About

“The work expresses pure empathatic curiosity” Review One shower a week – Jan Postma, De Groene Amsterdammer)

“Whilst photographing, Dingemans is searching for her own position on the subject and takes us with her on this journey. Her viewpoint is close-up and loving, however not without irony. The series is filled with the clumsiness of our daily lives and confronts us with our own discomforts.” Jury report Zilveren Camera Paul Peters Fotoprijs 

Documentary photographer Mariet Dingemans (1971) is fascinated by the way people form groups and communities. She often follows these social bonds with her camera, in both still and moving image, for extended periods. With the eye of an anthropologist Dingemans searches for a system and for coherence in the outward appearance of a group; for codes and rituals that embody the identity of the group and at the same time divulge the individual’s place within it. She looks at how people, through clothes, food, furniture, ways of moving and speaking, norms, customs, and rituals, display their desire to belong together. By focusing on elementary tasks and activities, she reveals types of people who sometimes appear eccentric while remaining readily recognisable.

Dingemans’ work expolores the individual’s need to belong to a group while maintaining a sense of autonomy.  And the tension between these two.

Mariet Dingemans works on long term documentary projects and does commissioned work for various clients like Dutch newspaper Het Parool.

Awards
February 2025: ‘One shower a week’ selected for The Best Dutch Book Designs. 
November 2024: Honourable mention ‘Ones shower a week’  NPO Radio 1 non-fiction book of the month
November 2024:’One shower a week’ shortlist Photobook Award festival Diecixdieci
June 2024: ‘One shower a week’ shortlist Prix du Livre Rencontres d’Arles 2024
October 2023:  book ‘One shower a week’ winner EI Photobook Award 2023
March 2023: book One shower a week shortlist Dummy Award ’23
May 2021: nomination DuPho SO Student Award 
February 2021: second prize Zilveren Camera Paul Peters Fotoprijs 
February 2020: winner Olympic Young Talent Award
January 2020: nomination de Beeldmakers, initiated by het Parool & Vandejong Creative agency

Publications
August 2025: Review Jan Postma  De Groene Amsterdammer – One shower a week
December 2024: Article Artdoc Photography Magazine
May 2024: de Gelderlander – One shower a week
April 2024: Parool – One shower a week
April 2024: Trouw – One shower a week
April 2024: Focus Magazine – One shower a Week
December 2023: Article Dummy Magazin – One shower a week (14 pages)
September 2023:  Interview Focus Magazine
Augustus 2023:  Parool – First learn how to bike
February 2023 – now: various publications in Parool en PS Het Parool
February 2021: Haarlems Dagblad – Kappers in lockdown
January 2021: Kiekie Tabloid no 31 – Interview + The park with the artificial lake
August 2020: De Volkskrant – Uitgelicht: Aards paradijsje met zelfpluktuin
April 2020: Mister Motley – Het hokje van de bewaker – Zinnebeeld van de quarantaine

Exhibitions
Autumn ’25: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. One shower a week Selection Best Dutch Book Designs 2024
June – September 2025: De Engelbewaarder, Amsterdam.  One shower a week, solo exhibition
April-June 2025: Kohi Koffie, Haarlem. One shower a week, solo exhibition.
July – September 2024: Mécanique Générale, Arles, France.  One shower a week shortlist Prix du Livre Rencontres d’Arles
October 2023: Galeria da Estação, Braga, Portugal. One shower a week winner EI Photobook Award ’23
March 2023 – April 2024: Dummy Award ’23 World Tour One Shower a week 
December 2022: expo BLIK, Amsterdam (Netherlands) graduation show Fotoacademie (graduated with Distinction)
July 2021:  Museum Hilversum, The Netherlands. Group show Zilveren Camera,
August 2021: Abri campaign, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Group show DuPho SO Award

Talks
March 2025: Pennings Foundation Eindhoven  (One shower a week)
January 2025: X11, secondary school Utrecht (One shower a week)
November 2024: Day of the Photo book, Nijmegen (One shower a week)
October 2024: Dupho GFK (One shower a week)

Education
2018 – 2022 Fotoacademie Amsterdam, graduated with Honours
1992 – 1996 Cultural Anthropology University of Amsterdam (UVA)