Red Mother

Provocative, mysterious and inspiring are words which best describes his work: representing the character of the city of Amsterdam through its soul, its own citizens. As an important figure of Amsterdam’s cultural scene, photographer Ruud van der Peijl is known to create art that is not intended for the usual white cube gallery setting. Exploring a vast lists of subjects such as identity, gender and sexuality through the medium of style and beauty, van der Peijl’s work has been around the city of Amsterdam for the last 30 years. Provocative, mysterious and inspiring are words which best describes his work: representing the character of the city of Amsterdam through its soul, its own citizens. As an important figure of Amsterdam’s cultural scene, photographer Ruud van der Peijl is known to create art that is not intended for the usual white cube gallery setting. Exploring a vast lists of subjects such as identity, gender and sexuality through the medium of style and beauty, van der Peijl’s work has been around the city of Amsterdam for the last 30 years. Provocative, mysterious and inspiring are words which best describes his work: representing the character of the city of Amsterdam through its soul, its own citizens.