I’m a Dutch photographer and videographer based in New York City. My work explores resilience, belonging, and the quiet architecture of power — the ways people build, hold, and rebuild connection.
Before devoting myself fully to photography, I worked for many years in the broader world of visual production — from fashion and film to documentary projects — experience that shaped both my curiosity and my respect for creative process in all its forms. I’m drawn to stories that reveal strength in vulnerability and beauty in persistence, and to moments when people let their true selves show through the noise of everyday life.
I’m a graduate of the International Center of Photography’s Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism program, and a three-time finalist in Women Street Photographers.
Carin van der Donk (she/her)