Jennifer Drabbe
by Jennifer Drabbe from the Netherlands
eye to eye, 2020
With my photography I show my surroundings through the eyes of my younger self, with that same sense of wonder and amazement. It is with this look that I have been capturing my daughters since 2008. Their pure, natural and individual behaviour never ceases to amuse and to surprise me and what once started as an observation has evolved into a close collaboration whereby I both follow and direct them.
Or is it that my daughters are the eyes through which I see the world?
We spent the lockdown reunited as a family, in the countryside, as opposed to the city where we live. Our new setting plays a big part in the images shot in this period. My motto during this time was to take it day by day. Not looking ahead and not looking back. The days blended into one another. Weeks went by and then months. Time was an abstract concept and ultimately it was through the ever changing landscape that I saw the passing of time. I had to react quickly to capture what I saw; the next day could look totally different. A new world and perspective opened up to me. I was inspired by nature and all the shapes and colours it took on. The title of this specific work is eye to eye. It is part of a larger body of work.
Looking back I see that in all pictures made during the quarantine period the person merges with, and becomes a part of nature.
SELF-PORTRAITS: PHOTOGRAPHERS IN CONFINEMENT
Curated by Svetlana Bachevanova
A collection of self-portraits made by photojournalists from five continents during the unprecedent lockdown due to the corona virus pandemic.
Photographers are people on the road, living to document the lives of others.
Constrained by the lockdown, many of them had their first experience of being still long enough to begin seeing and understanding small details about who they are, their lifestyles and values, that were overshadowed while they were busy. These self-portraits express their experience.
This is a unique collection of self-portraits from some of the best lenses in photojournalism at an historic moment.
Photographers in Confinement is a project in process and I welcome additional submissions from photojournalists at svetlana@fotoevidence.com
I am looking for potential exhibition partners in the USA and abroad.
Svetlana Bachevanova is a founder and publisher of FotoEvidence, long time photojournalist and curator.
