A Look behind the creation of “Embracing the Dark’’
Back in July of 2023 printshop and Publischer Chemistry invited me to join a project started by Over de Drempel and Acardia FRL. With this project, these organizations invited local creatives with all different disciplines to create a zine (A small magazine ) each of their own with one common topic: loneliness. With this project, I wanted to take a different approach to the way I work. Usually, I tend to work from a feeling, a mood. Instead of meticulously planning an image, I let the moment guide me. For this project however I wanted to try to more or less plan the images. So for about a month…..
On taking portraits and my daylight atelier.
As of this year [2024] I have gotten back into taking portraits. My passion for photography started with taking portraits. Especially when I discovered the black and white button in Lightroom. It was in 2019 when I took a portrait of the “Model.” Her face showed a play of light and dark with mesmerizing shadows of leaves, perfectly highlighting her eye. Turning this image into black and white…….