我出生于1983年，在马斯喀特（阿曼），并在世界各地长大。我现在在荷兰的海牙定居下来。在2016年秋天，我发现街头摄影相当突然，因为我在城里走动，为我的旧相机试了一个新镜头。从陌生人的生活中捕捉和收集瞬间变成了一种严肃的痴迷。我可以用相机几个小时走在街上，完全迷失在一个冥想和直觉的存在状态。除了作为街头摄影师，我还是一个五岁儿子的全职母亲。如果不适合他，我认为我不会发现街头摄影。他教会我用新的眼睛和对生活中普通事物的好奇心来惊叹。以同情和无判断的方式观察。
I was born in 1983 in Muscat (Oman) and raised all over the world. I now settled down in Den Haag, the Netherlands. In the fall of 2016 I discovered street photography rather out of the blue as I was walking around town trying out a new lens for an old camera I had. Capturing and collecting moments from the lives of total strangers became a serious obsession. I can walk the streets with my camera for hours on end and completely lose myself in a meditative and intuitive state of being. Besides from being a street photographer I’m also a full-time mother of a five year old son. I don’t think I would have discovered street photography if it wasn’t for him. He taught me to look and marvel with new eyes and curiosity at ordinary things in life. To observe with empathy and without judgement.
Author:© Merel SCHONEVELD