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Series Overview
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Is This The Poem I Promised You?
In his enigmatic photo series This is the poem I promised you, Dutch fine art photographer Richard Westerhuis subtly portrays the concept of domesticity. -
Colorful People
In the Colorful People series, Richard Westerhuis experiments with colored light in different colours. The color determines the mood of the photo. Can we look beyond color? -
Powerful Fragility
In Powerful Fragility Richard Westerhuis did not place his models in graceful poses; he let them choose a pose in which they feel safe and secure. An attitude that felt natural to them, but which at the same time also looks powerful and vulnerable. -
Through the second skin
In Through The Second Skin Richard Westerhuis makes painfully clear how much we need to shield ourselves in order to escape the bombardment of information in our society in order to stay with ourselves. -
Back Buttocks Stool
Back Buttocks Stool is a crossing of traditional ideas about portrait photography, because the face is missing. The series also raises questions about vulnerability. -
Rubber Identity
In Rubber Identity, the models' hair is covered with a vintage bathing cap: a relic from a bygone era with flowers and studs. A time when progress and social liberation clashed with the demands of conformed behavior, strict social norms and tradition. -
Whanganui
In Whanganui Westerhuis investigates the vulnerable relationship between man and nature. Despite the fact that we desperately need the water for our survival, seas and rivers are becoming more and more polluted by human behavior. -
Perpetual Stillness
In this series Richard Westerhuis explores the boundaries between traditional portraiture and contemporary portrait photography. The portraits are made in the traditional Dutch tradition, but with an original contemporary twist.
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Exhibitions & Art Fairs
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Rotterdam Photo Fair 2022 XL
PLANET HUMAN X THE HUMAN BLUEPRINT 18 - 22 May 2022Richard's artwork THE BLUES from the series 'Is This The Poem I Promised You?' can be seen during Rotterdam Photo XL 2022. Rotterdam Photo is an annual photo fair with... -
Exhibition BBA Gallery Berlin
BBA Artist Prize 2022 Exhibition - THE BLUES and THIN LINE - Kühlhaus Berlin 2 - 19 June 2022We are pleased to confirm that 2 works of Richard have been selected to be part of the BBA Artist Prize 2022 Exhibition namely THE BLUES and THIN LINE. The...
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‘Is This The poem I Promised You?’
Artbook with stories from Abdelkader Benali, Martin Michael Driessen, Arnon Grunberg, Sanneke van Hassel, Paul van Tongeren and Annelies Verbeke.
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News & Insights
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LAUNCHING ‘IS THIS THE POEM I PROMISED YOU?’ AT KUNSTRAI 2022
NEW ART PHOTO SERIES AND BOOK OF THE EVENT BY RICHARD WESTERHUISDuring the VIP evening of KunstRAI 2022 on Wednesday 13 April, the complete photo series 'Is This The Poem I Promised You?' will be presented for the first time in... -
Winner Chelsea International Photography Competition
Yellow Dress from the serie 'Is This The Poem I Promised You?' has been selected by the competition jurors of the Chelsea International Photography Competition to the exhibition that will... -
'Everything that could be' in six works of art
Gallery Viewer | Manuela KlerkxAs I strolled along the Amsterdam’s canals this morning, I listened to an interview with the Flemish poet, writer, playwright and co-curator of the 2021 edition of the Kunstenfestival Watou,...
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