Series, 2024 to 2026
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About
I grew up in a fishing town and came to photography through newspapers. Most of my series take a year or more: I go back until people stop noticing the camera.
I shoot on film and one lens, in available light. Commissions for editorial, annual reports and campaigns that want real people at real work.
Clients
Het Noorderblad
Newspaper
Portraits and reportage since 2021.
Harbour Authority
Annual report
Two winters on the night shift.
Noord Dance Company
Season campaign
Rehearsal photographs for three seasons.
Kiln Magazine
Editorial
Food and craft stories across the Netherlands.
Awards
Silver Lens Award
Shortlist · 2025
Daily life series, for Small Boats.
Portrait Prize
Winner · 2024
For a portrait of a crane driver at 4 am.
Exhibitions
Small Boats
Rotterdam · 2026
Group show at a gallery on the Witte de Withstraat.
On now
Night Shift
Antwerp · 2025
Prints and a short film, in a former grain silo.
“Ilse is the only photographer our crew forgot was there.”
Jan de Boer, skipper, Urk
Work together.
Editorial, annual reports and campaigns with real people at real work. Tell me the story and the timing, and I’ll reply within two days.
Editorial
Day rates for newspapers and magazines, with travel across Europe.
Commercial
Annual reports and campaigns, quoted per project.
Prints
Signed prints in editions of 15, from €350.
Based in
Rotterdam, CET. Happy to travel.