honorable mention
Lansink Margaret netherlands
title
Borders of Nothingness
From this series Lansink produced an exhibition of 18 Black & White images in different sizes (9xA4 & 6xA3 & 3xA2) and a handmade leporello containing 32 images. All images were taken in Japan during a six week artist residence in August-September 2017. Margaret Lansink uses different analog camera’s: Mamya 7II, Leica M6 and Contax t2 and different films: Kodak TMax 400, Tri-X 400 and Ilford 3200.
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entry description
In the infinite flow of everything, people come and go in our lives. While the presence of some can be so subtle that we hardly register when it begins or ends, with others it’s far clearer: they enter, or leave, with a bang. In her delicate and powerful series of black and white images, Margaret dwells in the emotional state of transition between knowing and not knowing another person. In reaction to her daughter’s decision to suspend contact with her, Lansink uses the camera to feel out the sense of severing a connection. She photographs landscapes and nude women, often rendered mysterious or unreadable, seemingly asking: is this the moment you were gone? Borders of Nothingness raises heavy questions regarding the presence and absence of other in our lives, engaging with our sense of loss as well as the everyday miracle of making the acquaintance of another.From this series Lansink produced an exhibition of 18 Black & White images in different sizes (9xA4 & 6xA3 & 3xA2) and a handmade leporello containing 32 images. All images were taken in Japan during a six week artist residence in August-September 2017. Margaret Lansink uses different analog camera’s: Mamya 7II, Leica M6 and Contax t2 and different films: Kodak TMax 400, Tri-X 400 and Ilford 3200.
about the photographer
Margaret received a BA from the PhotoAcademy in Amsterdam. She also participated the year-long program of LeMasterklass of Klavdij Sluban and Nestan Nijaradze in Paris. In the past years she has exhibited her work in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Leiden, Vancouver, New York, Arles, UK, Lithuania, Japan and in her old hometown of Oldenzaal. Her work has been awarded the Dutch New Talent 2013, the Big Print Photo contest Amsterdam in 2015, Bronze Star Award for fine art book at ND Awards in 2016. In 2018 her series ‘Borders of Nothingness was part of @FOTOFILMIC18 Shortlist show and of Reclaim Photography Festival Wolverhampton UK. In 2016 she has been rewarded with an AIR of the Kaunas Gallery in Lithuania and in 2017 of Shiro Oni Studio in Japan; both for her on-going project ‘the Art of Empathy’, which book will be released in 2019 in collaboration with Kaunas Gallery. Additionally, she often coaches young photographers in developing their signature and portfolio.back to gallery