Video: Photos by Hendrik Kerstens in 17th century Dutch portraiture style
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-10 02:10
The photographs of the artist Hendrik Kerstens are very reminiscent of the paintings of the Dutch portrait painters of the 17th century: Jan Vermeer, Rembrandt, Frans Hals, with their desire for a true reflection of reality. The model of the photographer, who transforms into the beauties of bygone times, imitating their calm and unperturbed expression, is the daughter of Hendrik Kerstens, young Paula.
Dutchman Hendrik Kerstens is one of those artists who has made a career out of working hard on one project over the years. When Hendrik Kerstens decided to devote himself to photography in 1995, he turned his gaze to the model who is always with him: his daughter Paulo.
For the past 12 years, Kerstens has exclusively photographed young Paulo in images that are associated with the painting of Vermeer, as well as other Dutch and Flemish portrait painters. But in his works the author tries to preserve the spirit of modernity. We see Paulo with a 17th-century hairstyle, and immediately notice that the skin on her hands will peel off, because the girl was recently burned on the beach. A hood, towel or plastic bag instead of a pretty, elegant hat. The intersection of modernity and tradition, as well as the play of father and daughter with disguises and reincarnations, make these works interesting.
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