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Artist // Student // Photography
- Nov 25
- Netherlands
- Deviant for 9 years
- www.linkedin.com/in/diana-van-vugt/
- She / Her
My Bio
Ever since I could hold a pen and a camera, I loved to tell, in word and image, some of the countless stories that lived within me or observed in the wide world around me and - the very best- a merger of both. The inspiration to photograph and write has been as volatile as myself. The turbulence of searching but never really finding has been absorbing half my life. I just turned 40 and, I swear, I'll bloom during the second half of my life. For starters, I finally found my place in this world, with a wide and wonderful horizon that evokes the inspiration to reach out and peek far beyond.
I decided to listen to my heart and switch my career to 'something creative'. Meanwhile, I had my first encounter with funeral photography. It touched me ever so deeply to create an image monument in honor of a beloved deceased to keep his flame alive. Yes indeed, the commemoration of the epilogue to one's life is a crucial turning point for those involved; everything returns to the source, where the circle closes to re-open again.
So I found my calling. The speech (and other) writing completes it. I've enrolled in a specialist, intensive course for professional funeral photographers (2019). Meanwhile, I'm starting my own business as a funeral photographer and speechwriter.
Voor Nederlandse pagina bezoekers met eventuele interesse in mijn diensten: zie ook mijn LinkedIn pagina (link is bijgevoegd). Een website zal ik binnenkort in de steigers gaan zetten en ontwikkelen tot een mooi representatief geheel. Ik woon in Halderberge, dus, om te beginnen, werk ik voornamelijk in die regio, alsmede Etten-Leur, Breda, Roosendaal, Zevenbergen, Lage Zwaluwe en Dordrecht. Heb je interesse, wil je informatie of een afspraak? Neem contact met mij op!
Diana van Vugt
Persephoneia afscheidsfoto's en -teksten
info.persephoneia@gmail.com
I decided to listen to my heart and switch my career to 'something creative'. Meanwhile, I had my first encounter with funeral photography. It touched me ever so deeply to create an image monument in honor of a beloved deceased to keep his flame alive. Yes indeed, the commemoration of the epilogue to one's life is a crucial turning point for those involved; everything returns to the source, where the circle closes to re-open again.
So I found my calling. The speech (and other) writing completes it. I've enrolled in a specialist, intensive course for professional funeral photographers (2019). Meanwhile, I'm starting my own business as a funeral photographer and speechwriter.
Voor Nederlandse pagina bezoekers met eventuele interesse in mijn diensten: zie ook mijn LinkedIn pagina (link is bijgevoegd). Een website zal ik binnenkort in de steigers gaan zetten en ontwikkelen tot een mooi representatief geheel. Ik woon in Halderberge, dus, om te beginnen, werk ik voornamelijk in die regio, alsmede Etten-Leur, Breda, Roosendaal, Zevenbergen, Lage Zwaluwe en Dordrecht. Heb je interesse, wil je informatie of een afspraak? Neem contact met mij op!
Diana van Vugt
Persephoneia afscheidsfoto's en -teksten
info.persephoneia@gmail.com
Favourite Visual Artist
Far too many to mention, but one photographer I feel especially drawn to is Desiree Dolron.
Favourite Movies
Inland empire, in particular. Melancholia by Lars von Trier, The piano teacher by Haneke, ...
Favourite TV Shows
Quality detectives like Waking the dead and The Bridge.
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Also too many, but as my nickname suggests the album The pearl by Harold Budd & Brian Eno is very dear to me.
Favourite Books
Again too many, but The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath stands out, as well as all her poetic works.
Favourite Writers
Sylvia Plath, e.e. cummings, Haruki Marukami, Francois Ferdinand Céline, J.M.G. Le Clézio, Tommy Wieringa and more...
Favourite Games
NONE.
Favourite Gaming Platform
NONE.
Tools of the Trade
First and foremost: my imagination. Then, some skills and eagerness to learn. Furthermore, Leica Lux V, Canon 70D, Canon 7D plus equipment. Recently, I've upgraded considerably (YES!) and am upgrading my processing software soon to Lightroom CC.
Other Interests
Life, the universe and everything (NO, not the book).
Nothing is more captivating than autumnal bliss... Here's my little ode to the season. Greetings! https://www.deviantart.com/darkeyedsister/art/November-bliss-774630182
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Love to share light and joy, especially with those for whom a little of token of sympathy is of big meaning. #HolidayCardProject
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Late October 2018
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Dear Journal, dear all,
After years of feeling hopelessly taciturn, imploded, creatively dead inside, after being curled up far too long in my comfort zone, too frightened to come out and meet the wide world, go on a journey called life, I was forced out of my safe dark shelter on a scorching hot day, last summer. A beloved of a dear friend passed away on the legendary night it rained stars from heaven and Mars colored the nightly horizon nearly vermillion red. What a passage, I thought, while lighting a candle, holding a rosary, not knowing how to pray, but I sure did.
This night the universe shifted its course.
I was offered the honor t
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Thank you so much for watching!
My pleasure!
Thank'ee most kindly, m'deer 
for keeping an eye on this ancient weaver of images 
I needs it as I gets a bit wayward at times
for keeping an eye on this ancient weaver of images I needs it as I gets a bit wayward at times
It’s my pleasure! 😊 I’m sure we all crucially need support and constructive feedback at times... Even creative beings tend to stick to comfort zones and habits, so need a reminder the horizon of inspiration is much wider than our actual perceptual framework at the time being.
I was talking to a policeman this morning, and as we parted, he asked me what I was going to be doing, I just said, "Shooting some people." He laughed and said "I'll pretend I didn't hear that." He's well aware of what I do, as I've shot him a few times 
Nice one!
Got some good shots?
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Thanks for the 