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 》

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 …