Minnelied

• Photographer
  Margrieta Jeltema
• Technical Info
  large format. medium format and 35mm. analogue, film
• Photo Date
  2021 - 2023
• Website
  https://margrij.com

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.

• Biography
  Margrieta was born under Northern skies, in the Netherlands. During her biology studies with a major in philosophy at Wageningen (the Netherlands) she started with a variety of studies in bronze casting, painting, etching and ceramics. Her work embraces poetry and sculpture, but her main creative outlet is photography. She is living and working in Tuscia, Italy, the ancient volcanic land of the Etruscans where the magical landscape inspires most of her more recent work.