Klaas Studio
The Last Letter (Series)
DESCRIPTION
I’m fascinated by the question: how has my family’s history from long ago managed to find its way through space and time to suddenly arrive at my door? And to influence my life. I explore time with an open mind. A time that’s fleeting, where what once was no longer is, and which I can’t seem to fully grasp. Its influence on my life is beyond my reach. I see this time as a space which I cautiously enter, ready to encounter whatever may emerge. It is a place of discovery, full of stories and secrets, spirits which unexpectedly appear and then fade. Stories which arise through flashes of memories and experiences left open. The space is constantly shifting. It sometimes feels empty, from faded or suppressed memories. And sometimes overwhelmingly full and coloured, with desires and loss at once apparent.
My family story has inspired this quest. The family story plays out during WWII in the former Dutch East Indies, where my grandmother, my mother and her brother and sister, were held prisoners in a Japanese internment camp. My grandfather went missing while resisting the Japanese army and was never found. His letters to my grandmother however remain.
AUTHOR
In her work Klaas explores the stories and depths behind what compels people in their lives. This inquiry fundamentally inspires her photographic work and film. She interprets it on a personal level, digging deeper to discover what she considers essential. Her use of both analogue and digital material forms her working space, her point of departure. By layering, mixing and connecting images with each other, and through the use of different materials, working with colour and contrast, she creates a space for the viewer that has a mysterious quality through which you can somewhat lose yourself.
Education
Fotoacademie Amsterdam (may 2025)
Workshops
Kooldrukken/carbon printing, Kees Brandenburg (2025)
Signatuur, Antoinette Nausikaä (2024)
Conceptuele portretfotografie, René Bosch (2023)
Professional Film Producer, College for Multimedia Amsterdam (2016)
Awards
International Photography Award – Honorable mention 2025
DuPho Winner 2025 – SO ’25
Exhibitions
Open Atelierweekend Den Haag centrum (2025)
Buy My Darlings – Let Love Rule! (2025)
The Last Letter – 2025 Afstudeer expo Fototacademie
De Melkweg – SO ’25
Alzheimercentrum UMC Amsterdam (2024)
Internationaal Congres Frontotemporale Dementie, ISFTD, RAI Amsterdam (2024)
Energiebedrijf Nederland (EBN) (2024)
Energy Breakfast, Kunstmuseum Den Haag (2024)
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