Fleur Huijsdens creates images that are clear and intentional. In her photography, she captures moments without noise. Each image is carefully composed, leaving space for stillness. The subject is always central, without distraction, without excess.

For this art fair, Fleur is presenting her cyanotypes for the first time. Although she has been working with this technique for years, the work has remained behind the scenes, until now. Cyanotype is an early photographic process that uses sunlight and iron salts to create blueprints. What you see is the shadow of something that once lay there: a leaf, a branch, a moment.

Fleur works exclusively with plants. That’s no coincidence, true to her name, she has long felt connected to the shapes and structures of nature. She draws inspiration from Anna Atkins, widely regarded as the first female photographer.

Unlike her photography, the cyanotype process always leaves room for chance. A shift in sunlight, a brushstroke too wide, a tiny movement of a leaf, these imperfections often turn out to be the most beautiful parts of the work. That unpredictability is what makes the process so exciting.

As in her photographic work, these cyanotypes are about simplicity and attention. What is unnecessary is left out. What remains is the essence: form, light, shadow, and the quiet needed to truly look.