Bedrooms from the "Residence" series
Bedrooms from the "Residence" series
Bedrooms from the "Residence" series
Bedrooms from the "Residence" series
Bedrooms from the "Residence" series
Bedrooms from the "Residence" series
Bedrooms from the "Residence" series
Bedrooms from the "Residence" series
Bedrooms from the "Residence" series
Just after I moved to Holland in 2006 I wondered how homes of the Dutch look like. After drinking a cup of coffee and munching on the mandatory one cookie, people let me do my thing, which was taking photographs of the interiors of their homes. I was initially looking for the kitsch people decorate their homes with, something typically Dutch.
But somehow I seemed to be more attracted by what was hidden from the usual neighbour coming by for a visit. I almost always started somewhere at the end of the hallway, or upstairs, in the attic or the bedroom, gradually coming downstairs and taking a cheesy portrait of the inhabitants as a farewell.
I probably started with the bedroom because I found it exciting to be in a room which is meant for resting and being intimate. The bedroom as the backside of every-man’s living quarters, which can tell about somebodyʼs social status much better than the living room.