My name is Merel Schoneveld (1983) and presently living in the Hague, The Netherlands. I have been an obsessed street photographer and everyday life observer since 2016.

Contact: merelschoneveld@gmail.com

Competitions

Winner Ed van der Elsken competition, Stedelijk Museum - 2017
Winner Street photography International Awards - 2017
Winner Street Shooting Around the World Photo contest, Los Angeles Center of Photography - 2018
Second Prize winner category “News National”, Zilveren Camera - 2019
Winner Care4Corona, Pandemic photography Competition, Museum Hilversum - 2020
First prize winner category “News Regional”, Zilveren Camera 2020

Exhibitions

SPI Street awards Exhibition, the Art Bermondsey Project Space, London - 2018
Street Shooting Around the World, Los Angeles Center of Photography - 2018
Black and White, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens - 2018
Street Sans Frontiéres, Paris - 2018
Women Street Photographers, Artspace PS109, New York - 2019
Haute Photographie, Las Palmas Rotterdam - 2019
Exhibition Zilveren Camera winners, Traveling Exhibition - 2020
Candid Scheveningen, Panorama Mesdag Museum, Den Haag - 2020
Pandemic, Museum Hilversum - 2020
Exhibition Zilveren Camera winners - Traveling Exhibition - 2021
Bieb aan Zee, Centrale Bibliotheek Den Haag - 2021

Publications

Volkskrant magazine, Rubriek Smaak - 2018
NRC, Beelden ter illustratie Artikel “Flaneren moet je leren” van Christiaan Weijts - 2018
Kronkeling.com - 2018
Focus Magazine, Interview and portfolio - 2019
Gup New Dutch Photography Talent -2019
Vice.com - 2019
Shutr Magazine, Interview and portfolio - 2019
Polka Magazine - 2019
De Morgen, Portfolio - 2019
Streetrepeat.org - 2019
Zilveren Camera Jaarboek - 2020
The Street Photography Manual, Book by David Gibson - 2019
Villa Magazine, Interview and portfolio - 2020
Zilveren Camera Jaarboek - 2020
Focus Magazine - Dec 2021

Media

Gastjury bij het RTL programma “Het perfecte plaatje” aflevering 2 - 2021
Online masterclass Straatfotografie, Kamera Express - 2022