Open Theme
nominee
professional category
Gambettes (Single)
DESCRIPTION
This picture from a work in progress is taken in Spain, at the same place I used to jump off the cliff into the sea below, even though it scared me. I wouldn’t jump from there as an adult. My pictures are the reflections of my childhood – the fears I had often show up in my pictures.
AUTHOR
Of Dutch heritage, the photographer Aimée Hoving was born in 1978 in Belgium, before settling in Switzerland at an early age.
Aimée Hoving studied at the ECAL and obtained a BA in visual communication with a specialization in photography.
She has participated in several international group exhibitions such as the National Portrait Gallery, London, and has been granted the Swiss Design Award and won the Leenards Foundation Award. Her works are part of the permanent collection of the Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland. She has been part of Critical Mass top 50 in 2018 and won the PDN face portrait photography contest, and also won the Juror’s Award for Environmental Portraits, curated by Elizabeth Avedon. Aimée has worked for many magazines, including: Wallpaper, Liberation, Vogue Japan, Les Echos Dimanche, Die Weltwoche, and Encore.
Aimée Hoving studied at the ECAL and obtained a BA in visual communication with a specialization in photography.
She has participated in several international group exhibitions such as the National Portrait Gallery, London, and has been granted the Swiss Design Award and won the Leenards Foundation Award. Her works are part of the permanent collection of the Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland. She has been part of Critical Mass top 50 in 2018 and won the PDN face portrait photography contest, and also won the Juror’s Award for Environmental Portraits, curated by Elizabeth Avedon. Aimée has worked for many magazines, including: Wallpaper, Liberation, Vogue Japan, Les Echos Dimanche, Die Weltwoche, and Encore.