Media: Het ParoolPublication date: Saturday, February 22About: Jean Kwok is an international bestselling author of ‘Searching for Sylvie Lee’ which is now translated into Dutch as ‘De perfecte zus’. It is a heartbreaking family story in three voices and three languages, partly based on her own life and largely set in the Netherlands. Text: Marjolijn de CocqPhotography: Jitske Schols
This week I celebrated my birthday and I am so thankful to my family who gave me the best birthday present ever. A gift that put things in the right perspective, something that can be useful when you reach the age of 51. Ammonites are an extinct group of marine animals, Mitsinjo Madagascar, Jurassic era (150 million years old) Ever since I was a child I was fascinated by the world of minerals and fossils. I remember winning a millions-year-old fossil in a biology quiz at school. It blew me away, the thought that this little gem was so incredibly …
Media: Het ParoolPublication date: Saturday, February 15About: Martin Koolhoven about his mission to stimulate the love for film and about the new season of his television program ‘De kijk van Koolhoven’. Text: Stefan RaadgeverPhotography: Jitske Schols READ ⬤ Het Parool (in Dutch) 》
Have you failed to find a Valentine’s gift? Not to worry! Why don’t you buy a real piece of art for your love? This special edition may not be there tonight, but you will have a nice surprise to give. One that will give you a lifetime of pleasure. This special edition etching print is available in a limited edition of 30. You can choose for a print only or a framed version. The artwork will be produced as you wish and can be picked up after production (by appointment) either at Galerie Caroline O’Breen or at the photographers’ atelier, …
Omdat ik van een aantal mensen dit verzoek kreeg organiseer ik binnenkort twee studio talks in mijn atelier in Amsterdam Noord. Eentje op zaterdag 29 februari a.s. van 10:00 – 12:00 uur (VOLGEBOEKT) en een op donderdag 5 maart a.s. van 19:30 – 21:30 uur (VOLGEBOEKT). Gedurende een twee uur durende informele en vooral ook gezellige sessie maken we kennis met elkaar, vertel ik over mijn pad naar de professionele fotografie en welke aanpak ik heb gehanteerd (maar het kan natuurlijk ook heel anders), hoe ik tot mijn stijl ben gekomen en kun je al je vragen stellen. Maximaal 5 …
Media: De Volkskrant, Zinvol LevenPublication date: Monday, February 3About: Fokke Obbema is in conversation with talent writer Maartje Wortel about her thoughts on a meaningful life with in the meantime her modest plea for downsizing egos.Text: Fokke ObbemaPhotography: Jitske Schols ENJOY ⬤ the article online (in Dutch) 》
Media: De Volkskrant, Zinvol LevenPublication date: Monday, January 27About: Fokke Obbema is in conversation with the very popular Dutch rapper and writer Akwasi about a meaningful life: “Only dead fish go with the flow”Text: Fokke ObbemaPhotography: Jitske Schols ENJOY ⬤ the article online (in Dutch) 》
ROTTERDAM 6 – 9 FEBRUARY 2020I am very happy to be represented by Galerie Caroline O’Breen during Haute Photographie this year. A selection of new work of mine in limited edition will be on show and lots of days I will be attending the exhibition as well to tell you all about it. Will you visit us? Haute Photographie is a photography fair with a concept unlike any other. It is centered around a group exhibition, featuring works by the grand masters from the history of photography, to the youngest and most exciting young talents working with the medium today. …
Very happy and thankful for being featured in this months Villamedia with my portfolio. Frits Baarda visited me in my former studio and tells all about our meeting in a beautiful and poetic way. Thanks Frits! Villamedia is part of the Dutch Association of Journalists (NVJ) and is an online platform as well as a monthly magazine. VILLAMEDIA ⬤ read more here 》
Very happy and thankful for being featured in this months Pf Magazine in an issue on portrait photography. Text: Evelien Lindeboom GET YOUR COPY ⬤ of Pf Magazine here 》
Please feel welcome to visit our open studios on Sunday between 12:00 – 17:00 hrs. I might not be fully decorated yet as I move in per that same date :), but at least you will see my new studio and some of my works as well as my neighbors’.
Media: De VolkskrantPublication date: Saturday, November 16About: Naema Tahir refused to marry the man her parents had chosen. After a dissertation on arranged marriage, her view of the issue has changed. “Don’t judge the arranged marriage too quickly” Text: Greta RiemersmaPhotography: Jitske Schols READ ⬤ the article online (in Dutch) 》
Wéér komt Ruben Terlou met een veelbelovende serie over China. Geen reisserie deze keer. ‘De belofte van het avontuur en de reis hebben plaatsgemaakt voor de mensen.’ Hoewel hij China nu zo’n vijftien jaar meer dan intensief bezoekt, kan Ruben Terlou zich er nog steeds verbazen. Over de verpletterende schoonheid van de natuur of de leegte van het landschap. Lees in VARAgids 46 meer, vanaf pagina 8 of via de link hieronder. LEES MEER ⬤ VARAgids 》
Media: AD MagazinePublication date: Saturday, October 12About: October has been internationally known for many years as the breast cancer month; a month with extra attention for breast cancer. AD Magazine asked me to portray some very brave women who wanted to tell their story in order to inform others in the same situation. Because one in seven women gets breast cancer in Holland and around 15,000 women are treated for it every year.Text: Linda Penders | Beatrijs BergmansPhotography: Jitske Schols GO TO AD MAGAZINE ⬤ Read the article online (in Dutch) 》
Media: Het ParoolPublication date: Saturday, October 12About: After Jelle Brandt Corstius had turned his own world upside down, he completed the train journey to Siberia that he had started before the affair. “It was a type of therapy of the bad kind.”Text: Jesse BeentjesPhotography: Jitske Schols ENJOY ⬤ the article online (in Dutch) 》
On the long list for the Rabo Photographic Portrait Prize: M190601 © Jitske Schols, 2019 and (!)… A190220 © Jitske Schols, 2019 After a career in communication, Jitske Schols (1969) has been working as a portrait photographer for national newspapers like Volkskrant and Het Parool since 2013. In 2017 she won the Dutch National Portrait Prize. Schols likes to tell personal stories and likes to keep it small and close to home. ‘Ohana’ is the ongoing photo project with personal stories from the photographer’s family album. About the life of her daughter and her ‘blown in’ son. A long-term project …
Media: Het ParoolPublication date: Monday, October 7About: In the event of a humanitarian disaster, care providers must not only bring water and blankets, but also psychological help. The Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sigrid Kaag is organizing an international conference in Amsterdam on the importance of psychological help in crisis situations with experienced experts, doctors and aid organizations.Text: Hanneke KeultjesPhotography: Jitske Schols/Lumen ENJOY ⬤ the article online 》
Media: VolkskrantPublication date: Saturday, September 28About: Fokke Obbema was dead for a moment after a cardiac arrest. After his recovery he went in search of the meaning of life. He asked forty conversation partners about it which was published each Monday in Volkskrant. Spread over 7 pages you can now read the most important insights Fokke gained from these conversations. The interviews are now bundled in a book.Text: Fokke ObbemaPhotography: Jitske ScholsThanks to: everyone working on this production like Koos Jeremiasse, Veronique Smedts, Judith Baas <3<3<3 MORE TO READ ⬤ Read the article online (in Dutch) 》 ⬤ Buy the book online (in Dutch) 》
Media: Het ParoolPublication date: Friday, September 27About: Willeke Alberti, grande dame of Dutch music, is celebrating her 75th birthday with two concerts in Afas Live in Amsterdam. “It’s the icing on the cake.”Interview: Ronald OckhuysenPhotography: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read the article online (in Dutch) 》
It was 1989 when I first heard the name Rein van der Wiel. My mother told me that someone had written a book about Ewijckshoeve, the family estate where I grew up. I had been living independently for a few years already, but on the first visit back home I read the book (‘Ewijkshoeve, tuin van tachtig’). As a child I had never realized that the place where I grew up, also housed other people in other eras. Lives had begun and ended there. Like exactly 100 years earlier when Anna Witsen chose to end her life by stepping into …
Once in a while my friend Milena Mulders invites me to portray her. This time she needed a portrait update as she was recently appointed as the new director of the ONfile organization. ONfile is a meaningful non-profit organization, founded in 1996 to improve the situation of journalists and writers who fled to the Netherlands. Since then, filmmakers and other media professionals have also joined their organization. Today the community consists of professionals from 35 different countries. ONfile contributes to inclusive journalism and society by supporting refugee media professionals in their professional integration. When Milena came to my studio we …
Media: Het ParoolPublication date: Monday, September 9About: Actor and writer Maarten Spanjer (66) describes in his new book ‘Geluk is een herinnering’ his childhood in the fifties and sixties. “It’s a world that no longer exists.”Interview: Maarten MollPhotography of this series: Jitske Schols READ ⬤ Read the article online (in Dutch)
Title: BalladeTechnique: photographyFinish: frame, museum glassEdition: 01/05 + 2 APSize: photo 60 x 40 cm (frame size 62,5 x 42,5 cm)Prize: €2125,= incl. BTWMaker: Jitske Schols Available at: Galerie Caroline O’Breen (or contact me and I will get you in contact with Caroline) Viewing by appointment MORE DETAILS ⬤ Ballade product page 》
De Kunstmeisjes – Mirjam Kooiman, Nathalie Maciesza and Renee Schuiten-Kniepstra – write enthusiastically and contagiously about old and modern art – both for the seasoned art lover and the beginning enthusiast. Their book was released just recently. And they invited me to make their portraits for the book and press. On average, people look at a work of art for twenty seconds. But what secrets unfold after that moment? De Kunstmeisjes, three young art historians, take you along their fifty favorite works of art in Dutch museums. From Frans Hals, Breitner and Morandi to Yayoi Kusama, Louise Bourgeois and Anish …
My photography is inspired on the late nineteenth century’s artworks made by artists like Willem Witsen, W.B. Tholen or Piet Meiners or their artistic contemporaries who lived and worked on the place where I grew up, only a century earlier. During my photo shoots, selection and editing process, I try to translate the atmosphere of those works and that time into contemporary images. My monochrome and color usage, compositions, shapes & structures, techniques, use of materials as well as subject matters are strongly influenced by my renowned examples from the past. Like Willem Witsen I seek for a synthesis of …
Work from my series Songs for Soprano has been showcased at FotoFestival Naarden 2019. Together with the RKD-Netherlands Institute for Art History, Dutch National Portrait Gallery created a Photo Story about my series dedicated to 19th century soprano Anna Witsen. This Photo Story was part of the exhibition at Bastion Oranje in Naarden-Vesting so you might have seen it there. If not, view the multimedia story here (best on tablet or desktop). Check if the audio is on and then navigate through the story at your own pace.
For Dutch National Portrait Gallery / Rabobank former Rabo Photographic Portrait Prize winners were asked to shoot portraits in the special daylight studio at Lowlands festival. Sunday was my turn. Never before I was at Lowlands and never before I had so many people in such a short time front of my camera. I had the handsomest assistent of all with me and even that didn’t distract me as I had to shoot 100 portraits in 3 hours. All in all it was a wonderful experience and it was awesome to see my friends at the festival. Even caught a …
Volkskrant journalist Fokke Obbema, after barely surviving a cardiac arrest in 2017, asked existential questions: what is the purpose of life, what is the essence of existence and what does it mean to be human? In a series of critically acclaimed interviews, he discussed this with people from very different professions and backgrounds. In ‘De zin van het leven. Gesprekken over de essentie van ons bestaan’ (translation: The meaning of life. Conversations about the essence of our existence) of publisher Atlas Contact, Obbema bundles these conversations. The accompanying portraits were made by me. The result is a book full of …
Are you at Lowlands this weekend? Then have your portrait taken by me or one of the other portrait photographers in the daylight studio of Dutch National Portrait Gallery. Every day between 2 and 5 p.m. one of the winners of the Rabo Photographic Portrait Prize is at work here. You can find us in the What’s Happening area, between the Lima and the Heineken podium. Friday Sander Troelstra winner 2015Saturday Sarah Mei Herman 2018 winnerSunday Jitske Schols winner 2016 Check the Dutch National Portrait Gallery’s Instagram and Facebook page to find your portrait.
Media: VolkskrantPublication date: Tuesday, July 1About: After a cardiac arrest, which caused him to float between life and death, journalist Fokke Obbema goes in search of answers to that ancient question in the series Zin van het leven: what is the meaning of our life? In this episode Fokke interviews soprano Christianne Stotijn. Interview: Fokke ObbemaPhotography of this series: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read the article online (in Dutch) 》
Media: Daily newspaper Het ParoolPublication date: Saturday, June 15About: My series Songs for soprano about the life and times of Anna Witsen at FotoFestival NaardenPhotography of this series: Jitske Schols TICKETS ⬤ Fotofestival Naarden 》
My precious ‘Sora in Black’ is watching over the exhibition floor of photo basel these days. You will find her at booth 23 of the ever so wonderful Galerie Caroline O’Breen. Het sizes measure 120 by 80 cm and she is available in limited editions. She won the Dutch National Portrait Prize for being the most beautiful. Go and see my intriguing ‘Sora in Black’ by yourselves! WHAT. photo basel is Switzerland’s first and only international art fair dedicated to photography based art. WHEN. June 11-16, 2019 Tue-Sun from 12h – 20h During Art Basel week 2019. reserve your tickets …
Media: VolkskrantPublication date: Tuesday, June 11About: After a cardiac arrest, which caused him to float between life and death, journalist Fokke Obbema goes in search of answers to that ancient question in the series Zin van het leven: what is the meaning of our life? In this episode Fokke interviews IT specialist and Hindu priest Ashis Mathura. Interview: Fokke ObbemaPhotography of this series: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read the article online (in Dutch) 》
Media: VolkskrantPublication date: Monday, May 27About: After a cardiac arrest, which caused him to float between life and death, journalist Fokke Obbema goes in search of answers to that ancient question in the series Zin van het leven: what is the meaning of our life? In this episode Fokke Obbema interviews doctor and writer Ivan Wolffers who is fascinated by the theme of survival. How is it possible that people can survive in almost all circumstances?, Fokke Obbema wants to know from him.Interview: Fokke ObbemaPhotography of this series: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read the article online (in Dutch) 》
Three more days to go… this Saturday FotoFestival Naarden kicks off! Very very exciting, with so much to see and experience. My own series of course, but also the interesting work of so many other inspiring photographers. The 16th edition of FotoFestival Naarden will take place from Saturday, May 25th to Sunday, June 30th, 2019 and is themed ‘Dutch Masters & Marvelous Misfits’. It tells the stories of people and their landscapes, the latter in the sense of sceneries and thoughts. It tells the tales of our best and worst moments, from self-loathing to self-love, from rebellion to naivety, and …
Title: Piccolo IIITechnique: toyobo etching plateFinish: frame, museum glassEdition: 6/10 + 2 APSize: etching plate A5, framework +/- 14,8 x 21 cmPrize: €625,= incl. BTWMaker: Jitske Schols (etching by Eric Levert)Available at: Galerie Caroline O’Breen (or contact me and I will get you in contact with Caroline) MORE DETAILS ⬤ Piccolo III product page 》
Media: VolkskrantPublication date: Monday, May 20About: After a cardiac arrest, which caused him to float between life and death, journalist Fokke Obbema goes in search of answers to that ancient question in the series Zin van het leven: what is the meaning of our life? In this episode Fokke Obbema interviews talent coach and author Etchica Voorn. The blood of two cultures flows through her veins. Double blood, she calls it. It enriches her life, she tells Fokke Obbema, but that did not happen automatically.Interview: Fokke ObbemaPhotography of this series: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read the article online (in Dutch) 》
Media: Het ParoolPublication date: Saturday, May 18About: Barely a year after councillor Sharon Dijksma (PvdA) started working in Amsterdam, she leaves her mark on the city apparently effortlessly. “Dijksma is a silent bulldozer.”Text: Ruben KoopsPhotography: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read the article online (in Dutch) 》
Media: VolkskrantPublication date: Monday, May 13About: After a cardiac arrest, which caused him to float between life and death, journalist Fokke Obbema goes in search of answers to that ancient question in the series Zin van het leven: what is the meaning of our existence? In this episode Fokke Obbema interviews friar Bernardus, abbot of monastry Koningshoeven (Berkel-Enschot): “You can not proof God. He just is or is not.”Interview: Fokke ObbemaPhotography of this series: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read the article online (in Dutch) 》
Title: Ayla gazingTechnique: toyobo etching, chine colléFinish: nutwood frame, museum glassEditions: edition 5 + 2 AP per size (2 sizes)Size: etch A5, framework 40 x 33 cm and etch A4, framework 57 x 47 cmMaker: Jitske Schols (etching by Eric Levert)Available at: Galerie Caroline O’Breen (or contact me and I will get you in contact with Caroline) MORE DETAILS ⬤ Ayla gazing product page 》
Media: VillamediaPublication date: May 2019About: Henk Blanken in Villamedia, magazine about journalism: “You do not just become correspondent ‘death and deterioration’”Photography: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Visit Villamedia 》
“I can not sing when I am not feeling happy, that is very different when painting or perhaps exactly the same.” In Songs for soprano, a photo essay on the life and times of Anna Witsen, Jitske Schols makes an imaginary journey back to the 19th century and visits the estate of Ewijckshoeve in Lage Vuursche where Schols grew up. She enjoyed a happy and peaceful youth surrounded by nature, not being aware that this place formed the backdrop for a tragedy a century earlier. In search for Anna Witsen, sister of painter, etcher, photographer Willem Witsen ‘Songs for soprano’ …
For all the strong women in my life and beyond. For my mother who raised us, worked fulltime and often stood alone. For my grandmother who taught me to be lighthearted and cheerful despite a hard working life. For my great-grandmother who was awarded for her help given in WOII, actually for all unidentified, unseen and unlisted great women in history that paved our ways in a male dominated world. And for my daughter to get inspired by these heroic women. VIEW THE SERIES ⬤ Series Hidden Figures 》
Media: Het Parool.Publication date: Tuesday March 23, 2019About: Interview with Sylvana Simons after one year to be councilor in the municipality Amsterdam: ‘Our input is revolutionary’Text: Michiel Couzy and Ruben Koops Photography: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read Het Parool 》
Media: Het Parool.Publication date: Tuesday March 8, 2019About: Otto Nan, co-founder of the Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam, sets up a cooking school with hotel in Uruguay, together with Argentinian chef Francis Mallmann.Text: Sara Luijters Photography: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read the article online 》
Fokke Obbema has been nominated for ‘De Tegel’ award in the category ‘interview’ with his interview series about the meaning of life. De Tegel is a recognition and tribute to journalists who have contributed to maintaining and improving the quality of Dutch-language journalistic news, reporting, background, research, interview and camera productions. I am very proud to work together with him on this beautiful series on Mondays in De Volkskrant. Media play an increasingly important role in society. That is why the quality and social significance of media in general and journalism in particular deserve special attention. For that reason, since …
In their first book De Kunstmeisjes will share their art stories. You still need a little patience, because the book will be launched in August by publisher Meulenhoff and will be for sale in a bookstore near you. I had the honor to shoot the cover portraits of these interesting young ladies.
The 16th edition of FotoFestival Naarden will take place from Saturday, May 25th to Sunday, June 30th, 2019 and I will be participating! A dream come true. My mother used to live in Naarden and we would always visit the exhibition, long before I became a photographer myself. Curators this year are photographer Koos Breukel and photo historian and author Hedy van Erp. This years edition’s theme is ‘Dutch Masters & Marvelous Misfits’ and it has been made with the intention to praise and include the misfit. The misfits presented at the FotoFestival are greater masters than they are given …
Media: Het Parool.Publication date: Tuesday March 5, 2019About: New novel ‘Otmars zonen’ by Dutch author Peter BuwaldaText: Maarten Moll Photography: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read the article online 》
Media: VolkskrantPublication date: Saturday, January 26About: The Rwandan-American writer Clemantine Wamariya escaped the genocide in her homeland and now fights against hatred and division. Last year she wrote the baffling book ‘The Girl Who Smiled Beads’ about her life – now translated into Dutch as ‘Het meisje dat kralen kon lachen’.Photography: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read the article online 》
Media: VolkskrantPublication date: Monday, January 14About: After a cardiac arrest, which caused him to float between life and death, journalist Fokke Obbema goes in search of answers to that ancient question in the series Zin van het leven: what is the meaning of our existence? In this episode Fokke Obbema interviews writer and former journalist Henk Blanken. He has Parkinson. About ‘the beauty of decay’ he writes stories that are praised internationally. The answer to the meaning of his life is to others, he says to Fokke Obbema.Photography of this series: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read all the articles …
It was 1889 when Herman Gorter wrote his magnificent poem ‘In den zwarten nacht is een mensch aangetreden’. It was written in response of the death of the young lady Anna Witsen. The general public was not aware of that fact, but her brother Willem Witsen knew it though, for Gorter donated him the handwritten poem clearly indicating the reason. Exactly 100 years later this story came to me for the first time. Rein van der Wiel’s book ‘Ewijkshoeve, tuin van tachtig’ was launched and I read it cover to cover. I realized that the family estate where I grew …
For tablet readers Volkskrant publishes special tablet editions these Christmas days, with stories you might have missed before and a few new extras. You’ll need to download the tablet app for it, but then you will be rewarded. Today, on Boxing Day, the tablet edition is filled with reflections that fits the end of the year: a collection of all stories of Fokke Obbema’s popular interview series about the meaning of life. Supplemented with a selection of readers’ reactions, an interview with the photographer of the project, Jitske Schols, and an interim review of Fokke himself after three months interviewing: ‘I …
Media: VolkskrantPublication date: Monday, December 24About: After a cardiac arrest, which caused him to float between life and death, journalist Fokke Obbema goes in search of answers to that ancient question in the series Zin van het leven: what is the meaning of our existence? In this episode Fokke Obbema interviews Gerard Bodifee, astrophysicist and philosopher, and he tells him that the ethical awareness of people grows’Photography of this series: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read all the articles online 》
As of tomorrow I will takeover the instagram account of @hautephotographie, so make sure to follow me there! Also I will be attending their nice boutique photography fair in February, represented by @galeriecarolineobreen. Will I see you there as well?
Proud to make all portraits for Fokke Obbema’s series about the meaning of our existence every Monday in De Volkskrant and tonight on tv at De Wereld Draait Door – See them floating on the background 🖤
Media: VolkskrantPublication date: Monday, December 3About: After a cardiac arrest, which caused him to float between life and death, journalist Fokke Obbema goes in search of answers to that ancient question in the series Zin van het leven: what is the meaning of our existence? In this episode Fokke Obbema interviews Funda Müjde, actress, and she tells him that being grateful is her best medicine against depression’Photography of this series: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read all the articles online 》
Lykele Muus (1987) is a Dutch actor and writer.
Fokke Obbema interviews Edy Korthals Altes about the meaning of existence
EYE for all organizes its annual photo auction for charity. This year the gainings will go to War Child and in particular to the Safe Spaces project. In a Safe Space children from war zones can play and receive education; it is literally a safe place where they can be child again. Please note 16 November in your diary if you want to bid on a special collection of photos of famous photographers. The photo auction takes place on Catawiki. Participating photographers include Micky Hoogendijk, Kadir van Lohuizen, Brooks Kraft, Corbino, Eddy van Wessel, Marco Borsato, many others et moi. I …
Media: VolkskrantPublication date: Monday, November 12About: After a cardiac arrest, which caused him to float between life and death, journalist Fokke Obbema goes in search of answers to that ancient question in the series Zin van het leven: what is the meaning of our existence? In this episode Fokke Obbema interviews Jolande Withuis, sociologist. “Life does not make any sense. That gives endless opportunities.”Photography of this series: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read all the articles online 》
The return of Wim Kieft, today in Het Parool
Media: Volkskrant Publication date: Monday, October 15 About: After a cardiac arrest, which caused him to float between life and death, journalist Fokke Obbema goes in search of answers to that ancient question in the series Zin van het leven: what is the meaning of our existence? In this episode Fokke Obbema interviews Claartje Kruijff, preacher. “In our time the emphasis is on autonomy and self-reliance. But I don’t think that is the essence of life.” Photography of this series: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read all the articles online 》
Often people ask me about the background of my photography, the style of my images and the deeper meaning of it all. Why is it the way it is? Well, I will lift a corner of the veil for you. I would say my work is strongly influenced by impressionism, naturalism and the Dutch Tachtigers movement. This last group was a gathering of young artists who proclaimed the principle of l’art pour l’art, so art for art’s sake. The group influenced Dutch artistic and political life during the 1890s. More specifically my work is inspired by the work of painter/etcher/photographer Willem …
Media: Volkskrant Publication date: Monday, October 8 About: After a cardiac arrest, which caused him to float between life and death, journalist Fokke Obbema goes in search of answers to that ancient question in the series Zin van het leven: what is the meaning of our existence? In this episode Fokke Obbema interviews A.L. Snijders, writer of Very Short Stories. “Life is absolutely meaningless, I’m sure of that.” Photography of this series: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read all the articles online 》
Media: ‘boon’ (now available in your local Albert Heijn store) Publication date: October, 2018 About: For in store magazine ‘boon’ of Albert Heijn I portrayed Roy Nanhekhan, founder of the heritage centre of Douwe Egberts Creative director: Ico van Rheenen Art director: Patrick Keeler Photography of this series: Jitske Schols
Media: Volkskrant Publication date: Monday, October 1 About: After a cardiac arrest, which caused him to float between life and death, journalist Fokke Obbema goes in search of answers to that ancient question in the series Zin van het leven: what is the meaning of our existence? In this episode Fokke Obbema interviews Sanneke de Haan, philosopher. But she can not answer his question. “The question is not right, it is misleading.” But how can life then be interpreted, Fokke Obbema wants to know from her. Photography of this series: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read all the article online 》
Media: Volkskrant Publication date: Monday September 24 About: After a cardiac arrest, which caused him to float between life and death, journalist Fokke Obbema goes in search of answers to that ancient question in the series Zin van het leven: what are we on earth? In this first episode Fokke Obbema interview Jan Geurtz, expert in Tibetan Buddhism. “Where is the ‘me’? In the body? In the mind? Is it an emotion?” Photography of this series: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read the article online 》
Media: Volkskrant | Zaterdag Publication date: Saturday September 22nd, 2018 About: Journalist Fokke Obbema who last year suddenly died for a moment and who is looking for the meaning of life now Photography of this series: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read the article online 》
Media: Zin magazine Publication date: September, 2018 About: Nelleke Noordervliet wrote the essay ‘Door met de strijd’ which will be available in your local (Dutch) bookstore by October. Noordervliet was asked to write the essay for the annual ‘Month of History’ which is the largest history event in the Netherlands, themed ‘Rebellion’ this year. Photography: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Website Maand van de Geschiedenis (Dutch only) 》
Yesterday, on 8 September 2018, Het Scheepvaartmuseum (The National Maritime Museum) opened the doors to its new exhibition MS Oranje | Changing course, putting the spotlight on the passenger ship Oranje. Today, eighty years after it was launched on 8 September 1938, this iconic ship with an eventful history still inspires awe. The Oranje has a fascinating story, having taken on various roles and guises during its lifetime. It was originally built as a luxurious passenger liner in the late 1930s, sailing between the Dutch East Indies and the Netherlands. It later served as a hospital ship during the Second …
Media: Het Parool Publication date: August 6, 2018 About: Police officer Frans van Gelderen gives a glimpse into his time as an infiltrator in the underworld. Van Gelderen sadly recently died. RIP dear Frans. Photography: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read the article (in Dutch) 》
Media: HOP! Publication date: July, 2018 About: For in store magazine HOP! of Albert Heijn I portrayed 10 master brewers of special beers in Holland and Belgium Creative director: Ico van Rheenen Art director: Patrick Keeler Photography of this series: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ View all 10 portraits of Master Brewers 》
I wouldn’t be a photographer now if I never started walking around with a camera. ‘While walking’ is an ongoing series of photo’s taken by me while walking, in this case in Napoli… MORE TO SEE ⬤ See the series #Napoli 》
Where: Istanbul, Mavi Cami (Blue Mosque) What: Abdest or wudu is the Islamic procedure for washing parts of the body, a type of ritual purification. It involves washing the hands, mouth, nostrils, arms, head and feet with water and is an important part of ritual purity in Islam. When: July 2010: throw back time!
Assigned by: The National Maritime Museum (Het Scheepvaartmuseum) Who: Vera Carasso and Michael Huijser, management of The National Maritime Museum What: The National Maritime Museum shows how our culture has been shaped by the sea. Stimulating, interactive exhibitions allow visitors to explore 500 years of maritime history. Photography: Jitske Schols
Let me share with you a story… It was March 5, 1889, and singer Anna Witsen, sister of the Dutch painter Willem Witsen, put an end to her life by drowning in the pond on the estate of Ewijckshoeve in Lage Vuursche, The Netherlands. This is the estate where I grew up. It is the place where my memories were born and where my first footprints were placed. Who was this young lady who drowned herself in the lake where we used to row carefree in an old boat made of zinc? In the 1880s Ewijckshoeve was the country residence …
From June 7 until July 22, Galerie Caroline O’Breen presents a duo exhibition by Maarten van Schaik and Jitske Schols. For both artists, the concept of memory and intuition plays an important role in their artistic expressions. ARTISTS Maarten van Schaik plays with the idea of anonymity and abandonment in his series Anonymous Contacts. His work is about intuition and alienation, but also about surrender. In the series Songs for Soprano, Jitske Schols tries to capture a certain feeling of duality she experience when reflecting on her past. She went back to the place she grew up and had a …
Media: Sigrid Kaag in Volkskrant Publication date: May 19, 2018 About: Sigrid Kaag as a top diplomat, traveled for a quarter of a century along various locations such as New York, Geneva, Beirut, Damascus and Jerusalem. Now she is back in The Netherlands as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. Text: Frank Hendrickx en Natalie Righton Photography: Jitske Schols MORE TO SEE ⬤ Read the interview online 》 ⬤ More Sigrid Kaag 》
Media: AD Magazine Publication date: May 19, 2018 About: Ever since Thierry Baudet (35) entered politics, he is a source of controversy. That will be no different after his new novel, which he himself describes as ‘very successful’. A spicy interview with Thierry Baudet. Text: Eefje Oomen Photography: Jitske Schols ⬤ More in AD Magazine 》 ⬤ More Thierry Baudet 》
Media: Het Parool Publication date: May 1, 2018 About: In Bestsellerboy, the second book by Mano Bouzamour (27), the protagonist lost contact with his parents after the publication of his debut novel. As happened to himself. “I had to stare at my fears.” Text: Marjolijn de Cocq Photography: Jitske Schols ⬤ Read the article 》
Media: Het Parool Publication date: April 21, 2018 About: With the eighth and final part of their Frieda Small series ‘The day of the dead’, writers’ duo Sean French and Nicci Gerrard say goodbye to the quirky protagonist who has controlled the ten past years of their lives. Text: Marjolijn de Cocq Photography: Jitske Schols
Media: Wordt Vervolgd, Amnesty International Publication date: April, 2018 About: The April issue is entirely dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Amnesty Netherlands. For this restyled magazine I portrayed it’s columnists Arnon Grunberg, Eduard Nazarski (director Amnesty International), Arend Hulshof (chief editor), Linda Polman and more ⬤ To Wordt Vervolgd 》
Organization: CPNB Publication date: March, 2018 About: The Month of History is the largest history event of the Netherlands. Together with hundreds of cultural, touristic, literary and media organizations CPNB brings history under the attention of millions of Dutch people. This year Dutch author Nelleke Noordervliet writes the corresponding essay with the current theme ‘revolution’ Photography: Jitske Schols ⬤ To the website of CPNB 》
Straight from my diary…
Media: HUMAN Magazine Publication date: March, 2018 About: Hugo Borst & Carin Gaemers, two warriors for better elderly care in the Netherlands Article by: Arjan Visser Photography: Jitske Schols ⬤ Read HUMAN Magazine 》
Media: Volkskrant | Zaterdag Publication date: March 17, 2018 About: Frits Bolkestein, his political life and his legacy for the Netherlands Article by: Frénk Van Der Linden, Pieter Webeling Photography: Jitske Schols ⬤ More Frits Bolkestein 》 ⬤ Read the article (in Dutch) 》
It took me the whole night, but now I have an official webshop online. The offered artworks are available in several sizes and finishes. Limited and open editions. You can pay via iDeal or bank transfer. The coming time I will finetune it and expand it with more work. Why not consider to give your love art for a special occasion. It will be for your own benefit too ;-)! Anyway, have a look and do not hesitate to share my brand new webshop with the world. ⬤ Visit my webshop 》
Also this year Dutch newspaper Het Parool received a nomination for World’s Best Design Newspaper, a prize that is awarded annually by the American Society for News Design foundation. In addition to that, Het Parool has already won two Awards of Excellence in the category ‘lifestyle cover story’. So proud that one of them is for a PS entry with portraits of Jan Cremer by me! ⬤ More about this online 》
Media: Het Parool Publication date: March 3, 2018 About: Former newsreader Noraly Beyer fulfills the role of the narrator during The Passion in ‘her’ Bijlmer this year. “The story of this neighborhood is similar to that of Jesus: both have risen from the dead.” Text: Roelf Jan Duin Photography: Jitske Schols ⬤ Read the article online 》
Media: Algemeen Dagblad | AD Magazine Publication date: March 3, 2018 About: Not every woman finds a man in time to have babies. And not every woman wants a man. Every year, more than two thousand brave singles choose to become mothers on their own. Text: Florien van Rees Interviews: Sanne van der Kolk Photography: Jitske Schols ⬤ The whole portrait series 》 ⬤ Read the article online 》
Media: Algemeen Dagblad | AD Magazine Publication date: March 3, 2018 About: The Flemish Griet Op de Beeck (44), author of four bestsellers is writer of this year’s ‘Boekenweekgeschenk’ Text: Cathérine van der Linden Photography: Jitske Schols ⬤ Read the article online (in Dutch) 》 ⬤ More Griet Op de Beeck 》
Very proud to be featured in Kiekie Magazine no. 21. In this issue you can also read an interview with portrait photographer Koos Breukel. Maxime Cardol takes you to Berlin, you’ll find an Instax diary of Berivan Cemal, and lots more. Please find your copy at Tommy’z Toko, Pakhuis de Zwijger, white label coffee, WORM Rotterdam, Fotoacademie and of course Fotolab Kiekie. To top this all off, some of my portraits are being exposed in Kiekie’s shop windows at this very moment. A big thank you to the best photolab in town! ⬤ Look at those shop windows 》 ⬤ Receive your copy of …
Media: Volkskrant | Zaterdag Publication date: February 24, 2018 About: Climate journalist Marcel Crok who is a prominent interpreter of the idea that climate change is not that bad. Article by: Maarten Keulemans Photography: Jitske Schols ⬤ Read the article (in Dutch) 》 ⬤ More Marcel Crok 》
Media: Het Parool Publication date: February 16, 2018 About: Singer-songwriter VanWyck about her first solo album which was released on January 19th, 2018. She’s accompanied on the album by the award-winning bass player and arranger Reyer Zwart, and singer Marjolein van der Klauw, whose silvery voice is the perfect counterbalance to VanWyck’s own darker tones. An Average Woman is about women who are visible and hidden, sacrificing and selfish, ordinary and magical, obligated and free. It’s about the mysteries lurking in the everyday. It’s about creating your own universe and your own sense of belonging – and stumbling along the way. In this debut album, VanWyck explores the …