Mrs Galama * 11 – 05 – 1913 † 29 – 01 – 2010
On the left 26 years old, on the right 96 years old
Former occupation: Hotel manager
Mr van Rooy * 08 – 04 – 1914 † 13 – 01 – 2009
On the left 22 years old, on the right 94 years old
Former occupation: Baker
Mrs Jansen * 02 – 02 – 1905 † 11 – 12 – 2007
On the left 26 years old, on the right 100 years old
Former occupation: Shopkeeper men’s shop
Mr Verstappen * 07 -11 – 1908 † 01 – 09 2010
On the left 21 years old, on the right 100 years old
Former occupation: Blacksmith
Mrs Onzenoort * 15 – 05 – 1902 † 17 – 11 – 2008
On the left 26 years old, on the right 105 years old
Former occupation: Tobacco shop assitant
Mr Wijnant * 27 – 03 – 1902 † 26 – 06 – 2010
On the left 24 years old, on the right 105 years old
Former occupation: Municipal secretary
Mrs de Thouars * 04 – 08 – 1909 † 11 – 01 – 2006
On the left 23 years old, on the right 97 years old
Former occupation: Employee Dutch post and phone company PTT
Mr Willems * 21 – 03 – 1911 † 06 – 04 – 2006
On the left 22 years old, on the right 95 years old
Former occupation: Purchasing officer V&D
Mortals / Stervelingen
After the death of her mother gradually the idea developed…Read more
to examine the world of old people as an artist. An appeal in the local press yielded 24 respondents, all of whom she visited and photographed. It was a long and intense period in which those being portrayed felt involved in her project: for a while they were needed, for a while they were someone again.
2006 – 2008, 107 x 180 cm, gum bichromate print
Dubbel-portretten van 100-jarigen, vroeger en nu.
Na de dood van haar moeder ontstond het idee de wereld van oude mensen als kunstenaar te onderzoeken. Na een oproep in de lokale pers kwamen 24 aanmeldingen. Allen bezocht zij en fotografeerde ze. Het was een intensieve periode, waarin de geportretteerden zich bij haar project betrokken voelden: voor even waren zij nodig, voor even werden zij weer íemand.
gomdrukken 107 x 160 cm
2006 – 2008
