Tafedna
2026
 
Giclée print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl paper.
Size 30x24 cm without white border.
 
Lotte Ekkel is a self-taught photographer who lives and works in Amsterdam. Working without a predetermined plan, she captures poetic and intuitive images using only natural light. She seeks stillness and beauty in small, seemingly insignificant moments that often go unnoticed.
 
Light is both her subject and her guide. Photography captures light, yet light itself has no sense of time—it moves in a constant now. Time only takes shape when light touches something, enters an eye, or sparks a memory. Ekkel’s images exist in that moment, where light and the world come together to create meaning.
 
An awareness of constant transition is always present in her perspective and forms the basis from which she observes and works. Much like life itself, our perception of the world effortlessly evolves. As images transform through shifting light or changes in viewpoint, our experience of life similarly shifts through changes in perspective.
 
Her compositions are precise and graphic, often with a painterly flatness that makes spaces feel abstract. She is drawn to in-between places, where time seems to pause and emptiness has a quiet presence. Her work explores the balance between what we see and what we sense, encouraging the viewer to slow down and notice fleeting beauty.
 
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