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Sanne Derks

Photographer
   
Consolation
Location: Arnhem, The Netherlands / Havana, Cuba
Nationality: Dutch
Biography: Sanne Derks (b. 1979) is a documentary photojournalist and anthropologist from the Netherlands, mainly focusing on social issues in Latin-America and Spain. Themes include climate-change resilience, water- housing and human-rights. She holds a... MORE
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Consolation
Copyright Sanne Derks 2024
Date of Work Oct 2019 - Dec 2019
Updated Dec 2019
Topics Documentary, Health/Healing, Illness, Photography
CONSOLATION
What at first seemed some innocent inconveniences of the human body, turned into a scenario of life or death. Unexpectedly my partner got the message he had a tumour in his small intestine. Both me and my partner suddenly entered an acute existential crisis, a trajectory of hospital examinations, numerous inadequate thoughts, worries, fears and insecurities. In search for consolation I started to photograph him during this process. The camera helped me to look with a different eye and construct something beautiful out of all pain and difficulty. In nature and small gestures we found comfort and relief from our disastrous minds. It helped us gain a better grip on the situation, paradoxally, as we learned that illness and fate can hit randomly and is beyond our control.
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