For this exhibition Rene Alberts (1965) used the ancient technique of the hole-camera. To him the camera is not just a tool but a three-dimensional object in itself. Alberts sees photography as a means to create an altered reality. He wants to amaze us and show truth that is not in fact there, but that is possible. Thus the photo is no longer a specific moment in time, but is a reflection of time in a moment. Several years ago Wout Berger recorded Dutch 'poisoned landscapes'. In a series beautiful photographs the threatening environmental pollution is shown. Landscapes still are the subject of his work. In The Beauty of Decay approximately ten photos of these landscapes are to be seen.

John Blakemore has an obsession for nature and tries reflect its energy in his images. He also occupies himself with 'commercialized' excesses of nature. For his project Tulpomania he photographed the bloom and decay of cultivated tulips. He will show photos from the series The Garden, Fragments of a History; Tulips, Mutations/Generations; The Studio Table.

Harry Cock (1952) photographs for journalism as well as other areas. In addition he produces unbound work. He is inspired by every day life for the latter type of work. He made the series The Tiny View as part of the Noorderlicht project City Desires (1991) and participated in the main exhibition of Noorderlicht in 1995 at the Der Aa-kerk. He showed fragments from his photo diary titled Salvating Trivialities. His love for trivialities inspired Cock to take photos for the series The Beauty of Decay, inspired by this theme.