Sander van Wettum, Lightpiece #1 (Downtown Chicago), Inkjet print on aluminum 

Sander van Wettum grew up in Zoetermeer, a city designated as a growth centre in 1962 due to space problems in The Hague. What is the central theme in the art of van Wettum?

The experience of alienation in the urban environments

Celebrating urban architecture

The role of light in the built environment

Places that were important during his childhood

Sander van Wettum spent his childhood in the artificial landscape of Zoetermeer. This continues to resonates in his photography, in which he deals with the experience of feeling alienated in the built environment.

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