Portrait 2nd place winner

This portrait is part of my series Surfaces.

This series is created to generate appreciation of diversity in its physical form. The diversity of body and beauty types is changing the aesthetic standards of our time and with it, people’s cultural and identity codes.Mostly thanks to social media, much progress has been made towards a more inclusive representation of our differences. Perhaps, through an aesthetic revolution that only art can carry, we can change people’s gaze.

This is Sandra who has Alopecia, an autoimmune disorder that often results in hair loss. Sandra lost all her hair at the age of 4.

The clothes are designed by internationally celebrated contemporary Dutch Fashion Designers who each also take daily inspiration from the 17th and 18th century clothing designs.

I street casted all my models myself and did my own retouching to keep control over the results from the sketch to the end result.


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.