Margaret Lansink studied photography at the PhotoAcademy in Amsterdam and continued her education at Le Masterklass Paris and Atelier Smedsby. Since then, she has developed an interdisciplinary practice that moves fluidly between photography and mixed media, continually expanding the possibilities of the photographic image.

From the beginning of her practice, Lansink has explored how memory, vulnerability, and lived experience shape our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. Her earlier works examined intimacy, loss, and human connection through photography and artist books, while her more recent works extend beyond the traditional photographic print into hybrid forms where image and object merge. Rather than focusing on the decisive photographic moment, Lansink investigates what images become through time, material transformation, and repetition. Earlier states remain visible within this process, reflecting her belief that what came before continues to shape what follows.

Artist books have formed an important thread throughout her practice. She has published ten photobooks, including five handmade limited editions, using the book form as an intimate extension of her visual language. Throughout her career, Lansink has employed a range of analogue and experimental photographic processes, including Liquid Light and platinum–palladium printing. In recent years, her practice has increasingly moved toward tactile and painterly works through analogue collage and the application of plant-based acrylic paint to her own photographic imagery. Her ongoing series Echoes of Silence continues this exploration, inviting contemplation on memory, silence, and the beauty of transformation.

Lansink’s work has been exhibited internationally in museums, galleries, fairs, and festivals across Europe, North America, and Asia, including Paris, Tokyo, Kyoto, New York, Miami, Tbilisi, Amsterdam, and The Hague. Her work is held in both private and public collections, including the National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the art collection of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In 2019, Lansink received the Grand Prize of the Hariban Award for Borders of Nothingness – On the Mend and the Best Dutch Book Design award for The Kindness of One. In 2025, Unbound received the Fedrigoni Top Award. Margaret Lansink lives and works in Weesp, the Netherlands.