Yes, that is Prince Constantijn of The Netherlands, holding my picture of Lesley while congratulating Jasper with his project!
This school year I am partnering up with Jasper Rijpma as the photographer in his project 'Teachers of The Netherlands', sponsored by Stichting Leraren van het Jaar. Our aim is to improve the appreciation and positioning of teachers, through a series of 12 portraits, interviews and podcast episodes.
During the summer I practiced a bit with the kind of portraits we wanted te make, and which lightning to use. I found three incredible teachers with some time in their busy schedules for some test shots: elementary school teacher Naomi de Keizer, elementary school gym teacher Lesley van der Ven (both from my kids school De Steijaeert), and high school teacher Johan van Hattum.
With these pilot shots, teasers for the project, Jasper officially launched the project during a national conference on education, and he presented the project to no one less than Prince Constantijn of The Netherlands. This week, I am photographing the first portrait of the12!
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