CONTACT

selg.lina@gmail.com
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Lina Selg (1996) is a German documentary photographer based in The Hague, Netherlands. She currently works on assignment for Dutch newspapers, news agencies and organisations, covering daily news and working on longer photo-reportages, both in the Netherlands and internationally. 

Her personal projects focus on those marginalized by society. Her latest work “Faces in the Water” tells the stories of five young adults grappling with depression and suicidal thoughts, yet struggling to enter the Dutch mental health care system.
Her collaborative multi-media project “I miss you, home” tackles the housing crisis in the Netherlands by following a group of international students squatting empty houses for living. 

In 2022, Lina graduated from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, with a BA in documentary photography and was consequently selected as a one year trainee by the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant (2023/24). Since then, she works as a freelancer.

Clients: de Volkskrant, ANP, Nederlands Dagblad, Woonbond, Volkskrant Magazine, Diversion

Solo-exhibition

Faces in the Water (2023)
Verhaalenkamer GGZ Heiloo
Heiloo, Netherlands

I miss you, home (2022)
KENCES Conference, Nieuwe Kerk, The Hague, Netherlands

I miss you, home (2021)
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, The Netherlands

Group-exhibitions

Imagining Sustainable Futures (2024) 
Visual Culture Education x Klimaatmakers, The Balcony, Den Haag, Netherlands

Spotlight (2023)
Haagsekunstenaars, Stroom / Online

Piep Knars Krijs Kraak (2022)
Het Monument Mokum Kraakt,
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Rondje Singel Uitfeest (2022)
Fotodok, Wolvenplein Utrecht, Netherlands

Graduation Show (2022)
Royal Academy of Arts, Den Haag, Netherlands

We imagine a Europe (2022)
Creative Court x Culture Action Europe, BOZAR Studio Brussels, BE

Don’t Hold Your Breath (2021)
The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague, The Netherlands

Flux (2021)
EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands



Talks and conversations

The Future of Europe / mental illness and European policies, 2022 
Amplifying underrepresented voices, Bozar, Brussels

Photgraphs and findings regarding the housing crisis
with Alderman Martijn Balster, Den Haag

How can art influence politics? 2021
the housing crisis, squatting, and the influence of art.
D66, Den Haag

Squatting as a consequence of the housing crisis, 2021 Exhibition tour for the Housing Task Force Den Haag


Education

BA Documentary Photography, Royal Academy of Arts, Den Haag NL (2018-22)

Intern staff-photographer at de Volkskrant, Amsterdam, NL (2023-24)