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Ali and Saker #1, 2021
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Alyssa, 2021
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Hannah and Leen #2, 2021
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Horatcio #2, 2021
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Jackie, 2021
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Jamaila, 2021
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Pink Roses, 2021
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Zoran, The Shaman #1, 2021
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Randy #028417, 2017
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Randy #028564, 2017
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Randy #5524, 2016
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Randy #027857, 2017
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Randy #028634, 2017
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Randy #029454, 2017
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Randy #8230, 2017
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If this is true... / Randy #2, Ely (Nevada), 2016
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If this is true... / Austin (Texas) , 2015
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If this is true... / Cherish, Auburn (Alabama), 2015
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If this is true... / Douglas, Pioche (Nevada), 2015
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If this is true... / Pioche (Nevada) (2), 2015
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If this is true... / Self portrait, Raton (New Mexico) , 2015
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If this is true... / The hands of Charles, Scipio (Utah), 2015
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If this is true... / Wallmart, 2015
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Noah, 2021
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Jane Goodall, 2019
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Faiza, 2020
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Marked, 2017
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Sufiyan, 2017
Robin de Puy’s (b. 1986, the Netherlands) photographs start with a desire to tell her own story through the faces of others.
Whether it’s the freckled adolescent she noticed whilst refuelling in Wyoming, the Dutch author, poet and columnist Remco Campert, or the boy Randy she met in Nevada whilst on her American road trip, de Puy sees the camera as an aid to understand the deeply personal traits and histories of each person, and how they also reveal something about herself. Many of her encounters are fleeting; a heartfelt glance into the life of someone else before time resumes its frantic pace. In others, as with Randy, those same transient experiences blossom into profound and enduring relationships. Regardless of which ending they have, de Puy’s photographs are always imbued with a sensitivity and timelessness that encourages a slow gaze on the human condition. Her images are chances for genuine human connection, and through sharing with them with the world, allow us to take part in such moments.
Robin de Puy studied at the Fotoacademie Rotterdam and has been exhibited internationally at institutions and galleries including; Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (2018); Museum Hilversum, Hilversum (2017); The Hague Museum of Photography, The Hague (2016); Stedelijk Museum, Breda (2016) and Photoville, New York (2016). Amongst numerous other awards, De Puy was the winner of the National Portrait Prize in both 2013 and 2019. Her work is held in major public and private collections including Bonnefantenmuseum, Maasstricht; De Nederlandse Bank, Amsterdam; Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar; Centraal Museum Utrecht, Utrecht; Fotomuseum Den Haag, The Hague; Huis Marseille, Amsterdam and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague. In 2015, de Puy took a 10,000 km road trip across the US on a Harley Davidson, making images that were published as the book If This Is True, I’ll Never Have to Leave Home Again in 2016. The trip was documented by Simone de Vries and Maarten van Rossem, and the film was nominated for an International Emmy Award in 2017.
https://www.npostart.nl/close-up/20-03-2016/AT_2052983
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'One of a Kind'
A 10-year anniversary show with unique pieces 3 Sep - 22 Oct 2022When, in 2012, Narda van 't Veer and Jasper Bode founded The Ravestijn Gallery, they were amongst the few galleries in the Netherlands who felt photography was more than simply...Read more -
Summershow: 'The Portrait'
Michael Bailey-Gates, Blommers & Schumm, Koos Breukel, Asger Carlsen, FakeShamus, Inez & Vinoodh, Anja Niemi, Robin de Puy, Pacifico Silano & Patrick Waterhouse. 25 Jun - 27 Aug 2022The human urge to immortalize its likeness is as old as the emergence of civilization: the Ancient Greek immortalized important figures in marble and stone, where Ancient Egyptian portraiture flourished...Read more -
Summershow: 'The Salon Show'
in collaboration with Ingeborg Ravestijn Antiques and The Wunderkammer 13 Jun - 22 Aug 2020The Ravestijn Gallery is pleased to announce The Salon Show, created in collaboration with Ingeborg Ravestijn Antiques and The Wunderkammer. The exhibition will show over 80 works from (all) represented and affiliated artists, hung...Read more -
Robin de Puy
'Love me' 2 Feb - 16 Mar 2019The portraits in this exhibition have nothing in common at first glance. From a model named Birk on his way to fame to Randy, an adolescent boy who grows up...Read more -
Robin de Puy | Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht
Solo presentation at Bonnefanten Museum / Netherlands 6 Nov - 10 Dec 2018In 2015 portrait photographer Robin de Puy (NL 1986) travelled across America on a motorcycle. During this trip an intimate portrait emerged in text and image of both herself as...Read more
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Art Rotterdam 2021
Group presentation Robin de Puy / Ruth van Beek / Nico Krijno 1 - 4 Jul 2021Van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam (NL) Fair: July 1-4, 2021 Art Rotterdam 2021 was initially scheduled to take place in February which was postponed as so...Read more -
Art Rotterdam 2017
Duo presentation Robin de Puy / Mona Kuhn 9 - 12 Feb 2017This was the second time for The Ravestijn Gallery at the Art Rotterdam Art Fair. The Ravestijn Gallery presented two artists, each with their own...Read more
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The Americans | Robin de Puy
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Ode aan de uitbeelding van de mens met portretten in alle vormen en maten
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EXHIBITION REVIEW: THE RAVESTIJN GALLERY PRESENTS “THE PORTRAIT”
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Robin de Puy en The Ravestijn Gallery
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Een bijzonder oog voor het gewone
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See All This
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A Joyous, Mysterious Portrait of Rural American Boyhood
Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, February 9, 2018