ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Carol-Ann, dancer

I saw Carol-Ann in a performance. I was very much inspired by her.
I want to make portraits of people who touch me in a way. I don't want to make portraits of a certain category of people. The only criteria is that the person touches me in any way and that there is openness from both sides to really connect.
It could be an actor or dancer that I see on stage. It could be a homeless person I see on the street. It could be someone with whom I unexpectedly have an inspiring conversation.
I want to take the persons out of their environment and invite them to my studio to make a portrait of him there, so that it is purely about the person.
In my portraits I am looking for honesty and vulnerability. I believe that vulnerability makes us nicer human beings and that this makes the world a little more friendly and more understanding. People who show themselves vulnerable give the other the confidence that they themselves may be who they are.
I am most fascinated when I can see opposite qualities of a person at the same moment.
I find this exciting because people are complex. I hope that the portrait touches something of the viewer himself.

AUTHOR
After completing a modern dance education at the Higher school for Arts in Arnhem, she graduated in 1998 from the Academy for Visual Arts, from the photography department.
Since then she has worked as a freelance photographer making independent work and by order of magazines and theater dance posters.
Susanne specializes in portrait and theater- dance photography.

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