Lotte Lisa Ekkel (NL, 1988) is a self-taught photographer based in Amsterdam. She works without a fixed plan, capturing poetic and intuitive images using only natural light. She finds beauty in quiet, often overlooked moments, creating photographs that invite reflection.
Light is both her subject and her guide. Photography captures light, yet light itself has no sense of time—it moves in a constant now. Time only takes shape when light touches something, enters an eye, or sparks a memory. Ekkel’s images exist in that moment, where light and the world come together to create meaning.
Her compositions are precise and graphic, often with a painterly flatness that makes spaces feel abstract. She is drawn to in-between places, where time seems to pause and emptiness has a quiet presence. Her work explores the balance between what we see and what we sense, encouraging the viewer to slow down and notice fleeting beauty.
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FAIRS
2025: AAF Brussels (Feb)
2024: Scope Art Show, Miami (Dec)
2025: AAF Amsterdam (Nov)
2024 : Art The Hague (October)
2024 : Unseen Amsterdam (September)
2024 : Affordable Art Fair Brussel ( 7-11 February)
2024 : Amsterdam Kunst RAI (27 April - May 1)
2024 : Photofair Shanghai (25 – 28 April)
2024 : Amsterdam Art week (29 mei – 2 juni)
2024 : Photo Basel (11 – 16 juni)
2023: Unseen Amsterdam ( 21 - 24 September)
2023: Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam (1 - 5 November)
2020: Fresh Eyes Photo Fair
2020: Haute Photography Rotterdam
PUBLICATIONS / SELECTED PRESS
2024 1605 Magazine No.2 - Article
2024 PF Magazine #7 - Article
2024 Chromatic Awards - Honorable Mention
2024 Aesthetica Magazine - printed article October Issue
2024 Photographers Companion - article
2024 De Morgen - Spread weekendbijlage
2024 Aesthestica Magazine - Softness and Strength Article
2024 The Guardian - Photofairs Shanghai Highlights
2023 FOCUS Magazine - Cover image + interview
2020 Fresh Eyes - Cover image
2020 The Real Photobook - Stolen Moments
2015 New Dutch Photography Talent
EXHIBITIONS
2025 - NewHouse Gallery
2024 - De Galerie Rotterdam
2020 UNITED - Kahmann Gallery
NOMINATIONS
2020 Haute Talents
2020 Fresh Eyes talents