What were you thinking?
Work in progress
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Although as an artist and photographer I often work alone in my studio — my happy place — I've lately been collaborating with others more regularly. Precisely because I'm no longer in full control, I find myself pleasantly surprised by the energy and creativity that emerges from the interaction.
Which made me wonder: how far can I take this? Could I, for instance, create something together with my newsletter readers and website visitors? Would the result be more than the sum of its parts? Could I make the image, and leave the interpretation to the viewer?
Perhaps I'll think later — as you might be thinking right now — "What were you thinking?" But I'm curious nonetheless, and as always, up for an experiment. Are you?
I made a number of street portraits. To my newsletter readers — and to you — the question: what were the subjects thinking at the moment the photo was taken?
A selection of the most surprising and creative imagined monologues and dialogues will be presented here. And I'll add my own musings, of course. Whose thoughts are whose doesn't really matter. The image is autonomous — yet shifts in meaning with every new text placed beside it.
A new photo is added every month. Are you joining in too?
Would you like to add your own suggestions to this collaborative art/thought experiment?
Groningen, the Netherlands (2026).
Every colour is a political act.
The art is not in the banana.
You are art too. But I don’t say that to everyone. And you do have to do something with it.
I can’t do anything about you being so small, can I?
Come on!
Odense, Denmark (2025).
Is the Knäckebröd gone already?
No, Bobby stays with me.
Give me silence, and I will endure the night.
What a shame!