Fine Art nominee

This portrait is part of my series Modern Times.

For this series I created interpretations of famous or relatively famous historical paintings. The clothes are designed by internationally celebrated contemporary Dutch Fashion designers who each also take daily inspiration from the masters. I street casted all my models myself and did my own retouching to keep control over the results from the sketch to the endresults.

Even though a sense of nostalgia speaks through my art, the aim is to always
remain in line with the contemporary zeitgeist.

This work is inspired on the painting The Sisters by Abbott Handerson Thayer (1884) starring the amazing twins Sterre & Meerle who in a way suggest an unrealistic mirror image. A symbolic way to emphasize that they are actually two very different personalities, but often viewed as the same by the outside world.


Justine Tjallinks is an Amsterdam-based Dutch Artistic Photographer. She started her career as a magazine Designer and Art-Director and worked for leading fashion titles. After several years of working with photography she wanted to create imagery as she envisioned and took the leap towards a new career in 2014.



Justine aims to capture the uniqueness of individuals and the diversity of human beauty, often backed by a story of social importance. Inspired by the master painters from the Dutch Golden Age, her artworks feature muted colours and balanced compositions.
Fashion design is used as an additional means of expression.

Even though a sense of nostalgia speaks through her art, the aim is to always remain in line with the contemporary zeitgeist.

Justine her works have been exhibited in national and international venues
and she has won multiple international photography awards.