Photographer's Profile

RIk Roos

FOAC, Netherlands

Rik Roos is a Dutch photographer based in Amsterdam. His conceptual photography explores intimate, emotional themes such as desire, doubt, loneliness, and regret – rooted in personal experience yet carrying a universal social resonance. His recent series Two Strangers Now is a visual exploration of the pain and inability to cope following ghosting – the sudden and unexplained act of breaking off contact by a loved one. This contemporary phenomenon, amplified by social media, particularly affects younger generations and exposes the fragility of digital relationships. Rik draws inspiration from arthouse cinema and works with a strong sense of social engagement, nourished by his international experiences across Asia, the Middle East, the United States, and Europe. His work was recently exhibited during Amsterdam’s Museumnacht, the Noorderlicht Biennale, and at the Leica Gallery Amsterdam. In 2025, Rik self-published his first artist book, Echoes of Desire, in which the use of paper and folding techniques allows the reader to physically experience the struggle of a midlife crisis – a subject on which men, in particular, rarely express themselves emotionally. That same year, his work was featured in PF Magazine and the Visual Poetry Journal. Rik graduated in 2025 from the Academy for Photography (FOAC) in Amsterdam and previously studied for two years at the International Center for Photography (ICP) in New York