Snelle Levering Carnavalsdagen – Elisa Veini

Photographer Paul van der Stap did document carnival between 1995 and 2008 from an insiders viewpoint. He was born in Brabant – the southern province of the Netherlands – thus he is a carnival insider. “Carnival days” is an analytic quest into the soul of this joyous celebration. For many the four carnival days form the undisputable heyday of the year, and the anxiousness with which the carnival goers prepare themselves for the great event can be sensed in the pictures – constantly the photographer searches…