Caroline Kist

My brother is a beacon. Reinoud has Down’s syndrome. When he was five years old, I arrived in his life: a world shaped differently, in which the wisdom of the body has not been lost and the spirit is not constricted by reason. His world is magnetic, it pulls and feels safe. There within, things can take on other forms: minuscule becomes magnanimous, and what is considered immense is scaled to minor. In his world everything is rooted, unconditioned and unconditional. He holds no judgements, no desires for more, he is not burdened by the compulsion of efficiency. In his world, sadness and joy can spill through into a single moment. And his existence is unquestioned, it just is.



What is it that I am looking at? And what do I see? These questions are at the core of my work. I doubt the things I see and I want to go beyond what we think we see. At the same time, I know that there is something special when you really look into the common frames of everyday. That is why I focus on capturing the everyday which is near to me, which I think I know and understand; my direct surroundings. Be it my children, my brother, my dog but just as well the places life takes me or the common surroundings of my home. For me, photography equals waiting for what is to come, waiting for that we don’t yet know or see in a world which I thought I knew.*

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