Joëlle de Vries Submitted April 13th 2014
“Bye mom is a series that shows the love and the memories of Jelle. When Jelle was 17 years old, he died in a terrible accident. His mother contact me and together we depict memories of him. We combine his drawings and his mothers memories with photography. In each image we show a memory whats very sentimental for the mother of Jelle. Most images has several layers to show that memory or feeling. The image ‘plat ei’ is made with Jelles drawings where he also did some writing on. I scanned his drawings and placed it over the images we made. The image itself was made with daylight inside the house.” -Joëlle de Vries Name Joëlle de Vries Age 21 What is your current location? Eindhoven, The Netherlands Where are you from? I’m from a little city cald Spakenburg. You still have women who are wearing their local draft. What is your current occupation? I’m a freelance photographer. With the money I earn working in business photography I suply my own photography projects. Do you have any training or formal education in the field of art you work in, or are you self taught? Last year I recieved a bachelor degree in photographic design. And I did also two years graphic design. What people, books, films, (etc…) inspire you the most? Rieneke Dijkstra and annie van gemert are really amazing. I really love the way those photographers shows identity in their own way.
What materials do you like to work with? Of course my Canon Mark III with 50 mm lens for photography. For my illustrations I use waterproof markers, paint and everything i can use and will be useful. What pieces, projects, or collaborations are you currently working on? I work on a series called ‘Bye mom’. This series shows the love and the memories of Jelle. He was 17 years old when he died in a terrible accident. With his mother we depict memories of him in a combination of his drawings, her memories and my photography. This is a long based project. On this moment I’m also in curacao working on a project what I can’t tell you yet. But I’m really looking forward to it! What music do you listen to while working? Depends. When I’m photographing I prefer silence. I like the wind, waves and other suroundings. When i’m working on my computer I mostly listen to dub step, rock music and other weird music. Where do you like to work? I like to work outside. Especially photographing industrial places. I love photography but I don’t like to do the work on the computer. I’m trying to do al photography so good as possible so I don’t have to do much work on the computer. What is one of your earliest memories of making art? I was always singing and drawing. But my real first memorie was when I did go to center for fine art called ‘langs jan’ and learned a lot techniques from linocuts, erts, soapstone, sculpturing ed. And I taught myself illustrating and drawings.
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