H O M E
HOME is a portrait series dedicated to family, upbringing, and the nostalgia of childhood. It began initially as a way to capture the complex sentimentality of my childhood home, but it grew into a way for me to process grief, and settle into the reality of change.
When I was designing the clothing for this project, my head was full of the visuals and traditions I experienced while growing up; the dutch clogs from the Netherlands that we put out for St. Nick every year, the warm tones of the wood furniture crafted by my father, and the presence of my grandparents and Oma and Opa in every painting, sculpture, and knick knack that adorned the space. The silhouettes of the clothing reference historical dutch garments from many regions of the country, while the textiles pay tribute to the people wearing them; i.e. the rugged, stiff denim referencing the utilitarian clothing my father has worn his whole life to woodwork, and the appliquéd and quilted fabric referencing the tradition of reusing fabric in my moms family.
It was important to me that my parents be the ones modeling the clothing, so the locations of each photo were specific to the areas of the house I remember them occupying most; my dad in his workshop where he would spend hours of the day creating, my mom downstairs by the cabinets that held the record player, singing and dancing along to Stevie Wonder or Tom Jones, or both of them together in their bedroom, at the start of each day, drinking coffee.
How I understand the word ‘HOME’ has come from seeing the care with which my parents created our home and how it grew with us through the years. The world that they created for themselves, and for my brother and I to grow up in, was always so special, full of endless love and unabashed self expression.
When I was designing the clothing for this project, my head was full of the visuals and traditions I experienced while growing up; the dutch clogs from the Netherlands that we put out for St. Nick every year, the warm tones of the wood furniture crafted by my father, and the presence of my grandparents and Oma and Opa in every painting, sculpture, and knick knack that adorned the space. The silhouettes of the clothing reference historical dutch garments from many regions of the country, while the textiles pay tribute to the people wearing them; i.e. the rugged, stiff denim referencing the utilitarian clothing my father has worn his whole life to woodwork, and the appliquéd and quilted fabric referencing the tradition of reusing fabric in my moms family.
It was important to me that my parents be the ones modeling the clothing, so the locations of each photo were specific to the areas of the house I remember them occupying most; my dad in his workshop where he would spend hours of the day creating, my mom downstairs by the cabinets that held the record player, singing and dancing along to Stevie Wonder or Tom Jones, or both of them together in their bedroom, at the start of each day, drinking coffee.
How I understand the word ‘HOME’ has come from seeing the care with which my parents created our home and how it grew with us through the years. The world that they created for themselves, and for my brother and I to grow up in, was always so special, full of endless love and unabashed self expression.
Clothing Designer: Corrine Huhnke
Photographer/ Grip: Hank Huhnke
Set Designer/ Art Direction: Melis Maro
Models: Janneke Barbara van Leeuwen, James Huhnke
Photographer/ Grip: Hank Huhnke
Set Designer/ Art Direction: Melis Maro
Models: Janneke Barbara van Leeuwen, James Huhnke