/ 2026 / Fine Art / Portraiture

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Patrice Domenique Troost, Netherlands
• Date of Photograph
  2026
• Website
  https://www.patricetroost.com
• Instagram
  http://www.instagram.com/patricedomenique

This series explores love as it exists now, an ever-present force shaping intimacy, perception, and the lived experience of being. It celebrates the beauty that resides within each of us and in life itself, not as memory or nostalgia, but as a vivid, unfolding reality. Conceived as an homage to Erwin Olaf†, the work reveals vulnerability and grace. Stillness and presence coexist. It is a testament to the love shared between me and my partner and to a conscious devotion to life. Typewritten texts emphasize materiality, process, and the quiet meditation of image and language.

I write with light with image, words and music. My vision is pure and uncensored. I am an autodidact, people person, treehugger and a real-life creative living breathing organism. I am authentic and unique in my own way. That means that copying the work of others does not contribute to my creativity. I create from nothing, something and use everything I have and my unique skill set as an instrument to (co)-create with me and my soul. The goal is not what I have created but the process while creating it with my vision. he goal is not what I have created but the process while creating it.