My New Year’s card for 2024/2025 features a mosaic as the main image, made from 390 of my photos related to my work in 2024. When you zoom in on the mosaic, you’ll see the photos I found meaningful to include. Photos of my studio, other workspaces, details of photo organizing projects, work materials, PR materials, and, for example, moments of meetings and collaborations with colleagues, both locally and abroad. The ‘underlying’ photo itself is one of the ‘feet photo’s I took in 2024. My feet are standing on a landing in Foam, the photography museum in Amsterdam, on blue transparent tiles. Blue—a color I use often—and the transparent stones represent clarity and the ability to look beyond what’s immediately visible.
It’s such a fun way to do something creative with photos from a specific period or theme. I created the mosaic using www.easymoza.com.
Photos play a valuable role when you want to look back. What was important? What had you already forgotten? Take a moment to reflect on your own photos when you’re organizing them. What were the big moments? What truly mattered? Which moments stand out and deserve to be preserved? What do you want to zoom in on? And when you zoom out, do you see the bigger picture?
For 2025, I wish you joyful moments and many beautiful photos. In times like these, it’s nice to have something that makes you feel good and to create something beautiful for yourself. And that’s entirely possible with the photos on your camera roll, your computer, or—best of all—in a photo book. All the more reason to manage them well, especially when it comes to quantity. Because “less is more” doesn’t just apply to material things…