Sensual in the City started in Maastricht on 19 August 2019.

For this project, Edwin IJpeij photographed the female nude at several public locations in the historic city centre. The project was prepared in advance and carried out with permission from the Municipality of Maastricht.

The idea was simple: to place the human figure in dialogue with the city. Not as a stunt, but as a way of looking at body, place, architecture and freedom.

The project received attention in De Limburger and other media.

In July 2020, several media reported on a separate nude photoshoot in Maastricht by a group of photographers. Because of Edwin’s earlier project, journalists asked whether he was involved.

He was not.

That action was organised by others and had no connection to Sensual in the City.

For Edwin, this difference matters. Nudity in his work is not used for shock value. It belongs to a wider artistic practice around presence, dignity, freedom and the human figure.

Sensual in the City was carefully prepared, publicly accountable and carried by an artistic idea.