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Kim Celeste Van Liefferinge
@studioceleste.bsky.social
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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.
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Kim Celeste Van Liefferinge @studioceleste.bsky.social · Apr 6
Beautiful Whidbey Island, WA.

#photography #landscapephotography #PNW
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Exciting news! My latest project, Terra Incognita, is part of IPA's 2026 Official Professional Selection ☺️.

Interested in more? Check studioceleste.art/terra-incogn...
August 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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I don’t just shoot nature—most of my professional days are spent in the world of food photography. Honestly? The difference is smaller than you’d think.

Here’s one of the literal fruits of my labor.

Photography: w/ Hanh Nguyen
Food stylist: Joanna Caballero

#photography #foodphotography #salad
April 22, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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I’ve always been drawn to early photography techniques—tactile and slow-moving in a time when everything feels increasingly vapid.

Read along as I use anthotypes to delve deeper into events that shaped our collective memory.

#photography #WWI #anthotypes #thegreatwar #art
Art Project: In Flanders Fields
Thinking about the Great War in the wake of growing international tension
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April 19, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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Nature is a storyteller, carving its narratives onto the landscape. Can you tell where I recorded these beautiful patterns?

#photography #macro #fineart #california
April 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Diving a little deeper into my latest project.

#photography #landscapephotography #art #traveling
Terra Incognita
A Personal Cartography of Uncertainty
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April 11, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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I like chasing challenging weather because it gives you magical moments like this. A quick break in the rain and Cannon Beach delivered.

#photography #landscapephotogaphy #cannonbeach #oregon #fineart
April 10, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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From the rustic beaches of Whidbey to the dreamy forests of Orcas. I’m on island time.

#photography #landscapephotogrpajy #PNW #orcasisland #islandtime
April 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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Beautiful Whidbey Island, WA.

#photography #landscapephotography #PNW
April 6, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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Sneak peek of my latest project, "Terra Incognita". It is a meditation on departure, estrangement, and the unstable geography of home.

#photography #landscapephotography #pnw #whidbey #fineart
Misty landscape photo of a Whidbey Island beach.
March 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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Ferry sunset

#photography #landscapephotography #nature #PNW #pugetsound
February 11, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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Haystack Rock from a quieter angle.

#photography #landscapephotography #fineart #nature #cannonbeach #oregon
The famous "haystack" rock at Cannon Beach, OR.
January 26, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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Most people go to Pfeiffer Beach for the pink sand. I spent most of my time with this wind-shaped cypress instead.

#photography #landscapephotography #nature #fineart #bigsur #california
Wind-shaped Monterey cypress with a wide, flattened canopy and twisting trunks, growing on a coastal hillside beneath a pale blue sky.
January 19, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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Wood waves. Beautiful how the same patterns repeat everywhere, isn’t it?

#photography #macrophotography #california #fineart
Close-up photograph of weathered wood with flowing, wave-like grain patterns, deep cracks, and layered textures in muted gray and brown tones.
January 16, 2026 at 1:09 AM
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I quietly sat and waited for the moment a wave met the rock at the center of the frame—now hidden. The California coast has a way of rewarding patience.

#photography #fineart #landscapephotography #BigSur #California
Low-contrast ocean landscape along the California coast, with soft, misty light blending sea and sky.
January 12, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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Waterfall on the Olympic Peninsula. I experimented with exposure times and landed on this one—soft flow, but with individual streams still visible. How do you like to photograph moving water?

#photography #landscapephotography #nature #PNW #fineart
Close-up photograph of a waterfall on the Olympic Peninsula, showing water flowing over dark, moss-covered rock.
January 8, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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Anyone else settling into a photographic theme this year?
I didn’t plan one, but fog keeps showing up—here's to 2026!

#photography #landscapephotography #fineart #PNW #fog
Fog drifts over a wide river on the Olympic Peninsula, with dark, fast-moving water in the foreground and a rocky riverbank leading to leafless and late-autumn trees fading into mist. Muted greens, grays, and soft gold tones dissolve into the fog, obscuring the forested hills beyond.
January 5, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Ocean of logs.

#photography #landscapephotography #nature #fineart #PNW
Logs are piled up on a beach in the PNW, creating the illusion of an ocean.
December 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Pacific Northwest beach strolling.

#photography #landscapephotography #art #PNW
Triangular rock formation on a deserted beach in the Olympic Peninsula.
December 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Everyone visits the Hoh Rainforest in summer. But its true character lives in the wet months. Temperate rainforests are built on moisture and shade—conditions that turn fallen trees into nurseries and forests into layered systems of life.

#photography #art #landscapephotography #PNW #hohrainforest
Moss-covered trees and dense green understory in the Hoh Rainforest, with soft light and mist filtering through the canopy in Olympic National Park.
December 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Yes, living in the PNW can be dreary. It's wet, gray, and relentless. But it’s also atmospheric, contemplative, and breathtaking in ways that sunnier places never are.

#photography #nature #landscapephotography #PNW #fineart
Foggy mountain landscape in the Pacific Northwest, with tall evergreen trees fading into mist and soft gray clouds obscuring the distant ridgeline.
December 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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My Etsy print shop is officially live ✨
25% off today, 20% the rest of the week.
Landscapes from California → the PNW.

Thanks for supporting this new little corner of my work.
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#photography #landscapephotography #art #fineart
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December 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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A bright wave crashes down on the rocks
shattering into a thousand drops,
free at last in clouds of steam,
drifting towards a new beginning.

#BlueSkyArtShow #bright #photography #landscapephotography #art #photographersOfBluesky
Waterfall, Oahu, Hawaii
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Winter is coming.

#photography #landscapephotography #art #lassenvolcanicpark #volcano #snow
A wide view of the Cinder Cone area in Lassen Volcanic National Park. The foreground shows dark, porous volcanic cinder slopes with a shallow crater holding patches of late-season snow. Beyond the cone, reddish-brown volcanic ridges stretch across the scene, also dotted with white snowfields. In the distance, forested mountains rise toward a clear, pale-blue sky.
November 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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As the season winds down, the aspens give us one last burst of autumn beauty.

#photography #art #aspen #utah #landscapephotography
Bright golden aspen trees in full autumn color, their yellow leaves glowing in the sunlight. Tall white trunks rise vertically through a dense canopy, with dark evergreens and shadowed mountain slopes visible in the background. The scene feels vibrant, warm, and richly textured.
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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When the sunset slips into a full-on fantasy world.

#photography #art #fineart #landscape
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM