PEOPLE OF THE NETHERLANDS
One country, so many nationalities. We all live in the same country.
Everyone’s captured in the same way.
Same studio, same lighting.
You can join the project even when you have the Dutch nationality, as long as you, or your parents or grandparents, have roots elsewhere and migrated to the Netherlands at some point.
The Project
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COUNTRY
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CULTURES
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PORTRAITS
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about the project
The People of the Netherlands project is a portrait photography project instigated by Maurice Jager.
The project is fully funded by Maurice Jager. The people who participate in the project do so on a voluntary basis.
The goal
The goal of the project is to photograph a person for each nationality that lives in the Netherlands.
The Netherlands is a country with a variety of people and nationalities, different offsprings, cultures and roots.
The project wants to achieve to show all the different faces who live in this beautiful country to create more awareness and acceptance towards others.
If you live in the Netherlands, but have roots elsewhere, I want to invite you to join the project and let me photograph you in my Arnhem studio, at no cost.
You can have the Dutch nationality, as long as you, or your parents or grandparents, have roots elsewhere and migrated to the Netherlands at some point.
The result
At the end of the project, which is set at March 21, 2025, a coffee table book with all the images will be launched and available to purchase through this website.
Maurice is currently trying to find a location to host an exhibition of the portraits.
The proceeds of the book will hopefully cover some of the expenses made for the project, but probably not all.
The progress of the project can be followed online on this website and on Maurice Jager’s social media accounts.
about the photographer
Maurice Jager is a leading Dutch headshot and portrait photographer with a studio in Arnhem, the Netherlands and New York City, USA.
Maurice Jager
Maurice Jager is a photographer, speaker, author and podcast-host with multiple TV and radio appearances as well.
Maurice Jager is Europa’s top headshot photographer and personal branding photography specialist.
With over a decade of experience as a photographer, Maurice has photographed tens of thousands of people in his studios.
Maurice partnered up with Van Duuren Media and together they released his book ‘Personal branding voor fotografen‘, only available in Dutch at this point, which bundles all of his experience.
As the expert in personal branding for photographers, Maurice also launched a Facebook group with currently over 700 members and a Podcast named ‘Personal Branding for Photographers‘ with approximately 500 monthly listeners.
Maurice is one of the returning coaches on the TV-Show ‘Focus op Gelderland’ which is aired on Omroep Gelderland and national TV on NPO2 with Omroep Max.
Maurice’s book has been chosen the second best photography book in 2020.
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