Bertien van Manen: "Paris Alice in Wonderland"

"The strange, irreal effect of combining photos with objects for me is a picture of the irreallity of the world we live in. The alterations of political situations, the restlessness caused by the current threats and changes, war, migration, terrorism but also consumption, TV, Internet, the speed of life, all these things make people forget who they are. And they make them cherish their family-photos..."

Bertien van Manen: Photographs of Photographs in Europe

Bertien van Manen, "Rome Fausto Coppio"

from the series: Photographs of photographs in Europe

by Bertien van Manen 2007

"In 2002 I started photographing photographs in parts of private interiors in Europe.
An interior is a metaphore for the inner being, showing in an unemphatical way the history, feelings, ideas and hopes of the inhabitants. The interior is a cocoon or a shell, that people build to keep their dreams in."