Pauline Niks
I am just a scenic spot
In her project “I am just a scenic spot” Pauline wants to make the observer doubt reality. The project is about copied architecture in China. The photographs are taken with the same aesthetic standards used in postcards. The landmark seems to be the only subject of importance in the photo. In this way she totally denies any context in which the landmarks might be situated. By presenting them like this on postcards Pauline creates a new identity for these landmarks that is totally convincing. This new identity is reinforced by the way in which she displays them: in a postcard mill. A postcard as evidence of the existence of a place or as a way for people to show to their family that they really visited the place. Pauline uses the same evidence that is always associated with photography and the way we accept it, as a representation of reality. In this selection you will also see photo’s of people copying poses that tourist often use in their way to experience the landmark through photography.
Pauline Niks
Pauline Niks was born in Warnsveld, the Netherlands, in 1982. She lives and works in Amsterdam. In 2004 she graduated from her studies in painting and in 2017 she got her master degree in Photography. Over the years Pauline joined several exhibitions. She won awards and got funds like the Buning Brongers award, Lens culture emerging talent award, Prins Bernard cultuurfonds fund, and got selected for the TIFF. Magazine by the FOMU in Antwerp. Next to her own projects, Pauline works as photographer for the Dutch Newspaper De Volkskrant