unsealed

This photographic series unfolds as an inquiry into light, form, and suggestion. Each image presents the same elements — sharply defined frames, angular structures, and articulated shadows — yet each appears, through De Haan’s distinctive photographic technique, in a different guise. What seems sealed proves porous; what appears solid turns out to be transparent.

The title ‘unsealed’ refers to the moment a structure — physical or mental — is opened. What was once shielded or closed off is now exposed, visible, but not necessarily understandable. The geometry appears precise, yet raises questions about perspective, scale, and space.

These images are reductions, abstractions that detach themselves from a concrete world, yet subtly echo the everyday. A window, an enclosure, a threshold? Through repetition and subtle variation, a rhythm emerges — like a visual breath: sealed – opened – transformed.