( 1956, The Hague, The Netherlands )
Hendrik Kerstens is a Dutch photographer who, since 1995, has been photographing his daughter Paula. He was born in 1956 in The Hague, the Netherlands and is a self-taught artist.
It started with a series of photographs of her daughter’s life, at the beginning of her capture in everyday poses and clothing, documenting the intimate moments when she seems thoughtful in a bathing suit, or holding on after a sunburn. Kerstens gradually expanded his practice to create carefully composed portraits that playfully evoke the works of the old Dutch masters and the Italian Renaissance.
Her images use everyday items as accessories, such as a dishcloth or foot cream for a maid’s wig, and still rely on Paula as her main subject. His photography was awarded the Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize from the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2008, and has been exhibited in Europe, Latin America and the United States. He received his first solo exhibition in the United States at the Museum of the City of New York in 2009, and has since been in charge of several covers for The New York Times Magazine. Lives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Colections
- UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN – SPECIAL COLLECTIONS – BE
- LEIDEN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY – SPECIAL COLLECTIONS – NL
- SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART – SANTA BARBARA – USA
- COLLEZIONE ARTE DI MAGDA E CARLO CLERICI – IT
- MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY – THE HAGUE – NL
- RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT – UTRECHT – NL
- ZUIDERZEE MUSEUM – ENKHUIZEN – NL
- OPA MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ART – SAN DIEGO – USA
- ART COLLECTION ERASMUS UNIVERSITY – ROTTERDAM – NL
- 21ST CENTURY MUSEUM – LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY – USA
- AMSTERDAM MUSEUM – AMSTERDAM – NL
- PILARA FAMILY FOUNDATION COLLECTION – SAN FRANCISCO – USA
- THE SIR ELTON JOHN PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION – LONDON – UK
- THE CALDIC COLLECTION / MUSEUM VOORLINDEN – WASSENAAR – NL
- THE ALEXANDER MCQUEEN COLLECTION – LONDON – UK
- THE SANDERS COLLECTION – AMSTERDAM – NL
- LA NEUFLIZE VIE COLLECTION – PARIS – FR
Some of his Photos
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