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Secrets to Yesterday

Factories close their doors. The once glorious buildings are abandoned. Where the happy couple used to tell each other how their day went, is now a thick layer of dust. Where the psalms were sung so proud, the sky has fallen. They want to tell me their secrets.

Awards

Photographer of the Year Contest

2024

Bronze

Architecture

Non Professional

Secrets to Yesterday

Factories close their doors. The once glorious buildings are abandoned. Where the happy couple used to tell each other how their day went, is now a thick layer of dust. Where the psalms were sung so proud, the sky has fallen. They want to tell me their secrets.

About Artist

Marieke Berkelaar

Marieke Berkelaar is a photographer and graphic designer from Leerdam, the Netherlands. The combination of her photography and her passion for the past takes you back in time. In recent years, Marieke has mainly focused on capturing a piece of history; old and abandoned buildings. Places that give the impression that they have been abandoned from one moment to the next, who want to tell the stories of their time and where no one has been for years. She wants the viewer to wonder what happened. Wants them to unravel the how, what, and why behind the photo and feel the melancholy. She is ready to start the dialog.

Marieke Berkelaar

Photographic Areas of Focus

Architecture

Location

Netherlands

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