description
The photographs of J.D. exist somewhere between documentary and fiction, visual fragments of an inner landscape shaped by memory, emotion, and the blurred boundaries of reality. His images are personal and dreamlike, marked by abstraction, saturated color, and a delicate compositional balance that feels both spontaneous and controlled.
Each work carries a sense of narrative yet resists resolution. Figures emerge and dissolve within their surroundings, evoking solitude, alienation, and the quiet dissonance of modern life. Through this ambiguity, J.D. invites the viewer to linger - to sense rather than define, to feel rather than interpret.
Rooted in his background as a film director, J.D.’s photography transforms psychological tension into poetic stillness. The result is a body of work that reflects the human struggle to find meaning within a world that feels increasingly fragmented and fast-moving. His photographs do not document; they translate experience turning emotion into atmosphere, and uncertainty into beauty.
Each work carries a sense of narrative yet resists resolution. Figures emerge and dissolve within their surroundings, evoking solitude, alienation, and the quiet dissonance of modern life. Through this ambiguity, J.D. invites the viewer to linger - to sense rather than define, to feel rather than interpret.
Rooted in his background as a film director, J.D.’s photography transforms psychological tension into poetic stillness. The result is a body of work that reflects the human struggle to find meaning within a world that feels increasingly fragmented and fast-moving. His photographs do not document; they translate experience turning emotion into atmosphere, and uncertainty into beauty.
Diederik Spaargaren (NL 1966 - )
No More!
2025
Series: From a distance
100 x 100 cm
Archival Pigment Print
Edition 3 + 2AP
Series: From a distance
100 x 100 cm
Archival Pigment Print
Edition 3 + 2AP
Contact
Hungry Eye Gallery
Amsterdam