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Sander Dekker
Born 1980, The Netherlands The style of Dekker is easily recognizable, due to his working method that could be described as spontaneous and playful. When shooting, Dekker does not know how the photos will turn out in the end, as he always tries to capture the unexpected. ‘The Project’ is an ongoing series of portraits created by Sander Dekker from 2011 onwards. His subjects are never his friends or acquaintances, but people he finds on social media. He chooses people he admires as his subjects: outgoing, spontaneous, and always a bit eccentric. He contacts them to ask if he can photograph them at home, then books a ticket and gets on the plane. Raging through their house together, Dekker captures the high energy of that first encounter. A shoot usually last for an hour or so, before he’s off to his next visit. Meeting his models just before the session and working without a preconceived concept, creates the spontaneity that is distinctive of Dekker’s work.
Exhibitions & Art Fairs
Sander Dekker, Ellen Kooi, Liset Castillo, Casper Braat
NAP+ Amsterdam
De Centrale Markthal, Amsterdam · Booth nummer?
17 – 20 September 2026
Birds of Paradise
12 April – 17 May 2025
Alena Rakova, Dido Fontana, HERPES LABIAL, Julia Kiryanova, Yulia Nefedova, Daria Kikel', Kristian von Hornsleth
Companions ❤
15 January – 5 March 2022
My Name Is Sander Dekker
2 – 30 June 2018
Works
Sander Dekker
Series I — Full Installation
Three-work installation: The Peek, The Find, The Trace
2026
Artwork informationSander Dekker
Series I — The Find
Original NS train wastebin, handmade magazine (HP Indigo digital print, 64 pages, A5), brown paper bag, mixed period debris
2026
59 × 27 × 14 cm
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Series I — The Trace
White plastic Monobloc chair, phone charging cable, vintage binoculars, food prop, individually curated objects
2026
80 × 55 × 50 cm
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Series I — The Peek
Wooden frame, glass, recessed plastic passe-partout, aluminium venetian blinds, backlit photographic print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper, LED light panel, wall-mounted aluminium housing
2026
67 × 67 × 35 cm
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Vive La Vie!
Lambda print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper, passe-partout, glass, and wooden frame
2021
90 x 60 CM
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Employee of the Month
Lambda print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper
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Got No Time for That Shit!
Lambda print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper
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Bridge to the Supernatural
Lambda print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper
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Horticulture
Lambda print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper, mounted on dibond, plexiglass and black wooden frame
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Kaliesxpress
Lambda print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper, mounted on dibond, plexiglass and black wooden frame
Artwork informationVideos
‘Birds of Paradise’ - Solo exhibition by Sander Dekker
Celebrating otherness, freedom, joy, and self-expression