Anita Bonnarens
documentary photography
The art of photography feeds my soul. It brings me into the present moment, allowing me to find solitude and peace in life’s speed and noise. With my camera, I forget about time and reconnect with beingness, expressing what is hard to articulate. I am passionate about observing life. I carry my camera with curiosity, compassion, and humour. Always looking for the unguarded moment, I seek to let the story unfold in its natural way.
My portfolio is a work in progress, as is my artistic voice. In exploring different fields of interest, I am constantly reinventing and transforming myself, defining characteristics that become more clearly visible in every image I make. My current body of work is a mosaic of images from the past nine years, while living on three continents. What started with a predilection for both Street Photography and Fine Art Photography has grown in different directions. A challenging and inspiring humanitarian photo workshop with The Giving Lens-Tanzania Team 2015 left me with the desire to be involved in more Humanitarian Photography projects.
I believe that powerful images can connect people beyond language, culture, and borders to conserve cultural traditions, raise awareness, and move people into action.
Curso Básico Digital & Taller Avanzado at Art School Centro de la Imagen Alianza Francesa, Quito, Ecuador
Commercial Photography with Kevin James Day, Vancouver
Street Photography with Kathleen Hinkel, Vancouver Photo Workshop
The Constructed Image at Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver
Art History, The Movements that Mattered at Sotheby's Art Institute
Humanitarian Photo Workshop & Volunteering, The Giving Lens, Tanzania 2015
Certificate Visual Storytelling, Photographers Without Borders, Cambodia 2016
Diploma Documentary Photography Projects, Danish School of Media and Journalism, NOOR and World Press Photo, Amsterdam May-October 2017
Certificate Visual Storytelling, Photographers Without Borders, Mongolia 2018
Published
2016 PWB School Thailand-Cambodia
2017 Project 1728 Arequipa-Peru - Photographers Without Borders Magazine
HOW A NON-PROFIT IS TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN IN RURAL PERU
2018 Project 1728 Chajul, Guatemala - Photographers Without Borders Magazine
MEET THE NGO BEHIND CHAJUL'S FIRST AND ONLY COMMUNITY LIBRARY
MAYAN ELDERS AND CHILDREN ARE KEEPING THE IXIL LANGUAGE ALIVE
2019 Project 1932 Astana City, Kazakhstan - Photographers Without Borders Magazine