2025
The Guardian - My Best Shot
"If you didn’t know their story, you could look at this picture and think they are maybe runners or cyclists. Their skin is white where it’s been covered by T-shirts but their necks and forearms are tanned, and the colour of their skin and hair is echoed by the orange flowers in the background. Then you see the tattoos – Quentin, on the left, has a little star under his eye. They’re also unconsciously mirroring one another in the way they’re holding their hands. There’s so much going on in this picture that it’s a little confusing. But because of that, you keep staring, and that, for me, is a way to break something open – people who see this photograph are curious and always want to know more about these boys.
I use a medium format camera because I love capturing the texture of people’s skin and hair, and the twins were fascinated by that and the other tech we were using – the film camera and sound equipment. They’re really into machines and electronics. You can see in their gaze that they’re communicating with me, their posture is open. That’s how I like to approach these portraits – they’re a collaborative process. I love being in that moment where the subject is as completely focused on me as I’m focused on them and we’re reacting to one another."
Read the full article here.
The Art of Portraiture | Photography Masterclass with Robin de Puy
From how to light your subjects, to how to gain their trust and create your own style: this exclusive photography masterclass takes you behind the scenes with award-winning Dutch photographer and filmmaker Robin de Puy.
Between 2022 and leading up to the election in 2024, Robin de Puy travelled around the United States collecting audio, film and photographic portraits of people she met along the way. The resulting series, titled "AMERICAN", is a beautiful collection of film, photography and audio that asks, "What are the thoughts, concerns and dreams of the largely unheard people of America?". Capturing the spirit, complexity and intricacies of each person she meets, the series is a snapshot of unflinching humanity, skillfully brought to life through Robin’s lens.
See the full AMERICAN series here.
Do You Love Me?
"Do you love me? You don’t love me.” I SURE DO LOVE YOU, my dearest Randy!
(Inspired by dr. R.D. Laing)
The Eleven Voices of Srebrenica
Over 62,000 Bosnian-Dutch live in the Netherlands. Thirty years after the genocide in Srebrenica, their stories are still hardly heard. How do you live on with war trauma, in a society that does not know your story, does not understand or perhaps does not even want to see it? And what can we learn from these people if we listen to them?
The eleven voices of Srebrenica is a multimedia project that places the stories of Bosnian Dutch people about the genocide at its centre. The focus thus far has been on the involvement of the Netherlands in the failed peacekeeping mission and the Dutch blue helmets. But the stories of first and second generation survivors remain overlooked. Through the podcast The eleven voices of Srebrenica and the exhibitions by the same title, these stories are given a lasting place in Dutch history while the existing views are broadened.
Exhibition National Monument Kamp Vught
Renowned photographer and filmmaker Robin de Puy makes the visual translation. Her work can be seen at Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught from June 26 to October 26. She shows the people behind the stories, using photography and film. The exhibition contains a mix of portraits,images and video footage from Bosnia and Herzegovina, supplemented with short documentaries: layered stories that focus on the lives of Bosnian Dutch people then and now. Starting in mid-May, a selection of this work will also be featured weekly in the Volkskrant.
See the entire project here.