a good life

This project is very close to my heart.

The people I photographed here have a special place in my life. Not because I know them well.

But because they were very gracious and opened up their hearts and shared lot’s of very precious moments with me.

I  had one question for them. I did not tell them the question beforehand.

I asked after they had sat down and settled in.

“What would you consider to be the essence of a good life?”

“To reach my fullest potential, to be in my heart space, working towards the completion of my karmic cycle, sweetness, free choice to be what I want”,

were among the many answers I got.

In my approach I wanted to show them in a state of contented peacefulness, creating in the viewer the wish to one day get into a similar state of mind.

The posing includes their hands and I aimed to recreate gestures that have commonly recognizable meaning.

This project was featured in a 2019 exhibition at the C7 gallery in Mannheim.