Nanouk Prins - Hotel Belvedere #16mm-film still, 2025

16mm film still
Inkjet print on Hahnemühle Pearl paper
30 x 50 cm
Edition of 8 + 2AP
Signed and numbered on a seperate label

About the work
The photographs in this series, taken across various locations in the Alps, not only showcase the region’s majestic landscapes but also symbolize the irreversible changes our planet is undergoing. Some glaciers, protected by blankets to delay their melting, mirror the nostalgic desire to preserve a past that cannot be reclaimed.

Like film stills, the images are frozen fragments that embody a longing for an idealized past. This past is more like a narrative constructed from selective memories rather than historical facts. Alternating between digital images and 16mm film stills, the series further amplifies the tension between how we construct memory and how we document reality.

Hotel Belvedere seeks to engage in a dialogue about how we remember the past, face the complexities of the present, and question what will remain as the future unfolds.

About the photographer
Nanouk Prins is an Amsterdam based photographer. She graduated with honors at the Photo Academy in Amsterdam in June 2021 with photobook Empty Forest.
Empty Forest was one of the finalists at Athens Photo Festival 2022. It was selected for the Singapore International Photography Festival 2022, and shortlisted for Belfast Photo Festival. The book won silver at the Tokyo Photography Awards in 2021.
In 2024 she was part of the First Editions program at Foam, selling a set of two framed works exclusively via Foam Editions.
Her work has been exhibited in Amsterdam, Rome, Arles and Paris.

About buying this print
Each print is carefully packaged and shipped with insurance. You'll receive a tracking code once your order is dispatched. A framed version is often on view at Foam Editions, located on the third floor of Foam Fotografiemuseum.

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