each night.

• Photographer
  Mascha Joustra, Netherlands
• Studio
  le.sTudio.35
• Socials
• Website
  http://www.maschajoustra.nl

Being a former inhabitant of Amsterdam, I never bothered to visit
the red light district since it was already there for a long time and
it did not appeal to me a lot. A few weeks ago I returned again and
was interested now in stealing some vibrance from this area. It is a
man dominated world, but still the woman do stand strong. It is a
series of 20 pictures now but I am planning to continue this
project in the near future..for the girls the work will be a continues
work..each night..

• Biography
  Mascha Joustra graduated in May 2015 at the Fotoacademie Amsterdam, specializing in documentary and portrait series. She graduated with a cum laude recommendation on a large series of photographs bundled in a voluminous photo book called ‘Elders’ (‘Elsewhere’) and designed by SYB. In this series she is investigating the differences in culture on the country side in relation to history of religion in the Netherlands. This photo book has been shortlisted for the ‘Unseen Dummy Award “ in Amsterdam, September 2015 and has been presented during Paris Photo 2015 at the Polycopies event.
• Awards
  Prix De La Photographie, Paris (Px3) Honourable Mention in Documentary Book category: " f i e r c e - f r a g i l e # 5” , 2016 Monochrome Photography Awards Honourable mention Portrait Category " f i e r c e - f r a g i l e ." 2015 MIFA Moscow Photo Awards Moscow Honourable mention Documentary-Books with series “h u n t”, 2015 Prix De La Photographie, Par s (Px3) Honourable Mention in Documentary category, "e a c h n i g h t. .”2015 Honourable Mention International Photography Awards, IPA (Los Angeles, USA) Fine Art- Portrait Category “f i e r c e - f r a g i l e “ 2014 Honourable Mention International Photography Awards, IPA (Los Angeles, USA) People_ Children Category, “f i e r c e - f r a g i l e “ , Honourable Mention International Photography Awards, IPA (Los Angeles, USA) Photo Essay and Feature Story Category Honourable Mention International Photography Awards, IPA (Los Angeles, USA) People – Portrait, “t o c a t c h a c o w “ , 2014 Prix De La Photographie, Par is (Px3) First Prize in category Documentary " f i e r c e - f r a g i l e .", 2014 Prix De La Photographie, Paris (Px3) First Prize in category Portraiture " f i e r c e - f r a g i l e .", 2014 Prix De La Photographie, Paris (Px3) Second Prize in category Portraiture " f i e r c e - f r a g i l e .", 2014 Prix De La Photographie, Paris (Px3) Honourable Mention documentary " b e h i n d t h e s c e n e s .", 2014 Prix De La Photographie, Paris (Px3) Honourable Mention " c a m e r o o n. c o l o r. .", 2014 Honourable Mention International Photography Awards, IPA (Los Angeles, USA) One Shot-One World- People - Culture Category, 2013 Honourable Mention International Photography Awards, IPA (Los Angeles, USA) People - Culture Category, 2013