KATJA POELWIJK IS A DUTCH PHOTOGRAPHER, GRADUATED CUM LAUDE FROM THE PHOTO ACADEMY IN AMSTERDAM IN 2017.
THE EMPHASIS OF HER WORK EXPLORES THE IMPACT OF ISSUES PEOPLE LIVE WITH DUE TO SOCIAL INEQUALITY OR INJUSTICE. THROUGH AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL LENS, SHE AIMS TO EXPLORE THE WORLD WITH WIDE-OPEN SENSES, WITH ITS BEAUTY AS WELL AS ITS INCONVENIENCES, AND HOPES TO STRETCH AWARENESS AND CONTEMPLATION OF THE VIEWER.
IN HER WORK, KATJA ATTEMPTS TO BREAK THROUGH PREJUDICES AND BELIEFS THAT DIVIDE OUR WORLD BY FOCUSING ON THE EMOTIONS THAT HUMANITY HAS IN COMMON. NO ONE WILL CARE ABOUT A HUMAN BEING OR CULTURE DIFFERENT FROM THEIR OWN UNLESS THEY CAN RELATE TO IT FIRST. COMPASSION IS HER GOAL.
SHE SEES THE USE OF (MOVING) IMAGES AND AESTHETICS INFUSED WITH ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND EMBODIED KNOWLEDGE AS A POWERFUL SYNERGY TO CONVEY LIVED EXPERIENCES TO A WIDER AUDIENCE WHILE QUESTIONING THE STATUS QUO.
AS A DOCUMENTARY AND PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER, KATJA WORKS ON PERSONAL LONG-TERM PROJECTS AND ON ASSIGNMENTS FOR CLIENTS, NGOS, AND THE DAILY NEWSPAPER DE VOLKSKRANT. HER WORK IS PUBLISHED AND EXHIBITED IN MAGAZINES, DAILY NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER MEDIA.
FOR ASSIGNMENTS, ARCHIVAL PIGMENT PRINTS IN LIMITED EDITION, OR JUST A TALK, PLEASE CONTACT ME
DOCUMENTARY AND PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER
ETHNOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER
AVAILABLE FOR ASSIGNMENTS AND COLLABORATIONS
+ 31 642809148
DURGERDAMMERDIJK 128, AMSTERDAM
THE NETHERLANDS
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