Paulien Dubelaar (1974) has been active in education throughout her entire working life, the last twelve years as a manager. Since 2017, she has found her passion in photography. After taking several courses, she started the ‘Conceptual Image’ course at the Fotoacademie Amsterdam in 2021. In December 2023, she graduated and now combines her work in education with her work as a visual artist.
In her work as a visual artist she deals with existential questions, such as: what is the meaning of life and death, how can we live a meaningful life, who are we as humans? Where answers are not readily available, she tried to explore with images where they could be found: in greatness and insignificance, in vulnerability and transience, in stillness and motion, in darkness and in light. She feels at home with the ideas of existential philosophers. They are an inspiration in her photographic work.
