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02/10/2025

Silent Choreography
From the series Don’t Stop Dreaming
by Ruben van Schalm

The Joshua trees hold their ground, each a solitary figure in silent motion. Their presence becomes a choreography of survival —
a testament to resilience within an unforgiving landscape.

Here, silence is not absence but resistance:
a stillness that gestures toward endurance, fragility,
and the invisible narratives inscribed in place.

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View the full series via the link in bio.
Edition of 10 + 2AP, available by direct inquiry.
Institutional placements considered.

29/09/2025

The Weight of Time
From the series Don’t Stop Dreaming
by Ruben van Schalm

Stone upon stone, a monument to endurance.
The mountain holds the gravity of memory,
its silence becoming both witness and archive.

This work continues the series’ exploration of presence, longing, and the quiet tension between fragility and permanence.

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View the full series via the link in bio.
Edition of 10 + 2AP, available by direct inquiry.
Institutional placements considered.

20/09/2025

Today, I am proud to share that all proceeds — €2,250 — from my work Homage Erwin Olaf (Palm Springs), from the series Don’t Stop Dreaming (2025), have been donated to the Foundation Erwin Olaf. The Foundation carries forward Erwin’s legacy by supporting freedom of expression, inclusion, and awarding working grants to young creatives from MBO schools.

This work is my personal tribute to Erwin — my friend and mentor, who inspired me deeply. Created at the site where he once photographed his Palm Springs series, the image holds his presence through the Hasselblad camera — resting in the desert silence, cinematic and still.

The edition is now complete: 9/10 placed, with edition 1/10 reserved for museum acquisition.

As Freedom, the retrospective of Erwin Olaf, opens soon at (Oct 11, 2025 – Mar 1, 2026), I am honored to contribute in my own way to his memory.

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Vandaag deel ik met trots dat de volledige opbrengst — €2.250 — van mijn werk Homage Erwin Olaf (Palm Springs), uit de serie Don’t Stop Dreaming (2025), is gedoneerd aan de Foundation Erwin Olaf. De Foundation zet Erwin’s nalatenschap voort door zich in te zetten voor vrijheid van expressie, inclusie en het verstrekken van werkbeurzen aan jonge makers uit het MBO.

Dit werk is mijn persoonlijke eerbetoon aan Erwin — mijn vriend en mentor die mij diep heeft geïnspireerd. Gemaakt op de plek waar hij ooit zijn Palm Springs-serie fotografeerde, draagt het beeld zijn aanwezigheid via de Hasselblad-camera — rustend in de woestijnstilte, filmisch en vol aanwezigheid.

De oplage is nu compleet: 9/10 geplaatst, met editie 1/10 gereserveerd voor museale acquisitie.

Nu Freedom, het retrospectief van Erwin Olaf, binnenkort opent in (11 okt 2025 – 1 mrt 2026), voelt het bijzonder om op mijn eigen manier bij te dragen aan zijn herinnering.

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07/08/2025

Homage Erwin Olaf (Palm Springs)
 My creative connection with Erwin Olaf began with a single letter — one that quietly altered the course of my life.

From that first exchange grew years of creative collaboration — through photography, film, and conversation — a bond he later described in the foreword to my monograph Paradise (2020).

Although he never saw Don’t Stop Dreaming, it was his belief in my potential — and his quiet encouragement to keep going — that helped bring this series into being.
 Homage Erwin Olaf (Palm Springs) is my way of saying thank you. A gesture of gratitude, in image form.

All proceeds go to ,
supporting freedom of expression, inclusive creative education, and emerging voices in photography.

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Work Featured Ruben van Schalm Homage Erwin Olaf (Palm Springs) Don’t Stop Dreaming, 2025 Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta 315 gsm 11 x 14 inch
Edition of 10 + 2 APs
 100% of proceeds donated  Reduced price to support accessibility Link in bio for full story and collector details

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Erwin’s work continues to be celebrated internationally.
His major retrospective, Erwin Olaf: Freedom, will be on view at the from October 11, 2025 to March 1, 2026. Curated by Charles Landvreugd, in collaboration with Studio Erwin Olaf. Supported by and the  For more details, please visit the Stedelijk Museum’s website.

29/07/2025

Bending Not Broken
From the series Don’t Stop Dreaming
by Ruben van Schalm

In the desert, survival doesn’t always look like strength.
Sometimes, it looks like surrender.
But even what bends is not without will.

This image captures a Joshua tree arched toward the earth — weathered, yet intact. A quiet form shaped by tension and grace. Resilience not as spectacle, but as presence.

Like so many of us, it adapted.
Not to hold its original form — but to remain.

Bending Not Broken is a meditation on the kind of endurance that isn’t loud. The kind that lives on in shape, shadow, and silence.

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For sizes, availability, and more from Don’t Stop Dreaming,
please see the full series via the link in profile.

Edition of 10 + 2 AP
Institutional and collector inquiries welcome.

27/07/2025

Celestial Drift
From the series Don’t Stop Dreaming
by Ruben van Schalm

Stillness doesn’t mean absence — it means presence, extended. In this image, the landscape breathes slowly.
A solitary form dissolves into the light,
suspended between the real and remembered.

Created in the California desert, Celestial Drift captures a space between thoughts — a horizonless moment of quiet clarity.

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Edition of 10 + 2AP
Available by direct inquiry.
Institutional and private interest welcome.

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