Wendelien Daan @ Cinema Photographique
The technically perfect, austere pictures by Wendelien Daan (Eindhoven, 1965) do not betray the fact that she is self-educated. She was a student of fashion design at the ArtEZ Art College in Arnhem, but took a short cut to the perfect final result by taking up photographing after her graduation. Her work situates you in a world where people and everyday objects may sometimes come across as rather peculiar.
One feels a distance that is at the same time fascinating and unsettling. The women in the picture are all absent, in a way. They do not really represent a certain person, but rather the rendering of a feeling. Daan’s use of open and closed body language attracts attention and emphasizes feminine power. It is the combination of these elements – the love of storytelling and of the absurd, combined with a clear visual language – that makes Wendelien Daan’s work stand out.
Wendelien Daan enjoys an international reputation with publications in Vogue, Dutch, Face, i-D, Visionaire and participations in exhibitions in New York, Tokyo, Rome, Paris, Marseilles, Amsterdam and Melbourne.
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