Tessa de Vries

Biography

Born in Stins, Netherlands in 1954
Being the first-born, I look after my mother
Brédyk , Stiens , the Netherlands
Being the first-born, I look after my mother
Being the first-born, I look after my mother
Brédyk , Stiens , the Netherlands
At age 15, I start going out and fall maniacally in love with men
Oude Doelesteeg , Leeuwarden , the Netherlands
At age 15, I start going out and fall maniacally in love with men
At age 15, I start going out and fall maniacally in love with men
Oude Doelesteeg , Leeuwarden , the Netherlands
At age 16, I start smoking pot, and escape from my mother’s terrorising reign
Schoolstraat , Yde , the Netherlands
At age 16, I start smoking pot, and escape from my mother’s terrorising reign
At age 16, I start smoking pot, and escape from my mother’s terrorising reign
Schoolstraat , Yde , the Netherlands
At age 17, I run away from home
Norgerweg , Yde , the Netherlands
At age 17, I run away from home
At age 17, I run away from home
Norgerweg , Yde , the Netherlands
At age 18, I am raped by a man while drunk
Zaailand , Leeuwarden , the Netherlands
At age 18, I am raped by a man while drunk
At age 18, I am raped by a man while drunk
Zaailand , Leeuwarden , the Netherlands
At age 19, I can no longer have children
Birdaarderstraatweg , Dokkum , the Netherlands
At age 19, I can no longer have children
At age 19, I can no longer have children
Birdaarderstraatweg , Dokkum , the Netherlands
At age 20, I experiment with heroin, cocaine, and spirituality
Spanjaardslaan , Leeuwarden , the Netherlands
At age 20, I experiment with heroin, cocaine, and spirituality
At age 20, I experiment with heroin, cocaine, and spirituality
Spanjaardslaan , Leeuwarden , the Netherlands
At age 21, I use mushrooms, LSD, pot and tranquillisers, and enjoy my hallucinations
Jelsum , the Netherlands
At age 21, I use mushrooms, LSD, pot and tranquillisers, and enjoy my hallucinations
At age 21, I use mushrooms, LSD, pot and tranquillisers, and enjoy my hallucinations
Jelsum , the Netherlands
At age 25, I violently break off my connections with my husband and the outside world
Stationsplein , Steenwijk , the Netherlands
At age 25, I violently break off my connections with my husband and the outside world
At age 25, I violently break off my connections with my husband and the outside world
Stationsplein , Steenwijk , the Netherlands
At age 26, my sister has become a heroin addict
Oldehoofsterkerkhof , Leeuwarden , the Netherlands
At age 26, my sister has become a heroin addict
At age 26, my sister has become a heroin addict
Oldehoofsterkerkhof , Leeuwarden , the Netherlands
At age 27, I am clean and alone
Grote Hoogstraat , Leeuwarden , the Netherlands
At age 27, I am clean and alone
At age 27, I am clean and alone
Grote Hoogstraat , Leeuwarden , the Netherlands
At age 30, I comfort myself with homegrown cannabis and lock myself into a closet for months at the time
Stiens , the Netherlands
At age 30, I comfort myself with homegrown cannabis and lock myself into a closet for months at the time
At age 30, I comfort myself with homegrown cannabis and lock myself into a closet for months at the time
Stiens , the Netherlands
At age 32, I am addicted and psychotic without treatment
Attesweg , Vrouwenparochie , the Netherlands
At age 32, I am addicted and psychotic without treatment
At age 32, I am addicted and psychotic without treatment
Attesweg , Vrouwenparochie , the Netherlands
At age 37, I go into rehab, build a ship, and survive on the thought of love
Willemskade , Leeuwarden , the Netherlands
At age 37, I go into rehab, build a ship, and survive on the thought of love
At age 37, I go into rehab, build a ship, and survive on the thought of love
Willemskade , Leeuwarden , the Netherlands
At age 40, I work as a caregiver in a rehab program
Oude Arnhemseweg , Zeist , the Netherlands
At age 40, I work as a caregiver in a rehab program
At age 40, I work as a caregiver in a rehab program
Oude Arnhemseweg , Zeist , the Netherlands
At age 43, I fall back on the use of homegrown cannabis as a substitute for love
Hoogeveen , the Netherlands
At age 43, I fall back on the use of homegrown cannabis as a substitute for love
At age 43, I fall back on the use of homegrown cannabis as a substitute for love
Hoogeveen , the Netherlands
At age 51, I am compulsively in love and psychotic
Middenweg, Hoogkerk , Groningen , the Netherlands
At age 51, I am compulsively in love and psychotic
At age 51, I am compulsively in love and psychotic
Middenweg, Hoogkerk , Groningen , the Netherlands
At age 51, I attack my mother
Brédyk , Stiens , the Netherlands
At age 51, I attack my mother
At age 51, I attack my mother
Brédyk , Stiens , the Netherlands
At age 51, I am sober
Harlingerstraatweg , Leeuwarden , the Netherlands
At age 51, I am sober
At age 51, I am sober
Harlingerstraatweg , Leeuwarden , the Netherlands

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