Every imperfection, every scar, every crease, every little defect becomes an added value in Berber Theunissen‘s photographs.
Born in 1989, Berber Theunissen was born in Otterlo, a small village in the Netherlands, and later moved to Amsterdam, where she graduated from the Photo Academy. Today, Berber lives in Rheden and is represented by the Open Doors Gallery, on the gallery’s website you can find some of her beautiful photographs for sale.
Among her works, the photographic series that captured our attention the most is the one entitled “Skin“.
In a society where everything must appear perfect, at the limit of the impossible, Berber Theunissen’s shots bring us back to normality, show us another side of femininity through normal bodies, with all their beautiful defects.

As can be deduced from the name, Skin opens the door to moments of intimacy, where the skin is the only dress of the bodies photographed, but the more we flip through the photos, the more we understand that the focus is not on the skin, but on what is under it.
Longing to learn to embrace the skin I live in, I started this research to the skin of others. It’s about peeling back the layers, exposing something deeply intimate and true.

Below you can find a selection of Berber Theunissen’s shots, to discover all her works go to her website.











