The works in Anonymous Contacts are no pure registrations of objects but rather enigmatic or blurred
imaginations that transfer a certain state of mind or realm to the viewer. Inspired by music and pictorial art,
Van Schaik makes light, materials, lines and objects play together in front of his camera. Hidden behind
their dark shadows or almost unrecognizable by fading, the subjects get a strange character. The feeling of
stillness and desolation is enhanced by the magical colors that have an unrealistic and intangible effect on
the works.