""We make a lot of work together, but we do carry our own cameras and, within that shared universe, really operate as individuals. It may sound strange to people from afar, but for us that really does make a difference - whether I shoot a photo by myself. In small ways, we try to find our own individual work, which is also healthy, I think, and nice to do.""
"A signature of theirs has often been the multilayered image, sometimes dependent on reflections in windows or water, other times based more on compressing three-dimensional space into the frame (say, a subject caught behind a window grille or railing). That quality is as present as ever here, and lately van Rij has started making collages out of her photographs, so the images containing multiple layers are themselves laid atop one another."
Sarah van Rij and David van der Leeuw collaborate as an art-making couple while maintaining individual creative practices. van Rij's Atlas of Echoes collects photographs that arise primarily from her perspective within their shared visual universe. The images often employ multilayered construction through reflections, windows, water, and compressed spatial planes. van Rij layers photographs into collages, describing the process as 'recycling and constructing.' Urban environments serve as sites of overlapping past and present, producing fleeting glimpses of earlier times. The work favors partial portraits and fragmented figures, balancing collaborative identity with personal authorship and distinct visual choices.
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