Where no one is, that’s where I long to be.

The world feels broken — marked by polarisation, conflict and a growing lack of tolerance. My way of not being consumed by this is to step aside — away from the noise, towards stillness.

In my photography, I seek emptiness. Not as an escape, but as a way to reconnect with something larger than our own existence. Beyond the chaos of the Anthropocene, the Earth simply is. Processes repeat themselves yet create change. Time is not a straight line but a web of rhythms that influence, echo and transform one another. Its vastness and unstoppable rhythm remind me of how insignificant we are — and in that recognition, I find peace.

My work is a search for that connection between humanity and the Earth, between stillness and movement. I work across digital and analogue techniques and feel drawn to black and white for its quiet clarity. Stripped of colour, only the essence remains: textures, contrasts, the slow erosion of time. Some images I print by hand as Toyobo etchings; others I tear or crease, allowing the image to shape itself. Nothing is fixed. Everything moves.

For as long as I can remember, I have carried small stones in my pockets. They come from places where I found silence, where time became tangible. These stones existed long before me and will outlive me by far. They remind me that I am only a passerby.

BIO

Odinot is a visual artist whose work explores themes of time, emptiness, and the transient nature of human existence. Trained both in the visual arts and in science, she combines a reflective approach with a sensitivity to the traces and textures of time.

After studying at the Graphic Lyceum in Utrecht and working briefly in the graphic industry, she pursued an academic path, earning a PhD in legal psychology. Photography, however, remained her first love—a way not just to observe the world, but to feel it.

In 2019, she left her academic career to fully dedicate herself to her artistic practice. Her black-and-white images—often printed by hand, torn, or creased—capture landscapes where human presence fades.

2025 coming up:

The Same as it never was: Two artist, two perspectives, one shifting world. Exhibition Buerman & Odinot, De Kunst10Daagse, Studio M4, Bergen. 17 - 26 oktober, 2025

Exhibition, Kunstmaand Ameland, november 2025

The Same as it never was: Two artist, two perspectives, one shifting world. Exhibition Buerman & Odinot, EMgallery, Amsterdam. 12 - 14 december, 2025

Masterclass, Awoiska van der Molen, Eyes in Progress, Amsterdam, 16 - 19 July 2025

Publication, ARTDOC Photography magazine, The meditative lens Issue #2, 2025

Online exhibition, @artdocgallery, Monochrome Silence, The meditative lens: Part II, 2025.

2024

DEBUT EXPO, 12 - 22 december, Westergas, Amsterdam

Artist-book, Gaia is here to stay

Conceptueel beeldmaker, Fotoacademie Amsterdam

Kiekiekrant, The talent issue, December 2024

PF fotografie magazine, Nieuw talent onthuld, #8 2024

Workshop Platinum-palladium printen, Atelier Zilverbeek

2023

Liquid emulsion, Atelier Zilverbeek

Toyobo printen, AGA-lab Amsterdam, Grafische werkplaats Den Haag

EXPO, module Verdieping en reflectie, Fotoacademie Amsterdam

Publication, Dutch Street Magazine, Issue 3, pag. 82

2020

Fotovakschool, basis opleiding, Rotterdam