Minnelied

• Photographer
  Margrieta Jeltema
• Technical Info
  Large Format. Medium Format And 35mm. Analogue, Film
• Photo Date
  2021 - 2023

Were the Troubadours of Greek, Celtic and Iberian origins? Were the Etruscans distant ancestors as well? Maybe not all is lost, maybe the secrets of the Troubadours reveal themselves in the love-songs (de Minneliederen) and in their tales of Chivalry; the tales of Arthur, of Merlin and of Percival. The kiss that reveals a burning love, like the flame that never died; its reflections are cast all around the lake where flowers touch the sky and where the nightingale’s song arises higher still. It is a promise.

Margrieta was born under Northern skies, in the Netherlands. She has lived and worked in the Netherlands, Italy, Algeria, the Caribbean, Chile, Portugal and Romania. During her biology studies with a major in philosophy at Wageningen (the Netherlands), Margrieta started with a variety of studies in bronze casting, painting, etching and ceramics. Her work embraces poetry, sculpture, but her main creative outlet is photography.