Blinked Myself Awake

In Blinked Myself Awake, Bieke Depoorter explores memory's power and fragility, combining images of stargazers, diary texts, and historical fragments, highlighting often-forgotten female astronomers.

In recent years, photographer Bieke Depoorter developed an overriding interest in astronomy. She sought out amateur stargazers, visited state-of-the-art observatories and researched the history of the field. Gradually, it became clear that her interest in astronomy was linked to lost memories fr...