I am a photographer and storyteller whose work is shaped by family stories and inherited beliefs. Through photography, I investigate the entanglement of family archives, folklore, heritage, and landscape, often through personal quests. By following the paths of those who are no longer here, I photograph the journey along the way, asking what it can teach us and what still lingers of their presence.
Using photography, maps, found objects, archival material, and text, I create installations, stories, tours and scavenger hunts that invite viewers into these explorations. My projects often take the form of site specific quests: tracing spirits and legends like the Witte Wieven in the Dutch landscape, uncovering familial stories through local folklore, or tracking the lives of strangers through a found photo album. I like to see what I can learn and where I end up, if I let the subject guide me and follow their steps; what can we learn from those who are not there anymore? How can we remember them?
My projects raise questions for me about the grey areas of being forgotten and remembered, about death and life and what physical remains of memories can tell us.
As an ode to all that is unknown, I like to invite the audience to share their own stories and questions. Leaving us searching together.
email: info@jetsiemons.com
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(Group) Exhibitions
March 2026 - (Solo) - Exhibition, Ballon Rouge, Rotterdam (upcoming)
2025 - (Group) - Ballon Rouge, Where We Were.
Part of Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekend (GRAW)
2025 - (Group) - Rotterdam Photo X Amarte - Shared Connections
Part of the Dutch Young Talent Project Grant from Amarte fonds
2024 - (Group) - OpenHuis Nieuwstraat, the Hague (with Hanna Burgers)
2024 - (Group) - ‘Building Bridges’ by de Zolder x ANDA x CULT= US. Rotterdam
2024 - (Group) - SPROUTS Young Talent at Arti & Amicitae, Amsterdam
2023 - (Group) - Noorderlicht Regenerate, Groningen
2023 - (Group) - SPROUTS Young Talent by SBK Kunstuitleen galerie, Amsterdam
2023 - (Group) - Royal Academy of Arts (KABK) 2023, The Hague
2021 - (Group) - Coackroach Collective x The Spectrum Space, Schiedam
2021 - (Group) - Greyspace In the Middle, the Hague
2018 - (Group) - 5&33 Gallery, Art’Otel Amsterdam
Funding & Nominations
2025 - Nomination for STAR Dummy Award
2025 - CBK Rotterdam Praktijkbijdrage
2025 - Rotterdam Photo x Amarte: Dutch Talent Project Grant
2024 - Stimuleringsfonds , Internationalisering Start regeling
2023 - SBK Sprouts Young Talents Award
2023 - SBK-Otto Hetterscheid Stimuleringsprijs
Education
2019-2023 - Royal Academy of Arts The Hague (KABK), BA photography
2022 - Masterclass Mario Cresci, Lecce, IT.
2022 - Internship & assistance Alessia Rollo, Lecce, IT.
2018-present - Mentee Margaret Lansink
Publications & Interviews
2025 - Fisheye Magazine, FR. Hannie & Billo (upcoming)
2025 - Via Via Podcast (NL). Hannie & Billo het gevonden fotoalbum project (upcoming)
2024 - Fisheye Magazine, FR. Trail the found photo album project’
2023 - BK informatie, september. Sprouts Young Talent.
2023 - The Invisible Women, photo book. Self-published, edition of 20. Sold out
2023 - The search for the Invisible Women, research publication. Self-published, edition of 20. Sold out.
2022 - Discarded magazine, showing project Cerco Maria Giovanna (IT).
Organised events & workshops
2025 - Storytelling workshop, Netwerk Nieuw Rotterdam (upcoming)
2025 - Witte Wieven guided tours at exhibition Rotterdam Photo 2025
2025 - Story telling evening (with Hanna Burgers)
2024 - OpenHuis (with Hanna Burgers)
2024 - Ghost tour Catharina le Chasseur, the Hague (Nl)
2023 - Cyanotype workshop, Talentenkaravaan Rotterdam Zuid (Nl)
2021 - Lecture on the history of photography, Lecce (IT)