I discovered Annelies Strba’s work when I was in photography school. I was moved by these beautiful pictures of everyday life of children, growing up in a messy house. This is real and nostalgic. There are love and happiness and melancholy.

Children are sleeping with cats, play music in the kitchen. Girls become women with long hair, have babies. Time is passing, this is just life.

Annelies Strba’s eyes are so powerful and soft as the same time. The way she frames, the way she organises colors, what she captures of her everyday life are pure elegance for me.

The book continues to inspire me for my personal work and for my portrait work since ten years.