The 25th Noorderlicht International Photography Festival takes place from 23rd June until 23rd September in Museum Belvédère in Heerenveen and examines our ambiguous relationship with nature. IN VIVO takes its inspiration from a rich tradition of a love for nature and shows images of a confrontational beauty, which upon closer examination expose the extent to which our experience of nature is directed by economic, social and cultural shifts.

Thirty photographers from eleven different countries show us their view on the experience of nature, an essential part of our identity. Research has shown that nature has a positive influence on our health, lowers stress and stimulates creativity. Nature is therefore a significant contributing factor to our well-being, however cultivated it is. IN VIVO challenges the viewer to look in a different, layered way at the living experiment we call nature.

IN VIVO | extended
14 July - 2 September,
Zaailand Shopping Centre, Leeuwarden
The satellite exhibition IN VIVO | extended presents eleven Dutch photographers who look upon nature with an investigative and surveying gaze. We see the sense of beauty and drama that the Dutch landscape evokes in them, timeless textures in rocks and trees that refer to a nature greater than ourselves, as well as results ensuing from the hunt for pieces of found nature.


IN VIVO | EXTENDED
Saskia Boelsums | Hans Bol | Theo Bos | L.J.A.D. Creyghton | Anouk Gielen | Luuk Huiskes | Rob R. de Jong | Roosmarijn Pallandt | Han Reeder | Misha de Ridder | Bert Verhoeff
ALL ARTISTS (NL)