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Edited version

Dare:

These series is a photographic project with four photos. The photos are in black and white, it is on the beach with sunny weather to make more contrast. The photos are all horizontal and the subject is in the middle. You see a human standing in the dunes of the beach. In these photos you see a human without seeing the face. The face is covered by a hat, a cloth or twelve balloons. The human is wearing a black suit and black shoes. In one photo the human is sitting on a stool while holding the balloons in front of the face. In two photos the human is wearing a hat that is stuck on the face, so you do not see the face. The first photo with a hat the human is standing straight towards the camera. The other photo with the hat the human is bending backwards and is holding the hat with the hands. The fourth photo the human is wearing a cloth over the whole body. It is actually becoming a sculpture because of that.

I was taking the photos in different times. But is was all taken with my Canon 6D digital SLR camera. We went to the beach to shot these photos. I used my mom as a model that represents myself. The photos I make are not really much edited, only some extra contrast, but that is it.

I chose to make these photos because my work is always very personal, for me it is a way to process my feelings. And I needed to process feelings about my fear of being me. I always think I am not good enough or I can not do a thing right. That is why I chose to cover the faces by objects. Because I do not dare to be me, so I hide behind these masks. I have chosen for the balloons and the hats because I wanted to create a surrealistic vibe. Normally the hat is not on the face and the balloons are not in front of your face. And you normally use balloons to show them, not to hide your face with. The series is on the beach because the beach is my safe place, my place to feel more free and more me. I was seeking for that while I also challenged myself by making confronting work. These works are self-portraits while using another human being, because I did not even think about using myself. I wanted to create a distance to let myself show what I was feeling, with another human.

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Original version

Dare:

These series is a photographic project with four photos. The photos are in black and white, it is on the beach with sunny weather to make more contrast. You see a human standing in the dunes of the beach. In these photos you see a human without seeing the face. The face is covered by a hat, a cloth or twelve balloons. The human is wearing a black suit and black shoes. In one photo the human is sitting on a stool while holding the balloons in front of the face. In two photos the human is wearing a hat that is stuck on the face, so you do not see the face. The first photo with a hat the human is standing straight towards the camera. The other photo with the hat the human is bending backwards and is holding the hat with the hands. The fourth photo the human is wearing a cloth over the whole body. It is actually becoming a sculpture because of that.

I was taking the photos in different times. But is was all taken with my Canon 6D digital SLR camera. We went to the beach to shot these photos. I used my mom as a model that represents myself. The photos I make are not really much edited, only some extra contrast, but that is it.

I chose to make these photos because my work is always very personal, for me it is a way to process my feelings. And I needed to process feelings about my fear of being me. I always think I am not good enough or I can not do a thing right. That is why I chose to cover the faces by objects. These objects are metaphors, the objects are masks. Because I do not dare to be me, so I hide behind these masks. These works are self-portraits while using another human being, because I did not even think about using myself. I wanted to create a distance to let myself show what I was feeling, with another human.

Edited version

Dense:

Dense is a digital photographic project, with four photos and one moving image. The works are black and white, raw and with a hard contrast. In these photos you see a girl, the girl is me. These photos are self-portraits. The photos and moving image are shot in raw files. I printed these photos for my graduation in large sizes, the largest one was 130 centimeter wide and 90 centimeter high, the smallest one is 75 centimeter wide and 50 centimeters high. My works are framed. You see a (half) naked girl, laying, sitting and standing in the photos. In the moving image you see a naked girl standing in the water when it is raining. In the photos there is no sun to see. The backgrounds are different in each work, but they are all hard and uncomfortable.

With these photos I want to show the struggle with my body, so I chose harsh backgrounds to sit, stand or lay on or in to make it uncomfortable. I asked my mother, brother and boyfriend to help me to make the photos and the moving image. It was a long process of making, I took more than 2000 photos with my Canon 6D SLR camera.

Since I can remember I feel insecure about my body. I feel that I am fat and not pretty. I hoped and wanted to feel better about my body, because this feeling dominates my life. That is why I started a process of making work that would help me feel better. A therapeutic way of making art. And it actually helped (but it is not gone). I chose to work with my mother, brother and boyfriend because I feel more comfortable with them, I could not do it without them. To be naked and pose was already a huge step for me to take, I would have never been able to do that if I was alone or with a stranger. You may think, well if they made the photos, how is this even yours. They only pushed the button, I chose the place, composition, what I wanted to see on the image, how I was in the image, etcetera. It was just a way of helping me, a practical way but also mentally they helped me. With these self-portraits I want to give as fair an image as possible about the struggle with my own body. I want to make people aware that society has a negative view of the thicker body. I don't want to make my body more beautiful than it is. I didn’t photograph myself to show people my pride. I just want to show people how uncomfortable being overweight can be.

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Original version

Dense:

Dense is a digital photographic project, with four photos and one moving image. The works are black and white, raw and with a hard contrast. In these photos you see a girl, the girl is me. These photos are self-portraits. The photos and moving image are shot in raw files. I printed these photos for my graduation in large sizes, the largest one was 130 centimeter wide and 90 centimeter high, the smallest one is 75 centimeter wide and 50 centimeters high. My works are framed. You see a (half) naked girl, laying, sitting and standing in the photos. In the moving image you see a naked girl standing in the water when it is raining. In the photos there is no sun to see. The backgrounds are different in each work, but they are all hard and uncomfortable.

With these photos I want to show the struggle with my body, so I chose harsh backgrounds to sit, stand or lay on or in to make it uncomfortable. I asked my mother, brother and boyfriend to help me to make the photos and the moving image. It was a long process of making, I took more than 2000 photos with my Canon 6D SLR camera. I also did not do much of an edit, only to make more contrast and rawness, when needed.

Since I can remember I feel insecure about my body. I feel that I am fat and not pretty. I hoped and wanted to feel better about my body, because this feeling dominates my life. That is why I started a process of making work that would help me feel better. A therapeutic way of making art. With these self-portraits I want to give as fair an image as possible about the struggle with my own body. I want to make people aware that society has a negative view of the thicker body. I don't want to make my body more beautiful than it is. I didn’t photograph myself to show people my pride. I just want to show people how uncomfortable being overweight can be.