images shot between September 15 and 22, 2024 during and after a masterclass by Raymond Meeks organized by Palm Tree workshops in Akrotiri.
The past few weeks have flown by, and now my exhibition at atelier K84 has come to an end. With the help of Cees Beuzenkom, I was able to set up the space exactly as I had envisioned it.
Het Parool published about my exhibition ‘Inner movement’ at atelier K84 in Amsterdam. The exhibition runs from July 12 till Sept. 7.
I am very exited about sharing the news about my upcoming solo exhibition at Atelier K84 in Amsterdam!
Opening 12 July from 17:00 till 20:00, Keizersgracht 84 in Amsterdam.
Guest speaker: Photographer / Visual Artist Boris Hamilton from Brussels.
When I was still studying at the photo academy and was looking for the publisher in the book ‘Geography of Abandonment’ by Raymond Meeks, I stumbled upon the name of a small publishing house in Italy,
Monique Belier seeks those fleeting moments in the transition between movements when dancers are unaware of their actions. In one of her bass-colored commentaries on otherwise empty pages. "Where the Spirit Meets the Bone." The title, inspired by a poem from the late American poet Miller Williams,
I was very happy and proud to receive an email from Lotte Klösters, the manager of the Bookshop at Foam (Foto Museum Amsterdam) that they wanted to add my book
My first international (group) exhibition is a fact. Very proud to exhibit my work at Galerie Calabro in Zurich. The Galerie just opened a new and beautiful location and they celebrate this with an openings exhibition.
Photo credits: Galerie Calabro
Very happy to announce that my submission is rewarded with an Honorable Mention in the Professional Conceptual Category from the Monochrome Photography Awards (international Black & White Photography Contest.
I couldn't be prouder to discover that my book made it to Robin Titchener's Best Photo Books of 2023 list. These lists are published annually on the Photobook Store UK website. I couldn't have asked for a better end to the year.
Isabel Hernandez from the Dark Room Session Newsletter, wrote about my work. you can click on the link (button) to go to the newsletter.
My work in spoken word on Spotify.
I felt very honored when Isabel from Audioteca Fotográfica asked me if she could include my work into the Photographic Audio Library in Spain.
Summer is coming to an end, and the pause of the past few months, with no networking, no book printing, no open calls or openings, suddenly created space for other things I used to enjoy