weaving photography, handwriting and handmade paper into one poetic medium.
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Intimate photography sessions and handcrafted pieces, created slowly and with care, where stories are held in the traces we leave behind.
A TRIBUTE TO THE ART OF SLOW SEEING.
In my sessions, people are invited to write letters; to their child, partner, parent or themselves.
I photograph both the act of writing and the connection.
The wild, textured fibers of the paper don’t just hold the image; they become part of it.
They blur the edges.
They soften the light.
PAPER BECOMES SKIN
HANDWRITING BECOMES VOICE
PHOTOGRAPHS BECOME TRACES OF PRESENCE
Meet the maker
I’m Astrid, a Dutch papermaker and storyteller living in Thun, Switzerland. I’m married and a mother of two sons. I love exploring the mountains and enjoying the Thunersee; swimming, paddling, or simply being by the water with my family.
