Kim Van Liefferinge
@kimvanlief.bsky.social
Belgian-American photographer and archaeologist exploring visual histories and material cultures.
Website: https://studioceleste.art/
Substack: kimvanlief.substack.com
All images are my own unless stated otherwise.
Website: https://studioceleste.art/
Substack: kimvanlief.substack.com
All images are my own unless stated otherwise.
Lichens always stop me in my tracks. They’re not plants but rather a symbiosis between a fungus and an alga living as one. And this California coastal cypress is the perfect home base for them to anchor to.
#photography #art #california #landscape
#photography #art #california #landscape
November 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Lichens always stop me in my tracks. They’re not plants but rather a symbiosis between a fungus and an alga living as one. And this California coastal cypress is the perfect home base for them to anchor to.
#photography #art #california #landscape
#photography #art #california #landscape
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.
- Excerpt from "The Brook" (1886), Alfred Lord Tennyson
#photography #poetry #landscapephotography #art #river
But I go on forever.
- Excerpt from "The Brook" (1886), Alfred Lord Tennyson
#photography #poetry #landscapephotography #art #river
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.
- Excerpt from "The Brook" (1886), Alfred Lord Tennyson
#photography #poetry #landscapephotography #art #river
But I go on forever.
- Excerpt from "The Brook" (1886), Alfred Lord Tennyson
#photography #poetry #landscapephotography #art #river
November 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
October 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
—Robert Frost, 1923
#photography #art #california #tahoe #seasons
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
—Robert Frost, 1923
#photography #art #california #tahoe #seasons
October 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
—Robert Frost, 1923
#photography #art #california #tahoe #seasons
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
—Robert Frost, 1923
#photography #art #california #tahoe #seasons
Late afternoon at Donner Lake, CA.
#photography #dailyart #tahoe #california #landscape #landscapephotography
#photography #dailyart #tahoe #california #landscape #landscapephotography
September 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Late afternoon at Donner Lake, CA.
#photography #dailyart #tahoe #california #landscape #landscapephotography
#photography #dailyart #tahoe #california #landscape #landscapephotography
August 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
August 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
My research background deeply shapes my work. For "Imperial Harvest," I explored food history to uncover what it reveals about the European exploitation of the Americas.
Shortlisted for "Food Politics," World Food Photography Awards 2023.
More: studioceleste.art/imperial-har...
#photography #art
Shortlisted for "Food Politics," World Food Photography Awards 2023.
More: studioceleste.art/imperial-har...
#photography #art
August 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My research background deeply shapes my work. For "Imperial Harvest," I explored food history to uncover what it reveals about the European exploitation of the Americas.
Shortlisted for "Food Politics," World Food Photography Awards 2023.
More: studioceleste.art/imperial-har...
#photography #art
Shortlisted for "Food Politics," World Food Photography Awards 2023.
More: studioceleste.art/imperial-har...
#photography #art
I love the things,
with their infinite details,
each one with its own
invisible soul,
tingling with the light
of simple perfection.
Pablo Neruda – Ode to Common Things, 1954
#photography #poetry #art
with their infinite details,
each one with its own
invisible soul,
tingling with the light
of simple perfection.
Pablo Neruda – Ode to Common Things, 1954
#photography #poetry #art
August 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I love the things,
with their infinite details,
each one with its own
invisible soul,
tingling with the light
of simple perfection.
Pablo Neruda – Ode to Common Things, 1954
#photography #poetry #art
with their infinite details,
each one with its own
invisible soul,
tingling with the light
of simple perfection.
Pablo Neruda – Ode to Common Things, 1954
#photography #poetry #art
August 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A wave crashes down on the rocks below
shattering into a thousand drops,
free at last in clouds of steam,
drifting towards a new beginning.
#photography #poetry #art #hawaii
shattering into a thousand drops,
free at last in clouds of steam,
drifting towards a new beginning.
#photography #poetry #art #hawaii
August 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A wave crashes down on the rocks below
shattering into a thousand drops,
free at last in clouds of steam,
drifting towards a new beginning.
#photography #poetry #art #hawaii
shattering into a thousand drops,
free at last in clouds of steam,
drifting towards a new beginning.
#photography #poetry #art #hawaii
"Through the Fog," a project exploring the tension between conservation and industry at Point Reyes National Seashore, CA.
studioceleste.art/through-the-...
#photography #art #california #pointreyes #tuleelk
studioceleste.art/through-the-...
#photography #art #california #pointreyes #tuleelk
August 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Through the Fog," a project exploring the tension between conservation and industry at Point Reyes National Seashore, CA.
studioceleste.art/through-the-...
#photography #art #california #pointreyes #tuleelk
studioceleste.art/through-the-...
#photography #art #california #pointreyes #tuleelk
August 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
June 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I am the daughter of Earth and Water,
And the nursling of the Sky;
I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores;
I change, but I cannot die.
Excerpt from Percy Bysshe Shelley – The Cloud, 1820
#photography #dailyphoto #art #WA #skagitvalley
And the nursling of the Sky;
I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores;
I change, but I cannot die.
Excerpt from Percy Bysshe Shelley – The Cloud, 1820
#photography #dailyphoto #art #WA #skagitvalley
May 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I am the daughter of Earth and Water,
And the nursling of the Sky;
I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores;
I change, but I cannot die.
Excerpt from Percy Bysshe Shelley – The Cloud, 1820
#photography #dailyphoto #art #WA #skagitvalley
And the nursling of the Sky;
I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores;
I change, but I cannot die.
Excerpt from Percy Bysshe Shelley – The Cloud, 1820
#photography #dailyphoto #art #WA #skagitvalley
April 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
April 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous,
leading to the most amazing view.
May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
May your rivers flow without end.
Edward Abbey — Desert Solitaire, 1968
#photography #dailyphoto #art #landscape #utah
leading to the most amazing view.
May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
May your rivers flow without end.
Edward Abbey — Desert Solitaire, 1968
#photography #dailyphoto #art #landscape #utah
April 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous,
leading to the most amazing view.
May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
May your rivers flow without end.
Edward Abbey — Desert Solitaire, 1968
#photography #dailyphoto #art #landscape #utah
leading to the most amazing view.
May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
May your rivers flow without end.
Edward Abbey — Desert Solitaire, 1968
#photography #dailyphoto #art #landscape #utah
After the Rush.
In Lavrio, Greece, the old miners’ quarters tell a quiet story. Long after the industry faded, its imprint remains—homes, lives, and a town still carrying the weight of its past.
More on: studioceleste.art/after-the-ru...
#photography #art #dailyphoto
In Lavrio, Greece, the old miners’ quarters tell a quiet story. Long after the industry faded, its imprint remains—homes, lives, and a town still carrying the weight of its past.
More on: studioceleste.art/after-the-ru...
#photography #art #dailyphoto
April 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
After the Rush.
In Lavrio, Greece, the old miners’ quarters tell a quiet story. Long after the industry faded, its imprint remains—homes, lives, and a town still carrying the weight of its past.
More on: studioceleste.art/after-the-ru...
#photography #art #dailyphoto
In Lavrio, Greece, the old miners’ quarters tell a quiet story. Long after the industry faded, its imprint remains—homes, lives, and a town still carrying the weight of its past.
More on: studioceleste.art/after-the-ru...
#photography #art #dailyphoto
Steps echo through the icy mist,
the world erased, then reborn—
a quiet walk through shifting time.
#photography #dailyphoto #art #pacificnorthwest #fog #poetry
the world erased, then reborn—
a quiet walk through shifting time.
#photography #dailyphoto #art #pacificnorthwest #fog #poetry
April 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Steps echo through the icy mist,
the world erased, then reborn—
a quiet walk through shifting time.
#photography #dailyphoto #art #pacificnorthwest #fog #poetry
the world erased, then reborn—
a quiet walk through shifting time.
#photography #dailyphoto #art #pacificnorthwest #fog #poetry
I love the things,
with their infinite details,
each one with its own
invisible soul,
tingling with the light
of simple perfection.
Pablo Neruda – Ode to Common Things, 1954
#photography #poetry #dailyphoto #art
with their infinite details,
each one with its own
invisible soul,
tingling with the light
of simple perfection.
Pablo Neruda – Ode to Common Things, 1954
#photography #poetry #dailyphoto #art
April 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I love the things,
with their infinite details,
each one with its own
invisible soul,
tingling with the light
of simple perfection.
Pablo Neruda – Ode to Common Things, 1954
#photography #poetry #dailyphoto #art
with their infinite details,
each one with its own
invisible soul,
tingling with the light
of simple perfection.
Pablo Neruda – Ode to Common Things, 1954
#photography #poetry #dailyphoto #art
April 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Bodie, CA in arrested decay.
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#photography #dailyphoto #art #california
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#photography #dailyphoto #art #california
April 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Bodie, CA in arrested decay.
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#photography #dailyphoto #art #california
Visit studioceleste.art/america-afte... for more.
#photography #dailyphoto #art #california