Digital Photography
Soesterkwatier, Netherlands
2023Standalone work422 x 603 mm
Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag
Exhibited at Tankstation, The Netherlands
Wiljo's 60 years can be read not only on her skin but also in the quiet resignation of a life diminished by isolation and the slow sedation of medication. She carries the physical weight of 90 years, but it is a body disconnected from the person it once was. In a society that values vitality and productivity, people like Wiljo live on the margins, unseen and unheard.
uder is not only an internal process, but also a social condition - shaped by the passage of time as well as by how society treats the elderly.
uder is not only an internal process, but also a social condition - shaped by the passage of time as well as by how society treats the elderly.