Fine Art nominee

My photography series The loss of detail imagines the psychological impact of the global pandemic crisis. The photographs are taken in-between lockdowns. What inspired me was the layering of the new street scene, which has something sad, gloomy, terrifying and at the same time a certain aesthetic in it.

Dave Zijlstra studied photography at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague, The Netherlands. His photography work has been exhibited in various Dutch museums and his short films have been screened at international film festivals. Recently he switched his work area from the photo studio to the streets and changed his method from directed portraits to spontaneous photographs of people in the public space. An artistic change that is still evolving and covering both a documentary and a conceptual approach.