Karine Zenja Versluis is a Dutch documentary photographer and visual storyteller based in Amsterdam. In her work she explores how people deal with their identity, culture and the society in which they live, and how it influences their daily life. Karine works with photography combined with audio, video, found footage or text.

After obtaining her Bachelor in Social Work, she studied Photography at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. In 2015 she pursued a postgraduate degree in Audiovisual Editing at the University Pompeu Fabra-IDEC in Barcelona.

Three of Karine ‘s photograph series have been published as books: STAPHORST, Enkeltje Schiphol/ One-Way Ticket to Schiphol Airport and Debaltsevo, Where Are You? (nominated for the Book Awards 2023 of Les Rencontres d’Arles, (FR) and in the top 10 most beautiful photobooks of The Netherlands 2023 according to NRC and Volkskrant). In 2016 her first short film What Time Is It? had its premiere at the Nederlands Film Festival in Utrecht and was selected for the Debut Competition. Karine is recipient of the grant for accomplished artists by Mondriaan Fund in 2024.

Work has been exhibited at the Netherlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Fotomuseum Den Haag, Humanity House Den Haag, FOTODOK Utrecht, EYE Filmmuseum Amsterdam, Framer Framed Amsterdam, Noorderlicht Fotofestival Groningen, Lagos Photofestival (NG), Kolga Tbilisi Photo (GE), OjodePez Photomeeting (ES), Encontros Da Imagem (PT) amongst others.

Besides her documentary projects, Karine is a photovoice trainer and works as a social worker in youth mental health care.