HUNGRY EYE FAIR FOCUS

MEET & GREET

Connect. Converse. Be Inspired.

Hungry Eye Fair offers a unique opportunity to meet and engage directly with over 50 independent photographers each day—ranging from emerging voices to established names, across genres from fine art to documentary and beyond.

Whether you're a collector, curator, fellow artist, or simply curious, this is your chance to dive into meaningful conversations, exchange ideas, and build connections within the vibrant world of contemporary photography.

An extraordinary facet of the fair, come experience it for yourself.

EXHIBITING WORK FROM 200 PHOTOGRAPHERS

INDEPENDENT PHOTOGRAPHERS

Hungry Eye Fair continues its commitment to spotlighting bold and independent voices in photography.

Following successful past editions in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, this year’s fair places an even stronger emphasis on independent talent, with about 200 photographers presenting their work. It is our motto: “Past, Present, Future”.

By bringing together vintage archival prints, acclaimed artists working in the 20th and 21st centuries, contemporary photographers and new young talents, our mission is to celebrate photography and print across generations and genres.

We recognise the challenges many artists face in gaining visibility within the art world. By offering this platform, Hungry Eye Fair aims to support and amplify emerging photographers, helping them take the next steps in their creative and professional journeys.

AMSTERDAM-NOORD

NEW VENUE:
DE KROMHOUTHAL

This year, Hungry Eye Fair takes place in the vibrant and fast-evolving creative hub of Amsterdam-Noord, at the beautifully raw and versatile venue De Kromhouthal.

Located just a one-stop metro ride and walk from Amsterdam Central Station, the space offers an open, industrial charm, flooded with natural light and surrounded by dynamic studios, cafés, and cultural initiatives.

This inspiring setting provides the perfect backdrop for Hungry Eye Fair to present works by approximately 200 photographers, offering visitors a fresh, immersive experience at the intersection of photography, art, and independent expression.

ALIENATING INTIMACY

MARIA BODIL

Maria Bodil is a creative duo born from the artistic communion of Lieve Maria Eek and Marthe Bodil Vos. Their shared vision has developed into a distinct and unique visual language: Maria Bodil’s images are sharp and experimental, characterised by strong colours and bold graphic compositions, pushing the limits of photography at the intersection of design, film and new digital media.

Simplicity and abstraction melt to create a visual experience that will challenge the viewer to question reality, and to inhabit that liminal and apparently contradictory space between intimacy and alienation.

At Hungry Eye Fair, they will present the multi-media and interdisciplinary “BODY” series, a fresh, exciting and innovative project blending photography, personal intuition, AI, analogue printing techniques and artistic manipulations to create fragmented, distorted, intimate and vulnerable images.

INSIDE THE HAZE AND FOG OF MEMORIES

NINA HAUBEN

Not many can accomplish what Nina Hauben seems to do so effortlessly and fascinatingly: portray the very matter of dreams and memories; the precarity of personal perception and experience; the fullness and emptiness of the act of remembering.

An Amsterdam-based photographer, she explores the medium as a tool for self-discovery and awareness. In doing so, she creates a visual language that is able to translate into her images the essence of experiences, feelings, emotions and embodied existence.

The viewer becomes her companion in this endless journey, through hazy and foggy encounters: her work unfolds in phases, offering a reflective space to return to, with each series revealing subtle shifts in perspective over time—an eternal unearthing of buried memories.

HUNGRY EYE AMSTERDAM TALENT 2026

ROOS PELTENBURG

Roos Peltenburg’s photographic endeavours are strongly influenced by fashion: its creative possibilities, but also its limitations. She explores the tension between the physical body and the shapes imposed by clothing, revealing the dichotomy between expressive freedom and bodily confinement.

Peltenburg combines images and new shapes by merging photography and other creative techniques such as collage, to form uncanny proportions and unexpected compositions.

In her work, she unveils the malleability and ductility of our self-image, perception and identity, discovering the power of metamorphosis and change against the caging desire for control and perfection.

At Hungry Eye Fair, she will exhibit her outstanding work as a Talent, and will present her work to the national and international stage.

ICONS AND INTIMACY

MICHEL HADDI

Michel Haddi has spent decades capturing cultural legends - Tupac Shakur, David Bowie, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Angelina Jolie - through a lens that sees beyond glamour. His portraits reveal a deeper fascination with identity, beauty, and the passage of time.

Raised between Paris and London with Algerian roots, Haddi’s life story is inseparable from his artistic vision. His work moves fluidly between fashion, portraiture, and cinematic narrative—always infused with raw emotion and elegant control. He captures fleeting vulnerability within performance, offering images that linger.

Now based between London and Los Angeles, Haddi continues to create, publish, and revisit his expansive archive.

A curated selection of his iconic work will be on view at Hungry Eye Fair, alongside a rare opportunity to meet the artist in person. Don’t miss the chance to engage with one of photography’s most enduring voices.

LINGERING ON THE BLUR OF FANTASY AND REALITY

J.D.

J.D.’s photographs blend documentary and fiction, reflecting his unique approach to transforming ambivalent emotions and impressions into a visual landscape of his inner world.

His images are personal and authentic: intentionally blurry and dreamlike, they are distinguished by abstraction, vibrant colour, and meticulously balanced compositions.

Through his signature style and approach to photography, his work explores themes such as solitude, alienation, disconnection, fear, consumerism, and the overstimulation caused by media in contemporary society, with a delicate balance between confusion and lucidity.

LIGHT AND RHYTHM

NADINE REULINGS

Nadine Reulings is a Dutch fine-art photographer whose artistic work and inspiration rely on rhythm, atmosphere and emotion.

The body becomes a sculptural entity: skin, texture, form, and body language animate a movement whose purpose is to open up multiple meanings. Her pictures are moments of transition, suspended in time and space, frozen halfway—carrying the tension of unfolding gestures.

Through composition and carefully controlled light, Reulings creates images that reveal just enough to hold attention, while leaving space for something unresolved.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF OPPOSITES

IVAR SCHUTTE

Ivar Schutte is a versatile photographer whose work spans portraiture, documentary research and fine art photography.

His work is driven by aesthetic, as well as social and philosophical sensitivity: in all his projects, he moves between vulnerability and strength, closeness and distance, in search of moments where the personal and the collective touch.

What does his camera capture? In every shot, with acuteness and delicacy, Ivan Schutte puts in the foreground the care and sensitivity needed to create a real, deep, genuine connection with its subject(s)

HUNGRY EYE’S DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH:

WILLIAM ERNULT

A formidable and breathtaking photographic talent, William Ernult has just started his photographic career, but has already left a mark that, we are positive, will influence art enthusiasts worldwide, across generations

Innovatively and brilliantly fusing photography and fashion, his conceptual images create an immersive world rich in symbolism, physicality and light, turning intense emotions into a fierce yet gentle visual language.

His contemplative artistic universe explores themes such as identity, solitude, and self-representation through a cinematic fine-art lens that will leave you mesmerised.

KIEKIE ACADEMY

COACHING SESSIONS

Professional growth is at the heart of the 1-on-1 speed coaching sessions with Denise Woerdman.

In short, focused conversations, you’ll receive personalized advice to help clarify and communicate your artistic voice, whether you're just starting out or already more experienced.

Do you want to develop a stronger artistic identity and become more visible as an artist?
In this exclusive 1:1 speed coaching session, you’ll get instantly actionable insights from expert Denise Woerdman. Within just 30 minutes, she’ll help you find the words and strategy to tell your story with confidence and show up visibly online.

Denise is a specialist in artist positioning, visual storytelling and content strategy. With years of experience guiding image-makers in the art world, she brings clarity, courage and concrete steps to help you move forward.

What to expect:

• Guidance on how to define and express your Artist DNA

• Strategic tips to build a visible and authentic presence online

• Feedback on your About Me, artist statement or Instagram profile

• Practical steps to position yourself clearly for open calls, clients or press

• Concrete steps to optimize your sales strategy

This is your chance to ask anything, get expert feedback, and move forward with clarity.

Note: only 7 spots available

SHOW YOUR WORK

PORTFOLIO REVIEWS

At Hungry Eye Fair we want to give every aspiring photographer the chance to grow.
Show your work to professionals in the field and get a unique opportunity to get personal feedback from them.

Follow us on our social channels for updates on reviewer announcements and booking openings.
Secure your spot via the link below.

TICKETS

Do not lose your opportunity!
Get a ticket to Hungry Eye Fair: come to meet the artists and the Hungry Eye team in person!

• VIP TICKET: 75€ p.p (limited availability)
• Pre-Sale Day Ticket (ends August 15, 12:00): 15€
• Regular Day Ticket: 20€
• Students: 12,50€ (at desk only)

PHOTOBOOK SALES

BOOKMARKET

During Hungry Eye Fair, dive into the world of photobooks, from freshly printed editions to hidden vintage treasures. This year’s Bookmarket brings together a curated selection of independent publishers, offering a wide range of titles that reflect the diversity and depth of contemporary photography.
Whether you’re searching for a signed collector’s item, a publication by your favourite artist, or a surprise discovery from a name you’ve yet to learn, there’s something waiting to be found.
The Bookmarket is open during all fair hours and can be accessed with a valid Hungry Eye Fair entry ticket.
Browse, connect, and take a piece of the fair home with you, one page at a time.

Are you an independent photographer interested in showcasing your photobook at the Bookmarket?
We welcome submissions. Please reach out to us via the button below.

We’ve partnered with a selection of curated hotels across Amsterdam to make your stay as comfortable and inspiring as the fair itself.
From stylish design hotels to cosy boutique stays, each location offers easy access to the venue and the vibrant surroundings of Amsterdam-Noord. Whether you’re after waterfront views, creative interiors, or quiet comfort, there’s a perfect match for your taste and budget.

Visit our Hotels section to explore the full list and book directly using a special discount code, exclusively for Hungry Eye Fair visitors.

“THE EYE ALTERING ALTERS ALL”

JAN HENDRIK SMEENGE

Jan Hendrik Smeenge is a Dutch visual artist whose multidisciplinary practice centres on perception, reality and the subtle ways we experience the world: as he said, “I find the world to be one vast snapshot paradise.”

His photographs have a unique poetic, communicative and evocative power: they reveal how the world appears to his mind’s eye.

“If there is one idea I hope my work leaves with each viewer, it is this: the way we perceive the world shapes the reality we experience. For, as William Blake had it, ‘The Eye Altering Alters All.’”

THE PLAYFULNESS OF WILDLIFE

ILSE KOKS

Movement, light, and abstraction are the elements that make Ilse Koks’s photographs a site of wonder, curiosity and playfulness, as wildlife is depicted in its most colourful and sensational aspects.

Using techniques such as intentional camera movement and underexposure, she has developed her own distinctive visual style, while sharing with the viewer a feeling of deep communion and connection with nature.

In the constant shifting movements of the natural world and its wildlife, you will find yourself amazed and filled with childlike wonder and adrenaline, as well as with empathy and care towards every being on this planet.

THE MASKS OF OUR IDENTITIES

ROBIN MALATEK

Robin Malatek is a Czech fine art photographer working at the intersection of conceptual photography, symbolic portraiture and performative fashion aesthetics.

The project IDENTITY explores psychological transformation through sculptural masks, ritualised gestures and cinematic visual language. The work investigates the instability of identity and the fragile tension between visibility, concealment and memory.

CONTEMPORARY ANTIQUES

ANOUK KLEERMAEKER

Anouk De Kleermaeker creates contemporary still lifes that feel quiet, attentive, nostalgic and soulful, characterising her subjects with a timeless quality and atmosphere.

Each of her images is carefully composed with unique objects, colours, backgrounds, and materials. They feel nostalgic and endless, but somehow timeless. Inspired by the Old Dutch Masters, she employs the camera almost as a brush, and creates pictures whose texture, light balance and diffused atmosphere seem to come from a painter’s palette.

MAGRITTE’S SURREALISM? NEVER OUT OF STYLE

PETRA MWARO

Petra Mwaro-Jansen is a Dutch conceptual photographer whose work is influenced by surrealism, symbolism and fashion imagery. Her photography focuses on atmosphere, visual tension and the transformation of ordinary subjects into dreamlike scenes.

Cinematic and minimalistic compositions stream out of the combination of fine art influences with contemporary photography: with a Magrittean taste and sensitivity, she aims to challenge our empirical preconceptions and assumptions, presenting us with a surrealistic, deconstructed and anti-intuitive reality.

THE JOURNEY TOWARDS SELF-ACCEPTANCE

JULIE ATTALLAH

Julie Attallah’s photography explores the raw beauty of womanhood through a sensory and intimate lens. Her work captures moments where skin, softness, and emotion meet, inviting the viewer to feel rather than simply see.

Her journey began through self-portraiture, as a way to shift her gaze from criticism to love. She discovered the transformative power of photography as a tool for healing, self-acceptance, and embodiment. Today, her work continues to reflect that process: an exploration of intimacy, vulnerability, and the beauty of being fully seen and deeply felt.

THE SOFTNESS OF FRAGILITY

AUDREY PAQUES

Audrey Paques is a Dutch fine art photographer whose work explores the fragile space between disappearance and becoming. Through blurred, layered imagery and atmospheric portraiture, she creates photographs that feel more like memories than documentation.

Her showcased project, “Elénouée”, dwells in states of in-betweenness where identity remains fluid, boundaries soften, and presence is constantly shifting, inviting the viewer into a contemplative world where memory, perception and selfhood gently unfold.

FROM OUR VINTAGE COLLECTION

ATZE HAYTSMA

Atze Haytsma was a Dutch photographer, sculptor and poet whose work is defined by an unwavering dedication to figurative art and an unending quest for beauty.

Born in 1929, he approached the arts only later in life: this allowed him to express himself with more security, confidence and maturity, without being deceived by fleeting aesthetic trends.

His inspired research for beauty—which he pursued both through photography and poetry—made him curious about his contemporaries’ artistic work, as he engaged especially with the COBRA movement, but without losing his own creative focus and distinct language.

He was particularly fascinated by the seamless lyricism of the female body, and his nudes are some of the most complex, contorted and uncanny depictions of female sensuality.

A PHOTOGRAPHIC STAGE

CHLOÉ CHANTE LEENHEER

The theatrical and dramaturgical magic of Chloé Chanté’s pictures will transport you into a world where playfulness, improvisation, intuitiveness and dialogue are the perfect recipe for sincere and emotional portraits.

The essentiality of every moment exists in a vacuum in time: that’s where her photographs are born. She is the director of a drama: the stage is hers, and she puts on a show of breathtaking clarity and elegance.

By immersing herself in the rawness and unpredictability of human connection, she gives life to an incredibly authentic, fresh and breathtaking portraiture and photography style.

FROM VINTAGE TO CONTEMPORARY

BARRY KORNBLUH

During the early 1970s, Kornbluh began photographing while pursuing a degree in Art History. He moved to New York in 1977 and studied photography with Lisette Model who guided him towards a personal and intuitive style. During the 1980s, he worked in the archive of Magnum Photos and later freelanced as assistant to Elliott Erwitt, Susan Meiselas and Paul Fusco. Soon he was taking on his own assignments which included photographing the New York jazz scene as well as making portraits of literary and art world notables. However, his personal work remained at the forefront.

In the 1990s, Kornbluh moved to Amsterdam, where his poetic images of family and friends captured in grainy black & white took on new importance. In 2006, he joined Kahmann Gallery and would soon gain recognition for his dark and dreamy nudes and atmospheric landscapes. Although Kornbluh is a master of analogue photography, he has recently embraced the digital printing of his work allowing him to produce images in large formats.

STOCKINGS OF COLOUR AND BRIGHNTESS

KETOMA

KetoMa is a contemporary photographer working across artistic, commercial, and fashion photography.

With a refined balance between craftsmanship and multi-modal artistic experimentation, her work explores the intersection of narrative, emotion, and visual transformation, focusing on individuality and the poetic and painterly potential of the photographic image.

This series, presented at the Hungry Eye Fair, explores the body through color, pattern, and form, challenging conventional rules of portraiture and visual perception.

FOOD & DRINKS

HUNGRY EYE BAR

We understand all this great photography makes you hungry. That’s why, at Hungry Eye Fair, you can enjoy a nice bite to refuel for your next portion of art.
Together with Door Open Space we created a tasty menu to complete your experience at the fair.

Interested in visiting the fair with a (business) group?
We offer arrangements, including a tour and a drink. Want to know more? Click below.

PAPER SHELTER

ALINA ARASLANOVA

Alina Araslanova is a Ukrainian-born, Austria-based visual artist and conceptual photographer. Through carefully constructed imagery and symbolic visual language, Araslanova investigates the fragile boundary between inner emotional states and external reality.

“Paper Shelter” is a photographic series created in the shadow of the war in Ukraine. It reflects on the lived experience of the artist’s older child: an adolescence shaped by displacement—the loss of home, school, and familiar structures, and the quiet rupture of forced migration; and it traces the movement from self-protection and isolation toward acceptance, embodied presence, and the recognition of identity, femininity, and desire.

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BREATHLESS ELEGANCE

NATHALIE ROZÉ

Nathalie Rozé’s photography is a masterful exploration of atmosphere, texture, and emotion. Her work effortlessly bridges the gap between reality and dreamscape, using light and shadow to craft cinematic, deeply evocative narratives that linger in the mind of the viewer.

With a keen eye for subtle details and a unique ability to capture the profound beauty in quiet, fleeting moments, her imagery resonates with a timeless, poetic elegance.

FEMININE GRACE

IRINA DZHUL

Irina Dzhul is a Ukrainian fine art photographer based in Amsterdam. Her photographs stem from a careful, meticulous, and handmade study of subject, decor and locations.

Her creative inspiration is focused on the feminine universe and energy: delicate yet fierce, elegant yet reckless, balanced yet unpredictable.

Her professional expertise and artistic intuition create complex, evocative, and soulful pictures which aim at capturing the meeting point of the human spirit and the living world.

DUST, POWER, FIERCENESS: RODEO

JANUS VAN DEN EIJNDED

Janus van den Eijnden is a Dutch photographer and visual artist. What distinguishes his practice is the seamless balance between his classical photographic sensibility and the innovative potential of AI. Whether created with a camera or through code, his black-and-white images remain unmistakably his: quiet, poetic, and deeply human.

Janus van den Eijnden represents a new generation of artists who unite the traditional, inherited craftsmanship of photography with future technology, while staying true to the essence of the human experience.

SAILING THE SEAS

FRISO KOOIJMAN

Friso Kooijman is a documentary photographer whose work focuses mainly on human work and presence in maritime settings.

His personal knowledge of the field makes him extremely aware of his surroundings; the trust and relationships he developed with the subjects of his pictures make him not just a bystander, but a privileged reporter: this kind of consciousness and engaged participation make his work stream from informed knowledge rather than research or chance.

Every shot is intentional and already known before it was taken.

MULTI-SPECIES DIALOGUE

KATICHE VAN DER KNOOP

Katiche van der Knoop is a fine art photographer based in Amsterdam. Her photographic work arises from a fascination towards the quiet power of wild animals and the stillness of landscapes.

Thanks to her photographs, you will be engulfed by the intensity of multi-species connection, as van Der Knoop introduces natural wonder into your life. “The animal chooses the moment. I follow [my] instinct and press the shutter.”

By bringing us with her in the connection she establishes with non-human agents, she visually incorporates emotions and relationships that go way beyond what words can express.

COVER ARTIST - HUNGRY EYE FAIR AMSTERDAM 2025 EDITION

ASHA SWILLENS

Born in 1994, Asha Swillens is a digital artist, image maker, and photographer based in Belgium. With a background in fashion studies in The Hague and Antwerp, her early work explored mixed media and garment design through fashion collages. Since 2020, her focus has shifted toward photography, allowing her to translate her visual language into image-making with a refined emphasis on atmosphere and aesthetics.

Swillens’ practice is strongly informed by her in-depth research into 17th-century painting—particularly its dramatic use of light and shadow and the restrained elegance of black, white, and ton-sur-ton palettes set against dark, moody backgrounds. These historical references shape her contemporary visual narratives, which evoke the sensation of distant memories: images that are both timeless and unmistakably modern.

All of her works are digital collages—carefully composed from real elements to form fictional, dreamlike scenes. In doing so, she challenges the boundary between reality and construction, exploring perception, memory, and illusion.

In recent years, Swillens has gained increasing recognition within the Netherlands, establishing herself as a distinctive and evolving voice in contemporary photography.

She is the featured cover artist for this year’s Hungry Eye Fair edition, reflecting the fair’s dedication to forward-thinking and boundary-pushing image makers.

TEXTURAL PALETTES

VISSER & VAN LEEWEN

A photographic and artistic collaboration born in 2019, Visser & Van Leeuwen create imaginary worlds where colour, materials, and photography come together to make the extraordinary visible and transform the everyday.

Their creations are whispered narratives, told through form, texture and colour. The magic happens in the blend of media, vibrant papier-maché-like patterns and two artistic sensitivities that, when combined, shape a universe parallel to reality, painted with breathtaking visual audacity and genius.

In their studio, the roles of photographer and artist organically blend: this playful process of cutting, pasting, and experimenting adds magic to their work.

TRASCENDENTAL ABSTRACTION

KORE HEEREMA

Kore Heerema is an abstract photographer who explores form and perception in his work.

His photographs transcend literal representation and turn the everyday into compelling abstract compositions. His work arises from a continuous fascination with light, form, linework, and colour combinations and invites the viewer to an attentive way of looking, transforming the familiar into something unexpected and poetic.

THE DANCE OF EXISTENCE

KARLIJN & KIRSTEN

“THE RHYTHM OF THE PRESENCE” is the project which stems from Karlijn Tiebot & Kirsten Krumme’s creative collaboration. A hypnotising dance of colours, gazes and movement.

In these images, two talents intertwine: Karlijn Tiebot is a Dutch photographer and filmmaker whose work explores the fleetingness of belonging through her distinct, delicate and dreamy style.

Kirsten Krumme is a stylist, art director and graphic designer: she moves fluidly across fashion and beauty, creating an eclectic body of work with a rich mix of prints, textures and cultural references.

THERE IS ART FOR EVERYONE’S TASTE!

Whether you are looking for fine art, wildlife, portraiture, still life, documentary or social photography—or all the above combined—the Hungry Eye Fair is the place to be!

You will be amazed, captivated, and inspired by an incredible variety of artworks that go far beyond the medium of photography itself!

We are defying the contemporary concept of a fair: instead of closed-off booths, we are setting Hungry Eye Fair as a temporary museum, where the works of incredibly talented and acclaimed artists are exhibited in a harmonious and aesthetically fruitful dialogue.