A true dream job: I was commissioned to shoot a triptych of the highlights of Museum Voorlinden. I created a visualization of the visitor’s experience within these artworks.

For James Turrell’s Skyspace I chose to bring the sky literally down to their feet, allowing you to find yourself with your head in the clouds (a nod to the cloudy skies of Rene Magritte). For the occasion, we crafted a giant cloud made from cotton and suspended it in the Skyspace.

The second image visualizes the sensation one experiences while immersing oneself in the overwhelming artwork Open Ended by Richard Serra. The image evokes a deliberate sense of disorientation, a detachment from conventional notions of space, distance and time. As you engage with this colossal corten steel sculpture, weighing 216 tons, the viewer may sense subtle dizziness, a felling of literally merging into the artwork.

The third image captures the playful yet disorienting experience of Leandro Erlich’s Swimming Pool. In this artwork, where reality and illusion gently collide, we introduced a cascade of real water, thrown toward the model in rhythmic bursts. The result is a moment suspended between two worlds: the suggestion of being submerged without ever truly diving in. Just as Erlich’s pool blurs the boundaries between above and below, the image invites you to question what is solid, what is liquid, and what is simply perception.

CLIENT
Museum Voorlinden

PHOTOGRAPHY & CONCEPT
Anne Claire de Breij

STYLING
Alexandra Vilcov

MUAH
Christel Man

PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT
Hyung Balkema

RETOUCH
DOG Postproduction

MODELS