About
I am Ingeborg Steenhorst (1973), a Belgian-Dutch visual artist, photographer, and costume designer.
My work is strongly influenced by nature, ethnic cultures, and folklore. I use both analog and digital photography as a means for (self)reflection and use. Through narrative, staged photo series, I express my emotions with conviction and explore themes such as spirituality, legends and sagas, folk tales, and the reconnection with nature.
My signature is characterized by a theatrical use of light and shadow, through which I enhance emotion and tension in my images. My almost indirect approach to post-processing, combined with costumes that I design myself, gives my photography a mysterious, layered, and powerful visual impact.
Fine Art Photography
“For me, nature is not a backdrop, but a co-player—a whispering force that gives direction to my images."
"In my narrative portraits, I seek the connection between person and environment, those moments when someone briefly dissolves into wind, water, or earth. There, in that stillness, the story unfolds: raw, intimate, and timeless.”
"My work emerges at the intersection of body, landscape, and imagination. As a photographer, artist, and fashion designer, I view fabric and light as equal materials—both capture movement, both carry memory."
"I do not create images to capture what is, but to make palpable what does not reveal itself immediately: the silence between forms, the tension between vulnerability and strength. In that space, art begins for me."
Art direction, costume design & styling
