Nicole Hagesteijn

Nicole Hagesteijn is an art photographer who lives and works in the Netherlands in Rotterdam.
At first glance her work seems diverse, but it is connected by a central theme: vulnerability.
She feels the urge to express her perception of this vulnerability, of its beauty and of the beauty of the vulnerable world around us.
She does not want to let herself be restricted to any predefined genre within photography. She loves the freedom to mix studio photography with landscape- and portrait photography, to mix digital- with analogue- and even ancient techniques.
Her images challenge the viewer visually and mentally. Her intuitive, poetic photography reaches out to the heart as well as causes confusion. What is it we are looking at?
She points the camera not directly at her subject, but chose one of many layers she suspects present underneath the superficial perception, which makes her work universal and actual at the same time.
Playing with sharpness, motion and color she invites the spectator into the world of her