Carla van der Puttelaar répond à mes questions

Carla van der Puttelaar est née en 1967 aux Pays-Bas.Photographe internationale, elle a obtenu de nombreux prix.Habituée en France à participer à Paris Photo, elle a participé également au DFoto de San Sébastian, à Art Paris et bien encore. Elle vit et travaille à Amsterdam.
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La nudité amène une approche du bas vers le haut des effets. Des rides peuvent être vues clairement, aussi bien que des marques plus temporelles, telles les contusions ou l'impression des sous-vêtements dans la peau. Elles augmentent l'intimité de l'image, la chargeant de tension. La distance est créée en premier lieu par l'utilisation de la couleur. Souvent, la peau aura un regard de porcelaine, sensible, fragile. La couleur crée également une sensation sculpturale, élaborée par la lumière et encadrée de compositions.

In her photographic work, Carla van de Puttelaar wants to emphasize personality, vulnerability and intimate eroticism, as well as distance and, sometimes, alienation.
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1° Which was your initial formation?
[Carla van de Puttelaar] I attended the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. This is the Art Academy in Amsterdam. I also went to the Rijksacademie for a 3 month work period when I was nominated for the Prix de Rome.

2°What apprehended photography? Why to have chosen this one to express your feelings?

[Carla van de Puttelaar] Photographie is the ultimate way to express what I like. I can just catch the right moment and use the focus of the camera to decide on what I want to highlight.

3° You work primarily with enigmatic, sensual catches of sight. Why? Have you to it feeling which your color translates what you want to show?
[Carla van de Puttelaar] I want to show the beauty of women. The color and light are very important to me. They enhance the delicacy and intimacy of the photo.

4° Your characters are very erotic and poetric. What is what influenced you?
[Carla van de Puttelaar] I am mostly influenced by Dutch and Flemish painting, like Vermeer and Van Eyck, but also by artists like Munch and Utamaro.


5° How work your subjects? How are the settings in scene carried out?
[Carla van de Puttelaar] I do not have a specific plan. I need the right light and the right model to photograph and then look what would be interesting and beautiful to catch in a photo.

6° Work on the skin, the texture of the body are essential in your work. Why? How choose you to it framing, the light?
[Carla van de Puttelaar] I am very much fascinated by the skin. The skin shows a lot about ourselves. Some marks like scars will remain visible in the skin and others like goose flesh will only be there for a few moments. The skin is a landscape of time. I am very specific about the composition, everything must be right. I am always seaching for perfection.

7° You were exposed in France with the MEP. Which projects currently have in France? And abroad?
[Carla van de Puttelaar] I just had a group exhibtion at the gallery of my French gallerist Esther Woerdehoff in Paris. And now I have an exhibition in Belgium in Stavelot and in the Netherlands. I have also been represented at several fairs like: Artparis, Paris Photo, Art Cologne, Dfoto, Art Brussels and Photo London.

Thank you with you to answer.
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[Carla van de Puttelaar] Thanks to you as well! Best regards, Carla