Eva Gjaltema

Eva Gjaltema (Zwolle,1979) is a Dutch photographer. She refers in her work to universal themes as the family institution and the influence of history on the present. She switches between documentary and more personal projects. Photography is for her primarily a medium for recording time, memories and transience. Eva graduated from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. She obtained a Bachelor of Photographic Design. She was selected ‘Best of photography departments art academies Netherlands 2008’ by the Amsterdam Centre of Photography. In 2010, she was nominated for the Dutch Doc Award for her exhibition ’Famylje’ at the Noorderlicht Photofestival. She held a Stipendium (Post Middendorp Assignment) to create the work 'Knoalster' in 2011, which was exhibited at the Kunsthal Rotterdam and Noorderlicht Gallery Groningen. More recently her work ‘Fernweh & Heimweh’ was shortlisted for the Athens Photofestival 2015 and featured as ‘Editors Pick’ and ‘Conceptual Project’ at Lensculture. Since April 2016 she became a member of Exposure Twelve (www.exp12.com).