Hellen van Meene

Hellen Van Meene
Born 1972 (age 43–44)
Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Education Gerrit Rietveld Academie
Known for Photography

Hellen van Meene (born 1972) is a Dutch photographer known especially for her portraits.

She was born in Alkmaar and became interested in photography very early after her mother gave her a camera at age 15.[1]

For her portraits, she most often approaches girls on the street. She chooses her subject matter by finding girls who" could be said to have ‘imperfect’ faces and 'flawed' bodies". She pre-visualizes the portrait but is open to improvisation.[1] The portraits bring out the "inherent grace in their changing faces and bodies."[2] She usually finds the girls in her hometown. She is also trying to capture some of the details of older homes in the area using them as backgrounds.[3]

Over the years, Van Meene has also turned to still lives, portraits of animals, and fashion photography.[4]

She has been featured on CNN,[5] TIME[6] and more. She is a sought after workshop leader[7] and has been commissioned to do projects by the Pump House to do a series on teenage mothers[8] and the New York Times commissioned her to travel to Japan to photograph Japanese girls.[9] She is represented by Yancey Ricardson Gallery.[10]

Monographs

References

  1. 1 2 "Sunday Salon » Hellen van Meene". Utata.org. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  2. ↑ "Hellen van Meene - Museum of Contemporary Photography". Mocp.org. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  3. ↑ "hellen van meene has photographed awkward adolescents for 20 years". i-D. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  4. ↑ Dazed. "Exploring one photographer’s fixation with girlhood". Dazed. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  5. ↑ "While some people may wish to forget these years, van Meene wants them preserved forever - CNN.com". CNN. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  6. ↑ Phil Bicker. "Animal Magic: Hellen van Meene Finds a New Path". TIME.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  7. ↑ "Hellen van Meene - 2-day Masterclass 2012 - Events - Photographers Live". Photographers-live.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  8. ↑ "Photography : Hellen Van Meene". Contemporary-magazines.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  9. ↑ "Tokyo Girls". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  10. ↑ "Yancey Richardson Gallery : Artists : Hellen van Meene". Yanceyrichardson.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
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