Alice de Kruijs is a contemporary and fine art photographer based in The Netherlands. Her work frequently touches the subject of identity and diversity and aims to go against the standard ideals and showcase stories through culture and different ethnic backgrounds, her work is a celebration of these differences in culture. As her way of life, she loves to conceptually and symbolically tell stories. Usually by showing a different perspective on personal daily life struggles and stories.
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Nowadays, living in an era of global climate change, it is even more important to consider our direct relationship with nature. If there is one culture in the world that understands the human connection with nature, it should be the Japanese culture. They embrace, respect, are deeply connected with nature and take lessons out of it which they use for the future, in fact, ‘our future’
You and me (Homo sapiens), animals (Fauna), and plants (Flora), we all share the same air and for this reason, we are inextricably linked and therefore responsible for each other. By showing three examples from the Japanese culture I wish to create a better understanding of our connection with nature.
SAHARA GIANTS
When in 2000, the palaeontologist Paul Sereno went to look for new dinosaur bones in the Sahara Desert, he did not expect that he would return from there as an archaeologist. Arriving in the northeast of Niger, Sereno and his colleague’s day after day sifted through the sand of Tener, one of the most inhospitable deserts in the world, which even the nomadic inhabitants of the Sahara call “desert in the desert”.
There were practically no finds. In the evening on the last day of the excavation, the scientists were about to leave, and most of them went to the camp, but Sereno still insisted that his team get to a distant hill, promising their employees that the expedition was on this hill. Sereno fulfilled his promise, but the end of that expedition was the beginning of a great new work: on the way to the hill, scientists found a whole stone age cemetery......
NEW MOONLAND
In this photo story I honour my beloved grandmother. She has been a friend and inspiration my entire life. Although she passed away in 1994, when I was just 13 year old my memories are vibrant.
On August 2nd 2020 she would have celebrated her 100th birthday. On this day, I will publish the complete body of work existing of 18 images plus 10 original images. In some images, I copied the old photo from our family photo books. The story starts with images from my great grandma before and after pregnancy of her 5 children (see family picture), following with an image of my grandmother at age 3. It continues with images of her when she was a young teenager and as a young adult just before World War II. During the war, not many pictures were taken of her. The first image after WWII is the marriage photo. She struggled with a lot of miscarriages in the late 1940’s but finally my father was born in May 1950, I would be her only child. During the 1980’s she started having breast cancer and later on bone cancer. After many years trying to fulfill life as much as possible, she died from bone bone cancer at age 74. The last image represents her death.
As this is a very personal project and shot during COVID 19 period I only photographed myself or my direct family members for the duo image. This created an even stronger bound.
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This serie is dedicated to Jeane Margaretha de Kruijs - Slotboom
02-08-1920 | 14-01-1994
BBA PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2022
On the 3rd of November the opening of the BBA Photography prize 2022 took plave in Kuhlhaus Berlin.
The day after, on the 4th the inviews and artist talk's took place. The exhibition takes place untill November 13.
BERLIN PHOTO WEEK 2022
I'm thrilled my work is part of the 10 winners from the BBA Gallery Photography Prize 2022! From September 2nd till September 4th my winning image is displayed during Berlin Photo Week in Arene Berlin! The images are printed in an unique way by printing them directly on the wall (WallPen)
Berlin Photo Week choose works from the BBA Photography Prize submissions to take part in BPW. My choosen image belongs to my latest serie Sahara Giants.
In order to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of Magnum Photos, the world-famous photo agency is partnering with Berlin Photo Week (BPW). Berlin Photo Week includes numerous exhibitions, conferences, workshops, book signings, talks, and many other events.
NEW PHOTO BOOK | RISING WATERS 2019-2022 | € 35,-
This book is a visual experience in which more than 60 photos are displayed over 100+ pages.
Click here to purchase the book (limited edition of 250 pieces). The foreword is written by Melanie Prapopoulos, founder of The CAMP Gallery Miami & Westport NY.
There are three series that were made between 2019 and 2022. The high sea level and with it climate change create many problems that threaten many countries and islands. People are losing their homes and places to live while other societies see their entire island slowly submerged under water. Governments and administrators hardly talk about climate change, it is a painful subject for people who already have to pay the consequences.
LENSCULTURE AWARD WINNERS EXHIBITION, NEW YORK Chelsea Art Scene
According to LensCulture, 'We were completely delighted to welcome hundreds of photographers and photography lovers to our big exhibition in New York City this past week. It was amazing to meet so many of you in person — and to experience the stunning prints and brilliant large-format projections of super-talented photographers from the LensCulture community.
The exhibition featured the work of more than one hundred award-winning photographers who we discovered through the LensCulture award programs. Many people traveled from far away (including Europe, Asia, Central and South America, and Australia) to participate in the reception and party and to meet and network with fellow visionaries.
We were reminded again about how great it is to be able to connect in person, and to share insights and enthusiasm for the medium of photography and this wonderful visual language that we all share'.
— Jim Casper, Laura Sackett, and the whole team at LensCulture
