“The photographs in the book were all taken with the same quiet attention.….The work expresses purely empathetic curiosity” (Jan Postma, art critic, De Groene Amsterdammer)
“We step into a totally different world, but we are unable to really touch it. That’s the beautiful thing about this book. This is a community that eludes any description. It is as if there a kind of ‘glow’ coming from the pictures, a little layer that lies between us and them. The raw, real and pure life we meet here is fascinating and really stays with us for the rest of the day”. (Emma Louise Diest, book reviewer NPO radio 1 programme Humberto Tan)
Selected for The Best Dutch Book Designs 2024 (exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam from November 7, 2025)
Honourable mention NPO Radio 1 non-fiction book of the month
Shortlist Photobook Award festival Diecixdieci
Shortlist Prix du Livre Rencontres d’Arles category Photo-Text Book 2024
Winner EI Photobook Award 2023
Shortlist Dummy Award 2023
Published in De Groene Amsterdammer, de Volkskrant, het Parool, Trouw, de Gelderlander, Dummy Magazin and Artdoc Photography Magazine and awarded with the second prize of de Paul Peters Fotoprijs (Zilveren Camera).
One shower a week
Just outside the Dutch village of Angeren (Gelderland), nine adults, five children, six sheep, lots of chickens and a dog live together in one house: intentional community De Brouwketel. The ‘Brouwketelaars’ try to live a self-sufficient and sustainable life. They grow their own fruit and vegetables, make yoghurt themselves and bake their own bread. They also consume as little water, electricity and plastic possible, while heating their house with firewood gathered from the land. Almost everything they need is bought at charity shops or handmade.
I photographed the residents of De Brouwketel over a three-and-a-half-year period. On average, I visited once every two months and often stayed the night. My numerous stays with the Brouwketelaars opened up a new world to me. I was touched by their sustainable and slow way of living, their unconcernedness with outward appearances and relaxed attitude towards hygiene. Spending time at De Brouwketel made me look at my own life differently. Sometimes unsettling, often enriching.
Publisher: Lecturis
Design: Syb
Pages: 216
Pictures: 101
ISBN: 9789462265134
One shower a week is for sale at a.o. Athenaeum Boekhandel Amsterdam and Haarlem, het Colofon (Arnhem), Boekhandel Roelants (Nijmegen), Dekker & van de Vegt (Nijmegen), Ballon Rouge (Rotterdam), Tipi Bookshop (Brussels, Belgium). Or order it online at Lecturis or at Photobook Junkies.
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