Fence on a dike on Terschelling, with my hand holding a bird's feather in front of it.
The stripes of the fence and the feather blend into each other. This creates an airy and playful image of an archetypal Dutch landscape.
This image arose quite spontaneously during a holiday on Terschelling, during my Photography studies at the Royal Academy of Art (The Hague), where I graduated Cum Laude in 2009.
The photo is part of the project "Handbook to a more playful life," which aimed to portray playfulness, light-heartedness, acceptance, chance. Less perfection, striving and planning. Because that's where we all... Or let me speak for myself: because I really do need that from time to time, as a change from all the usefulness, responsibility and seriousness.
This photo (as part of the photo series) has been nominated for several awards, and has been exhibited at the Nederlands Fotomuseum (Rotterdam), the Amsterdams Centrum voor Fotografie, Designhuis Eindhoven, Kunstmuseum (The Hague), Above Second Gallery (Hong Kong), Little Mountain Gallery (Canada), Breda Photo International photo festival and the Shanghai Biennale 2010, among others.
My name is Irene Cecile, and I create loving and humorous photography and illustrations. I like balanced colours in my work, and hope it makes you feel warm or elicits a smile from you. Enjoy!.. Read more…