Fathers and daughters

These portraits are about father-daughter relationships. It is an essay on my search for a woman’s special bond with her father. The similarity and contrast between people who are closely related yet of the opposite sex hold a certain intensity, which I tried to convey in my photographs.

For each portrait, the daughter chose a location based on her memories. The background and how father and daughter pose together resulted in the following images.

The portraits were made in the Netherlands between 1997-1999 and exhibited at the Melkweg photo gallery, Amsterdam in 2000 curated by Suzanne Dechert. The prints for the exhibition were made possible through the support of the Josine de Bruyn Kops foundation.