Ilvy Maijen (1976, Maastricht, She / Her) is a self-taught photographer and GZ psychologist. She has mainly focused on portrait photography, with a social character. Recurring themes in her work are de-stigmatization and psychological vulnerability as a strength. Given Maijens own experience as a queer woman, she knows what it feels like to belong to a minority. What it feels like to pretend to be different from who you actually are, for many years. As a result, she feels a lot of affinity and connectedness with the LBHTIQ+ community which basically played a major role in starting this photo project.
