MOLEN, Awoiska van der - Blanco

"Awoiska VAN DER MOLEN has been producing monochrome landscape photography since 2009.

‘Blanco’ is the result of extended periods of isolation, during which the Dutch photographer penetrates deep into the essence of the remote world where she creates her images.

Removed from today’s fast-paced society, she patiently experiences the landscape in a new way, moving beyond initial appearances to gradually uncover the identity of the place,
allowing it to impress upon her its specific emotional and physical qualities.
Through enigmatic contrasts between darkness and light in her large-format silver gelatin prints, notions of time and self blur, becoming non-existent. (...)
‘Blanco’ is Awoiska VAN DER MOLEN’s second publication, following the much celebrated photo book ‘Sequester‘" (publisher's note, © Fw: books)

“Spending long periods of time in solitude in remote landscapes, Awoiska VAN DER MOLEN slowly uncovers the identity of the place, allowing it to impress upon her its specific emotional and physical qualities. 
Using her personal experience within the landscape for her creative process, she instinctively searches for a state of being in which the boundary between herself and her surroundings blur.”
(© Anna Dannemann, The Photographers’ Gallery | Deutsche Borse Photography Foundation Prize 2017)