Insomnia

Insomnia is about sleeplessness and what it does to those who suffer from it. What's it like to lie awake for hours while everyone else is asleep? They brood, wander around in the darkness, lie awake, get up and work, watch TV, or mop the floor. Oosteweeghel's photo-series portrays sixteen people: men and women, young and old, from all over the Netherlands and from a range of backgrounds, but all with their own unique stories. "I wanted to make a series about insomnia because a lot of people I know suffer from it. It's a hidden world that I wanted to reveal. What does it feel like, to be so alone at night when you really want to sleep? Is the increase in insomnia related to the stress of everyday life, the daily overload of information that assails us from all directions and demands to be processed?" --Museum website.