In my days as a student, my boyfriend and I bought ourselves a Nikkormat with three lenses – not that we could afford it, really. We used it to take many a picture, be it traveling through Europe, the United States and Indonesia, attending motorcycle races, or simply walking across fields and along empty ditches. 

 

40 years on, I rekindled my relationship with photography in a big way: getting help from another photographer, attending workshops and courses, experimenting with lenses of various kinds. Not to mention the purchase of a handsome Nikon D750, complete with beautiful FX lenses. 

 

As a sociologist, coach and interim manager, I am always looking to see what’s going on under the surface. 

 

What yearns to be revealed? 

 

During my working career, I have always employed images that came to me when meeting with clients about their organizational issues. For instance, the image of a ceiling held up by a jumble of blue balloons. Which one can you pull away without causing the entire structure to collapse? 

 

As a photographer, I also search for ways to see behind the curtain. I make real contact with each subject, waiting patiently for the moment they are ready to let their guard down. Without ever staging a photograph, I am well aware that any image is altered by my presence alone – and I gladly make use of that fact.