Ruth van Beek, ( Zaandam, Netherlands, 1977)
Graduated in 2002 at Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam following a Master in Photography.

She collects random snapshots, slides and family albums and cuts pictures from newspapers and old books. Together these collected images form an archive in which pictures are arranged in constantly changing ways. Sometimes based on their subject matter, other times based on material, appearance, story or even coincidence. She folds and refolds combinations of these photographs to create unusual new images.