Nocturnal
Sevilla, Spain, 2025
 
Giclée print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl paper.
Size 30x20 cm without white border.
 
 OXFAM NOVIB PHOTOGRAPHER 
Ilvy Njiokiktjien works for Oxfam Novib.
 
Ilvy Njiokiktjien is a photojournalist, filmmaker, podcast host, and educator who has been creating and sharing stories for nearly twenty years. Based in Utrecht, the Netherlands, she is represented by VII Photo Agency and is a Canon Ambassador.

Njiokiktjien is committed to documenting the social and political issues that shape our world. Her work is characterized by a sensitive eye and a compassionate and personal relationship with her subjects.

She is increasingly invited to give masterclasses, lectures, and comprehensive training programs to young professionals. Clients include National Geographic, the International Center of Photography (New York), the VII Foundation, and Canon. Njiokiktjien studied at the School of Journalism in Utrecht. She spent part of this time abroad at Rhodes University in Makhanda, South Africa. Her photography skills were largely developed through experimentation and with the support of generous colleagues. From the beginning, contemporary social issues have been central to her work. Her own background, growing up in the Netherlands to Dutch and Chinese-Indonesian parents, undoubtedly plays a role in her keen eye for the sometimes hidden issues of identity and injustice.

Since 2017, Ilvy has been represented by VII Photo, an international collective of leading photojournalists dedicated to exposing and reporting on global issues in photography and multimedia, and has been a Canon ambassador since 2012. She is the first woman to win the Dutch Silver Camera Award for Photographer of the Year and was named the first-ever Photographer Laureate of the Netherlands in 2013. In addition to numerous awards from international organizations such as World Press Photo and POYi, Njiokiktjien's images have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, The Guardian, Stern, Der Spiegel, TIME, and other major media outlets. She has exhibited at Visa pour l’Image in France, Photoville in New York, and in museums and festivals worldwide. 

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