Collector gallerists, clients and friends all use one word to describe Simone. That word is love, and it imbues everything she does with a natural elegance and grace did is unparalleled by other artists and photographers. Simone applies the eye of a painter to her photo compositions, then she finds the essence of the moment, the essence of the story. That extraction, in its purest form, is what lives in the heart of Simone’s photography subjects. No one else captures and chronicles the moments of love, happiness, sensuality and joy with the lush vision of Simone van Kempen.