Collective Embrace – Fine Art Photography by Menno van der Meulen

Collective Embrace (2023, The Hague, The Netherlands)

In “Collective Embrace,” a mass of bodies converges into a single pulse of warmth and motion. The composition recalls both rebirth and collapse — a communal surrender to closeness. The photograph reflects a post-pandemic longing for touch, for human weight shared and remembered. What appears chaotic becomes sacred: a choreography of survival, tenderness, and return.