Irene van Nispen Kress – Silver Stories
Ellen, 67 © Irene van Nispen Kress
© Irene van Nispen Kress
When she was a single mother Ellen changed the purpose of the ship she bought from transporting sand and gravel into a cosy home.
Mieke, 75 © Irene van Nispen Kress
© Irene van Nispen Kress
Because Mieke is more outgoing than her husband, they rent a pied a terre in Amsterdam where Mieke spends a couple of days a week to follow her own busy schedule.
Anke, 64 © Irene van Nispen Kress
Anke, 64 © Irene van Nispen Kress
In the 25 years they are a couple Anke and Frans raised each other’s children together. In this period Anke survived cancer three times.
© Guido van Nispen
Irene van Nispen Kress
After a career working into different fields of media, from being a director at Dutch television to working as a webdesigner, Irene decided to come back to photography, the medium she used to express herself when she was a teenager. Having attended workshops and masterclasses from renown photographers and photo agencies around the world, today she prefers to work on long term social documentary projects. Her work is often complemented with audio files.
Currently she is working on a Silver Stories book.
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