Hendrik Kerstens.

Photographer Hendrik Kerstens began photographing his daughter in 1995. Since then, he has created an enormous series of images for the ongoing project, which he has entitled "Paula Pictures." About his own the work, the artist states,

One day Paula came back from horseback riding. She took off her cap and i was struck by the image of her hair held together by a hair-net. It reminded me of the portraits by the Dutch masters and I portrayed her in that fashion. After that I started to do more portraits in which I refer to the paintings of that era. The thing that fascinates me in particular is the way a 17th-century painting is seen as a surface which can be read as a description of everyday life as opposed to the paintings of the Italian renaissance, which usually tell a story. Northern European painting relies much more on craftsmanship and the perfect rendition of the subject. The use of light is instrumental in this.

(via likeafieldmouse; courtesy Nunc-Contemporary, Antwerp)