As a documentary photographer Saskia Aukema (1974) has always been interested in the story behind the first impression: “Reality is much more subtle than we tend to assume.”

After studying Dutch Language and Literature at Leiden University in the 1990s, she embarked on a course at the University of Applied Photography in Amsterdam, where she graduated with distinction in 2013.

In early 2016, Aukema won a Silver Camera award in the portraits category (award in Dutch photojournalism), was nominated for the SO2015 Awards (for creative photography), selected for the New Dutch Photography Talent 2017 and won the International Photo Festival Leiden.

The book ‘Veiled – Too Busy Being Awesome’, designed by Syb, was published late 2017 by Lecturis.