Artist: Tessa Posthuma de Boer

Dress is a series made in the time of Covid-19: doesn’t every body is longing for the times without restriction, to dress up and go to parties with friends, an nice evening out, a concert, a festival. Those kind of dreams were the starting point for ‘Dress‘.

Hahnemühle fine-art Pearl print 305 grams, size 120x80cm, edition of 3 (+ 1 AP)

Tessa Posthuma de Boer studied photography at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. After her final exams in 1993 she started working as a portrait photographer. Her portraits have appeared in many different newspapers and magazines, including De Volkskrant, Ajax Magazine, FD, National Geographic, VPRO Guide, Psychology Magazine, etc. A large number of advertising campaigns (Rabobank, Fiat, Postbank, Vodafone, PostNL to name a few). Tessa also often works for businesses, like Akzo Nobel, Staatsbosheer, VU Medical Center, Audi and KPN. And she is wellknown for her many author portraits on behalf of publishers.

Tessa’s autonomous work is regularly exhibited in the Netherlands and abroad. She teaches photography at the Buitenkunst Foundation.