PRESS RELEASE: Ballon Rouge is proud to exhibit at Unseen Photo for the first time, with new work by Vivian Ammerlaan and Dineke Versluis, two artists who explore landscape through layered photographic processes.

The opening will take place on Thursday, 26 March 2026, followed by public fair days from Friday 27 March through Sunday 29 March at Rotterdam Ahoy, as part of Art Rotterdam.

Inspired by her trip to the Rocky Mountains in 2025, Vivian Ammerlaan developed a new series of large-format cyanotypes. Working with negatives of imagined landscapes and toning the images with tea and coffee, she creates compositions in which deep blue and earthy brown hues merge. Traces of the making process—stains, frayed edges, and unpredictable effects—are integral to the work, evoking both the vastness of the landscape and her intimate, personal presence.

Dineke Versluis examines visual associations found in archival images in her ongoing project Connecting Landscapes. By reusing and transforming existing material, she creates new connections and perspectives. In her Post Studies, she reshapes photographs through layered editing into new compositions. This body of work is presented carefully framed and on a larger scale for the first time.

Photos by Marlike Marks.

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