Irene Wijnmaalen

Irene Wijnmaalen created a complementary selection of richly historicized photographs. Fascinated by the Golden Age era of portraiture, she has used this aesthetic to express the dichotomy of purity and corruption behind female portraiture. Although the works' chromatic filters rest on opposite ends of the spectrum, each young woman is engaged in the same story, and it is not a story of Jekyll and Hyde. Her colored photographs show young women in real life with refined, contemporary details; however, it is through keen observation that the wolf is sometimes dressed in sheep's clothing. She does not demonize her models but rather places them as travelers in the middle of a “pause”. Everyone has a struggle in life whether they are running from something or running after something.