About
My name is Elisabeth, and I am drawn to the quiet beauty of unposed motherhood.
Through both commissioned work and personal projects, I photograph the moments that unfold naturally — the ones that are often overlooked. A mother holding her child without thinking. Children moving freely. Skin against skin. The gentle rhythm of everyday life.
My work is not about perfection or carefully posed family portraits. It is about connection, presence, and the honesty of real life. I am drawn to stillness, to fleeting moments, to the poetry that lives in the in-between.
During a session, I create space for you to slow down and simply be. I work intuitively, allowing moments to unfold without pressure or expectations. Through movement, silence, and natural interaction, I capture images that feel soft, honest, and deeply personal.
I often incorporate skin-to-skin contact and quiet connection, creating photographs that reflect the tenderness and strength of motherhood in its most authentic form.
If you are looking for traditional, posed family photographs, I may not be the right photographer for you. But if you are drawn to authenticity, connection, and the beauty of real life, you are in the right place.
My work is an invitation to pause.
To feel.
To embrace the fleeting nature of motherhood.
With honesty,
with gentleness,
and with a touch of poetry.
— Elisabeth
Exhibitions
2023 Group Exhibition Emergo Fotoacademie, loods 6 Amsterdam
2023 Group Exhibition “Darkness” Decode Gallery, Tucson Arizona
2023 Group Exhibition Salon des Beaux Arts, Paris
2025 Group Exhibition Gup Magazine, Haute Photographie, Rotterdam
2025 Group Exhibition ImageNation, Paris
Publications
2023-Present Photovogue
2023 Self published book ‘Always present, often in the background’
2023 Online Publication Docu Magazine
2023 online Publication Immemory Magazine
2024 Online article All About Photo.com
2024 Online Group exhibition Artdoc Photography Magazine
Awards
2025 FRESH EYES Talent 2025 GUP Magazine
Education
2023 · Graduation, Fotoacademie Amsterdam