Petra Stavast
author · photographer
Petra Stavast is a Dutch visual artist born in Tiel in 1977. Her work spans photography, film, and text, focusing on unraveling complex social issues through personal observations and research-based narratives. She often translates fragments of research into compelling visual stories in books and installations. In 2005, she founded Fw:Books, an independent publishing house specializing in photography. Her practice is characterized by a meticulous approach to documentation and storytelling, as seen in projects like 'Libero', which reconstructs personal histories from found materials.[1,2]
- social issues
- migration
- personal observation
- visual research
- history reconstruction
Books
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Libero€195.00
Works by Petra Stavast
- 2009 Libero Photographs by Petra Stavast; text by Petra Stavast.
- 2022 S75
- 2014 Ramya
- 2008 China/S75
Exhibitions
- 2026 Natura Extensa
- 2025 CALAMITA/À Passato, presente, futuro
- 2024 Calamita/à
- 2023 S75
- 2010 Libero
- 2009 Libero
Awards
- 2002 Steenbergen Stipendium winner