Gift from Heaven, Dominique

Girl standing next to pool in a swimsuit.

2012 Member's Show Purchase Award

Flaming Grace Collection

Vivian Keulards is a Dutch conceptual portrait photographer and graduated successfully at the Photo Academy Amsterdam in 2009. Her fascination for images and photography started earlier though. During her study at the KUN (University of Nijmegen) she mainly focused on visual culture and imaging. As a student she loved printing photos in the darkroom. In 1995 she gained her master’s degree in communication science.

From 2010 to 2013 Vivian lived with her family at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado (USA). After graduating in Amsterdam, she learned more about her work and photography as art. She developed herself as a conceptual portrait photographer.

Vivian’s portrait series have often been created over a longer period of time and are narrative (conceptual). Children, adolescents and vulnerable groups within society are recurring subjects in her photography. Her series are sometimes documentary and sometimes creative/fine-art based. For this reason, her work is shown on various platforms: photo festivals, galleries, newspapers and magazines. She works on her own projects and on assignments. And teaches workshops and classes.

Her portraits have been published, exhibited and rewarded internationally. Some of them are part of collections.