VIVIANE SASSEN
b. 1972, NetherlandsViviane Sassen is a Dutch artist living in Amsterdam. She is a renowned photographer who works in both the fashion and fine art world. She is known for her use of geometric shapes, often abstractions of bodies. She has been widely published and exhibited. She was included in the 2011 New Photography exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art. She has created campaigns for Miu Miu, Stella McCartney, and Louis Viutton, among others. She has won the Prix de Rome and the Infinity Award from International Center of Photography.
Sassen's signature approach employs vivid colour alongside stark contrasts of light and shade in sculptural compositions. Umbra is Latin for shadow, and the Jungian notion of the “shadow self” underpins the work, tapping into personal fear, desire and shame as well as more abstract concepts such as the unknown, time and death.
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