about me

Petra van Husen, black-and-white portrait: leaning against a concrete column, smiling, hands in her pockets.
statement
My photographs are about questions. They are not about answers.
Duane Michals
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I work narratively and conceptually.

My photographs do not depict the world. Whoever photographs, curates. I arrange, I direct the gaze, and in doing so I shape how we perceive.

02

Technical precision is not my goal.

I deliberately stay with photographic techniques and still want to go further than the medium usually goes. What matters to me are images that arouse curiosity, make you think and, on longer looking, reveal hidden stories and unexpected details.

03

Much fascinates me.

The silence of a city slowly sinking into the sand. The hectic energy of Grand Central in New York. Intimate portraits of human encounter. Studies of movement that capture the core of a moment. Improbable encounters in familiar surroundings.

Places where time stands still.

Moments just before they tip over.

Every one of my works is an invitation to see the familiar with new eyes.

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Born in Düsseldorf. Lives and works in Eltville am Rhein and Franschhoek (South Africa).

Studied in Cologne and Barcelona
Worked in corporate finance – Düsseldorf, London, Hamburg, New York
Several years abroad in Spain, the USA and South Africa
2016–2019Studied photography at the Prager Fotoschule in Linz (Austria), focusing on narrative and conceptual photography
2021Diploma / Master Class, final project Sundays I Am Off
since summer 2025weissraum. Atelier für Fotografie, Eltville am Rhein. weissraum is an active place for contemporary narrative-conceptual photography – with changing exhibitions, workshops and a growing network of artists.
A woman in a long black dress, seen from behind, walks along a path with a dog; both are blurred by motion.

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