Staphorst

Exhibition / book publication

STAPHORST is a documentary about Karine’s hometown. Staphorst is one of the last villages in The Netherlands where you still can see people in traditional clothing and culture, but the village is now changing. The younger generation no longer wants to live according to the traditional lifestyle. STAPHORST is a personal portrait of people in a changing village.

PUBLICATION
Book Publisher: Karine Versluis

AWARDS
Shortlisted for Kolga Award. Kolga Tbilisi Photo, Tbilisi (GE). 2015

EXHIBITION — Ojo De Pez Photomeeting Barcelona (ES). 2015 — Kolga Tbilisi Photo, Tbilisi (GE). 2015 — Pages. Nederlands Fotomuseum. Rotterdam. 2008
— Pages. Fotofrühling. Kassel (DE). 2008
— Pages. Dorottya Gallery. Budapest (HU). 2008
— Act Of Faith. Noorderlicht Festival, Groningen. 2007
— Graduation show. Royal Academy of Art, Den Haag. 2007

REVIEWS

“Photographer Karine Versluis, focuses her camera for her first book on Staphorst. Beautiful, playful and intimate”
Merel Bem, Volkskrant

“A poetic and colourful report on a community where tradition and the unstoppable ‘progress’ are living together".
Han Schoonhoven, PhotoQ

PRESS

— Volkskrant kunstbijlage, Terug naar Staphorst om te fotograferen.
— Trouw: Het leven verandert in Staphorst.
— Review on Photoq. "Fraai visitekaartje van Karine Versluis."

TV
— RTV Oost. "En dan nog even dit" tv interview
— De wereld draait door' tv interview (VARA).

PUBLICATION IN BOOKS
— Catalogue FW: #7 Pages
— De Vertoning. Een pleidooi voor individualiteit en verbeelding. Samenleving en religie in Nederland. Onno Zijlstra, Suzan ten Heuw. Artez Press
— Catalogue Act of Faith, Noorderlicht. Publisher: Aurora Borealis,The Netherlands. ISBN 9789076703329

PUBLICATION ONLINE
Staphorst in beeld

CREDITS
Concept, research and photography Karine Versluis, archive photos by Dick Versluis
Graphic design Rémi Bouwer
Introduction Martijn van de Griendt
Publisher Karine Versluis
ISBN 9789081187718
Edition 2300 -SOLD OUT
Partner Historische Vereniging Staphorst
Financially supported by: Rabobank Staphorst