Hi, my name is Marijke.
I am from The Hague in the Netherlands and I love to take pictures.
I am interested in people. And in their stories. So that is what I do. Tell people’s stories.
Marijke Stroucken (b. 1962) is an independent documentary photographer based in the Netherlands. Originally trained and employed in organizational science and change management, she graduated from the Photo Academy in Amsterdam in 2016. Her professional background continues to inform her approach to photography.
With genuine curiosity, she tries to understand what shapes people into who they are—their motivations, the choices they make, and how those choices influence the course of their lives. In her photographic work, she searches for deeper layers of meaning. There is always a background, a history, a story.
Through her photography, Marijke aims to spark dialogue and encourage reflection, hoping to foster understanding and soften judgment.
Her work has been featured in various media outlets and exhibited at Museum Hilversum, Rotterdam Photo, the Grote Kerk in Emmen, and Kunsthal Willem de Zwijger in Den Bosch.
Biography
2021 Publication Miriam in Hollandse Beelden
2020 Publication Waiting for a miracle in Hollandse Beelden
2020 Exhibition Rotterdam Photo
2020 Solo exhibition Where they belong at the Pancratiuschurch in Emmen
2019 Exhibition Waiting for a Miracle in Museum Hilversum
2019 Exhibition Where they Belong in the Willem Twee kunstruimte in Den Bosch
2019 Shortlisted for Athens Photo Festival
2019 Publication Waiting for a Miracle in NRC Handelsblad and in Het Wiel
2019 Louis Zaal Masterclass (Zilveren Camera and Beeldunie)
2019 Dream Big, children in the slums of Kolkata (for Seed Netherlands)
2018 Exhibition Rotterdam Photo 2018
2018 VII photo agency – Story Telling and Human Rights by Ed Kashi
2017 Exhibition Homeland in gallery Sehnsucht in Rotterdam
2017 Masterclass with Rahi Rezvani
2017 Expert program Photo Academy Amsterdam – ‘Photobook’
2017 Shortlisted for Athens Photo Festival
2017 Exhibition Rotterdam Photo 2017
2017 Exhibition New Dutch Talent – 5&33 Amsterdam
2016 Start working for Parool Newspaper
2016 Selected for New Dutch Photography Talent 2017
2016 Publication / interview PF
2016 Publication all young people left in Parool
2016 Publication to be framed in Parool
2016 Exhibition Unframed – Roest Amsterdam
2016 Photo Academy Amsterdam
2016 Exhibition Point of street view with the ‘Perron-010’ collective at Rotterdam Photo 2016
2015 Winner (by jury) NRC competition theme “man”
2015 Publication series F.A.S.T. in NRC Handelsblad
2014 Exhibition New York Photo Festival, finalist student category
2014 Exhibition Ian Royce Gallery – Cape Town Zuid Afrika
1996 SIOO – Change management
1991 Washington University St. Louis / TIAS – Master of Information Management (cum laude)
1989 Hogeschool Eindhoven – Business Management
Marijke Stroucken | marijke@marijkestroucken.nl | +31 6 22401008