This is a portrait with veil of Bogdana. An 18-year-old girl who posed for me on 26 June 2022. She did so for the first time. She lived with her mother in a flat somewhere in Germany. Fled from Ukraine before the war. There she was a recognised dancer who performed in theatres. Now she was standing naked in front of an unknown photographer in a small village near Roermond, thousands of kilometres from where she came from. I was moved by her beauty and purity. I like to work with veils, creating a layered reality. In this photograph, I see the horrors of war forcing a young woman to interrupt the life she was leading. In this picture, I also see a young woman determined to let the flower she holds within her shine in the sun.
After a long career in law, I discovered photography 10 years ago. As a street photographer, I travelled European cities in search of what drove people. Then, as a model photographer, I penetrated their souls. Both as a judge and as a photographer, I am.. Read more…