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Dat jij er bent
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.
I observe his world, I merge within his world. In reality and in imagination. And the camera observes too. From close and afar.
Photography Caroline Kist
Edit Nicole Segers, Karianne Bueno, Caroline Kist
Graphic Design PutGootink
Drawings Reinoud Alofs
Translation Rosie Heinrich
Digital Imaging StudioLucBrefeld
Lithography Zwaan Lenoir, Marco Kokkelkoren
Printing Zwaan Lenoir
Binding Voetelink
ISBN 978-90-9038034-6
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It’s that you’re here
Dat jij er bent
the Netherlands - October 2024
De werkelijkheid is gereduceerd tot grijstinten die niet ver uit elkaar liggen. Een vel papier en links een dunne lijn van de ondergrond waarop het is neergelegd. Eén hand. En niet eens een hele. De bovenste helft van een blijde groet. Vier drankjes aan de bar.
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Fabien Ribery – Intervalle
France - October 2024
S’interrogeant profondément sur la nature du voir, Caroline Kist photographie son univers familier.
Dans l’ordinaire réside non pas l’extraordinaire, mais une dimension inconnue qu’il est possible, quelquefois, de percevoir.
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United Kingdom - February 2024
As his mind wanders these images grow, faintly glowing from a far off point of light
They fuse then quietly dissipate like vibrations skipping through the air
Painting a picture that only he can see, from a place hidden to us
Yet, with time spent and an understanding forged, flickers of that luminous painting start to show
A subtle brilliance that radiates and takes flight
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Jörg Colberg - CPH Magazine
United States - August 2024
A sense of quiet runs through Caroline Kist‘s book It’s that you’re here. A softcover that despite its relatively large size feels delicate, in page after page after page the viewer comes across scenes of stillness, a stillness that is not only caused by photography’s inherent nature of capturing a small fixed moment in time forever.
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Ireland - February 2024
The feel of it, the binding, the smell, the front edge, glimpses of a life seen as if around corners. Communicated sensitively. So many good decisions. So good. I look forward to sharing it with my students too as an example of perceived uncomplicated presentation that sits so well because of its sensibility to material gesture. So good.
Justina Nekrašaitė of The Book Photographer
The Netherlands - January 2024
Upon holding the book, I immediately sensed the depth of emotion the artist poured in this publication. The book stands out as being very poetic while maintaining remarkable solidity. Even when curtains decorate the cover, it feels as though they are lifted throughout the pages. The publication manages to capture vulnerability in a way that doesn’t evoke pity, but rather inspires a profound sense of connection.
The book emanates immense strength, and my desire was to emphasize with it, capture and showcase that strength in the best possible way.
United Kingdom - March 2024
We all have our private universes, our spaces away from the noises and demands of the outside world. Our retreats and safe places,
Outwardly we smile and compromise, do what is required of us to fit in and keep others happy, and most of the time it comes naturally and requires little or no effort whatsoever
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