Ingeborg Everaerd
PHOTOGRAPHY
ABOUT
Ingeborg Everaerd is a visual storyteller from Amsterdam (NL).
Driven by her empathic nature, Ingeborg focuses on capturing human stories.
As a mother of two adopted children from different backgrounds, she understands the complexities of cultural identity and belonging. This understanding distinctly shines through in her work.
Ingeborg's photography is characterized by her unique and aesthetic style, which blends authenticity, emotion, and a constant focus on capturing the humanity and resilience of her subjects.
She prefers long-term projects based on collaborations and genuine encounters and often incorporates video and archives for added depth.
Her work serves as a powerful reminder of the stories that often go unnoticed, inviting viewers to embrace a broader perspective and engage with the world around them.
Ingeborg received a BA from the PhotoAcademy in Amsterdam and studied for 2 years at LeMasterklass Paris with Klavdij Sluban. Her work has has been awarded and exhibited frequently both nationally and internationally.
Ingeborg is currently working on her photo book “Life of Steen” with the Nearest Truth one year masterclass.
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EDUCATION
2025- Jan. 5 Day Portraiture Workshop with Pieter Hugo
2024-2025 The Nearest Truth Masterclass, various locations
2020-2022 LeMasterklass with Klavdij Sluban, Paris, France
2016- 2019 Photo Academy (BA), Amsterdam, Netherlands
EXHIBITIONS
2024 FOTOGRAFIA CALABRIA FESTIVAL, , San Lucido, Italy (Búsqueda) SELECTED FINALIST
2024 ON STAGE PHOTOGRAPHY, GLADIATRICES, Projection, FESTIVAL ON//OFF, Arles, (There Ain’t Nothing Sweet About Sweet Auburn)
2024 SOLO EXHIBITION, BOUTOGRAPHIES, PARALLÈLE, Le Tri Postal, Montpellier, (Life of Steen)
2023 HELSINKI PHOTO FESTIVAL, International Photo Festival, (Life of Steen ), SELECTED FINALIST HellPhoto'23/Finalist
2023 PROJECTION ON SCREEN, FESTIVAL ON/OFF ARLES by Photodoc Paris, Arles, France (Life of Steen),
2023 LE SALON PHOTODOC, Selected by invitation, May, Paris, France (Life of Steen and Búsqueda) Salon PhotoDoc
2023 LES BOUTOGRAPHIES, International Photo Exhibition, France (Búsqueda), SELECTED FINALIST Boutographies/Finalist
2022 HEAD ON FESTIVAL, International Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia (Búsqueda), SELECTED FINALIST & Artist Talk HeadOn Exhibition
2022 THE BARTUR PHOTO AWARD EXHIBITION, June, Monopolis Gallery, Lodz, Polen (Búsqueda and Life of Steen) SELECTED FINALIST
2022 THE MAGIC OF POLAROID, Schiedam, Netherlands (Polaroid photographs) & Contribution to the book “Magic of Polaroid” Magic of Polaroid/Expo
2021 PHODAR BIENNIAL, International Photo Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria (Búsqueda), SELECTED FINALIST
2021 INCADAQUES, International Photo Festival, Cadaques, Spain (Búsqueda), SELECTED FINALIST Incadaques/ finalist
2021 PH MUSEUM DAYS, International Photo Festival, part of the group exhibition, Bologna, Italy (Búsqueda), SELECTED FINALIST
2021 BERLIN, BARTUR, International Award Exhibition, UrbanBanks, Berlin (Búsqueda and Life of Steen) & Artist Talk
2021 NAARDEN PHOTO FESTIVAL, Naarden, De Grote Kerk, Netherlands (Búsqueda). SELECTED FINALIST FFN/Busqueda
2021 HELSINKI PHOTO FESTIVAL, International Photo Festival, Helsinki, Finland (Búsqueda), SELECTED FINALIST. Artist Talk Hellphoto/Busqueda
2020 PHOTO ISRAEL, International Photo Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel (Búsqueda) And traveling around Israel in 2021, SELECTED FINALIST (By MEITAR AWARD) Meitar Award'20
2020 FRESH EYES PHOTO, SOLO EXHIBITION with Kahmann Gallery at the Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam (Life of Steen).
2020 FOAM, OLYMPUS TALENT AWARD, Foam cafe, Amsterdam
2019 EXPO FOS, Graduation expo, Loods6, Amsterdam (Búsqueda)
AWARDS
2025 FINALIST DER GREIF X VARIOUS OTHERS-Pictures on a Journey, part of VARIOUS OTHERS FESTIVAL, MUNICH, GERMANY
2024 FINALIST GOMMA B&W AWARDS 2024 (Búsqueda)
2024 FINALIST FOTOGRAFIA CALABRIA FESTIVAL (Búsqueda)
2024 FINALIST GOMMA PHOTOGRAHY GRANT 2023 (There ain’t Nothing Sweet about Sweet Auburn)
2023 GUEST ROOM DER GREIF, November, Selected by Damarice Amao & Matthias Pfaller (There Ain’t Nothing Sweet About Sweet Auburn) Guestroom Der Greif
2023 WINNER GOMMA PHOTOGRAPHY GRANT BLACK&WHITE 2022 (Life of Steen) Winner GommaGrant'22
2023 DER GREIF Issue 16, Selected by Shirin Neshat (There Ain’t Nothing Sweet About Sweet Auburn) Launch at Paris Photo Launch at ParisPhoto
2022 WINNER HEAD ON PHOTO AWARDS, CATEGORY PORTRAIT AWARD, Sydney, Australia (Búsqueda) The Guardian/winners
2021 WINNER (2nd place) BARTUR AWARD 2021 MAIN AWARD. Category Human Love (Búsqueda) Bartur Award
2021 WINNER (Judges choice) LEICA PHOTOGRAPHY INTERNATIONAL/ BARTUR AWARD for PHOTOJOURNALIST OF THE YEAR 2021 (Life of Steen) Bartur/Leica Award
SHORTLISTED
2024 SHORTLISTED FOR SWISS STORYTELLING PHOTO GRANT 9TH, LUGANO AWARD (There ain’t Nothing Sweet about Sweet Auburn)
2022 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION IPE 164 (Búsqueda)
2022 SHORTLISTED BOURSE DU TALENT, PORTRAIT, Paris, France (Búsqueda)
2022 SHORTLISTED SIENNA INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARDS (Búsqueda)
2021 SHORTLISTED BELFAST PHOTO FESTIVAL (Búsqueda)
2020 SHORTLISTED ATHENS PHOTO FESTIVAL (Búsqueda)
PUBLICATIONS/ INTERVIEWS
2025 GOMMA GRANT BLACK&WHITE AWARDS book. As a finalist of the Gomma Grant 2024, a selection of my project Búsqueda is included in this book."
2024 ARTIST FEATURE and ARTIST BLOGS for DER GREIF, on website and socials, February-March (There ain’t Nothing Sweet about Sweet Auburn
2023 GUEST ROOM DER GREIF, November, Selected by Damarice Amao & Matthias Pfaller (There ain’t Nothing Sweet about Sweet Auburn) Guestroom Der Greif
2023 PUBLICATION IN DER GREIF Issue 16, Selected by Shirin Neshat (There ain’t nothing Sweet about Sweet Auburn) Launch at Paris Photo Launch at ParisPhoto
2023 HeadOn Magazine, Motherhood, 2023 HeadOn Magazine
2022 Lens Magazine, The Big Black and White Issue 2022 (A Dancer Needs to Dance)
2022 Edge of Humanity Magazine, April 2022 (Lonesome Cowboy) Lonesome Cowboy
2022 Art Market Art Magazine, 2022 issue#68 (Love has no Color, Gender, Age, Race or Religion)
2021 Lens Magazine, Editor-in-Chief's Fav Collection of Articles & Interviews 2021 issue #87 (Love has no Color, Gender, Age, Race and Religion)
2021 Click Magazine, Photographic culture, issue 8 (Búsqueda) Clickmagazine/Busqueda
2021 Lens Magazine, Summertime issue #82, August (Love has no Color, Gender, Age, Race and Religion)
2021 ArtDoc Photography Magazine #15 Human Stories (Búsqueda))
2020 NRC, Dutch National Newspaper, (September) Publication and interview (Búsqueda)
2020 Art Doc Magazine “Human Beings, not Human Skins in ArtDoc magazine (Búsqueda)
2020 Lens magazine, Human Rights issue June, # 69 (Búsqueda)
2020 Nuance magazine #17, publication and interview (various projects)
2019 GUP New Photo talent book (Búsqueda)
2019 Kiekie Magazine # 26, publication and interview .(various projects)
2019 Adformatie #5 (Búsqueda)
2019 Shutr Magazine #1, Publication and interview (various projects)
PRESENTATIONS
2019-2024 Various Artist Talks at exhibitions, award ceremonies and Photo festivals
2020 Radio interview on the Dutch National Radio Station NPO1, about my series Busqúeda
COMISSIONED Het Parool, Crowe, FavorFlav, KRO-NCRV, Pilot Studio BV, Het Laatste Nieuws (HLN), NieuwWij. Nuance Magazine, Inkef Capital and more..
For prints or assignments, please contact me via
email: Ingeborgeveraerd@gmail.com