Portraits of people holding objects that move them — and moved me in return.

In December 2015, I began a six-month artist residency at the Markiezenhof Museum in Bergen op Zoom. From my temporary studio in the museum, I was given free rein to think, create, and — above all — to be moved. That’s how the Impact Art Project Move Me was born.

It started with a longing: move me, touch me. I invited people to be photographed holding a personal object — something small enough to fit in their hand, yet carrying weight and meaning. Before every portrait, we talked. Behind each object lived a story, a feeling. And it was that feeling I tried to capture.

Though the official project ended in 2016, I continued working on it until 2020. What began as a residency became a time capsule — a quiet spotlight on the things that move us.