E-mail photography@maudfernhout.com
phone +316 10 59 23 23
Nederlands / English
ABOUT
Dutch 28yo with a background in psychology and anthropology (University College Utrecht) and photography (KASK, Gent), currently living and working in Amsterdam, attending Fotoacademie (Graduate 2024). Resident at TREEHOUSE (NDSM).
In my work, I try to get as close as possible to both others and myself in an attempt to capture life’s intensity and fleetingness as honestly as I can. A lover at heart, there is a romantic touch to everything I do, and I use whatever medium feels right for the project at hand.
Where some might see the current overload and quickness of imagery as a threat to the art of photography, I see it as a new way of engaging with the medium and use it to my advantage, making volatility and elusiveness key themes in my work. In an age where people are increasingly visually literate and have a camera on them at all times, taking and sharing photos becomes a performative act; a phenomenon that my work both exposes and exaggerates.
PUBLICATIONS (selection)
A TITLE (US), APLUS MAGAZINE (US), ATTN (US), BUZZFEED (US), DAILYMAIL (UK), DER SPIEGEL (DE), FOTOGRAFIE (NL), FOTOGRAM (NL), HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW (FR), INSIDER (AS), KNACK (BE), LINDA (NL), METRO (NL+UK), PAROOL (NL), RTL NIEUWS (NL), TABI LABO (JP), YES! MAGAZINE (US), ZEITJUNG (DE), Hp de tijd (nl), marketingtribune (nl), fotolab Kiekie (nl), pf (nl)
EXHIBITIONS
(upcoming) 2025 Wunderships @ ndsm fuse (amsterdam)
2025 “voor alles een laatste keer” - solo exhibition @ pexpo (amsterdam)
2024 graduation exhibition FOTOACADEMIE @ westergasterrein (AMSTERDAM)
2024 WOMEN IN ART @ DE HALLEN (AMSTERDAM)
(muze for Marike Hoex)
2022 YOUNG ART EXPO @ SISSI’S (AMSTERDAM)
2022 FIDAE (GENT)
2021 ICARUS FESTIVAL @ DE CEUVEL (AMSTERDAM)
2018 TEDXVIENNA @ STATE OPERA (VIENNA)
2017 DWARSLOPERS @ TIVOLI VREDENBURG (UTRECHT)
2017 GENDERSHOW @ OSTADE (AMSTERDAM)
2015 FOTOPRIJS EXPOSITIE @ FOTOGRAM (AMSTERDAM)
TEDx
TEDx Talk about the psychology behind stereotypes, in relation to my series “What ‘Real’ Men Cry Like” and “What ‘Real’ Women Laugh Like” (2015). Talk at TEDxVienna in 2018. Watch here.