Ingrid Baars gradated from the Willem de Kooning academy in Rotterdam in the early 1990s and work as an independent illustrateur and photographer until 2009 when she decided to concentrate solely on her artistic work, which previously coexisted with her commercial activities. Her signature style came into being and grew from collage to full-blown digital treatment of her images as can be traced in previous series like “About Face”, “Inside/Outside” and “Artislovers”.
‘l’Afrique!’ is a fascinating project by Ingrid Baars inspired by the richness of African cultural heritage in all its diversity, incorporating as it does both the human and the non-human.
Baars unique style of working is a one-person endeavor from the preliminary photo-shoot to the photographic manipulation, merging photography, high-end fashion and traditional African sculpture.