With the exhibition the photobook Room 103 is published by Aurora Borealis, the publishing arm of Noorderlicht. The book contains a selection of Kramer's photographic oeuvre of journalism, documentary and autonomous work. Supplemented with short texts, Room 103 is a document of the photographer's inner conflicts and doubts, and summons up the questions that the news passes over.
Jeroen Kramer (Amsterdam, 1967) moved to France at the age of nineteen, where he studied law and French literature. In 2001 he became a freelance photojournalist in the Middle East. He reported on the second Palestinian intifada and the American invasion of Iraq. In addition to the Middle East, Kramer also worked in Africa, Afghanistan, Burma and the Philippines, for Getty Images, the Volkskrant, The New York Times, Vanity Fair and other clients. His photographs were to be seen in exhibitions such as the Noorderlicht Photofestivals Nazar (2004) and Act of Faith (2007), FotoFest USA 2005 and the exhibition la Vita Nuda, during the 2008 Milan Trienalle.