Neeltje De Vries

Neeltje de Vries is an Amsterdam-based photographer who crafts striking black-and-white images of women that feel both timeless and cinematic. Rooted in her background as a graphic designer, her work is defined by strong compositions, clean geometry, and a deep sensitivity to light and form. But beyond aesthetics, her photographs are a statement—a reclamation of space, identity, and freedom.

In Neeltje’s world, nudity is not provocative but liberating. It strips away time, expectation, and ego. Her women are not there to be desired or understood. They are present for themselves—unapologetic, self-contained, and often untouchable. There is strength in their stillness, tension in their serenity, and softness that does not yield.

Nature plays a central role—rocks, sea, and light become allies in expressing a primal, instinctive connection. Each image speaks of femininity not as a role, but as a force: wild, intuitive, layered. Her work resists categorization; it does not seek to explain but to evoke. And in doing so, it invites us to look again—closer, and differently.