Studio Clavicule Pics
Belgum
Dark Frames
My photo project of the photographic series.
I am looking for the dark side of the human being which fascinates me and I like to put it forward in
my photographs.
Often a side of the personality is frightening but personally I find that it is this contrast between the
shadow and the light which allows to create striking and interpellating portraits
Artist Statement
Freelance photographer artist, I was born in 1978 in Belgium, in the suburbs of Mons, the city where I
currently live.
As the visual arts have not always been of interest, I started to develop my taste for photography at
18. My first tool was a film camera, the pictures of which I developed in the darkness of my bedroom.
This is how, after several years of research and experience, I managed to approach the world of
professional photography, thanks to various competitions and works carried out for the economic
world ... and thanks, of course, to my companion, Catherine, who pushed me to embark on the
adventure and who believed in me!
Motivation and vision of mind.
It was during trips to the United States, Norway, Iceland and Slovenia that I understood my deep
taste for a strong, if sometimes hostile nature. I saw the attraction for these dark Nordic countries,
for their history, their ancient stories and their legends, arose in me. And I need to immortalize what
I'm feeling through my whole being.
This is how my fascination with creating landscapes and portraits was born in a dark atmosphere,
even black ... because in the dark, I see the light; from the darkness of soul there can be a clarity that
overwhelms me. Too bright light often dazzles, darkness magnifies it. I like to capture these
contrasts.
Through my photos, I also try to reflect my taste for ancient traditions. The Celts, Vikings and other
ancient civilizations are a source of inspiration to me.
I want my landscapes and my portraits to appeal, for everyone to be able to see themselves in them
and identify with them
about
Freelance photographer artist, I was born in 1978 in Belgium, in the suburbs of Mons, the city where I
currently live.
As the visual arts have not always been of interest, I started to develop my taste for photography at
18.
My first tool was a film camera, the pictures of which I developed in the darkness of my bedroom.
This is how, after several years of research and experience, I managed to approach the world of
professional photography, thanks to various competitions and works carried out for the economic
world. Contests and Magazine Publications.
-Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
- Rebel Woman Magazine
- DARKBEAUTY Magazine
- Modellen Land Magazine
- Surreal Beauty Magazine
- Emergence Magazine France
- Finalist of the Art Prize Beautiful Bizarre Magazine 2022 Competition
- Bronze medal for the Ghost series and Finalist with the Fallen Angel series ONE EYELAND 2022
competition
- 8 Nominations for the Fine Art Photography Awards 2022
- Winners of ITSLIQUID International Contest 10th Edition 2021
- Bronze Medal Panno Awards 2021
- Finalist of the biggest photo contest of the Photo Magazine 2019
- Favorite of the Human Planet jury of Wipplay "Orange Competition 2019"
- Finalist in the “Shoot for good” competition
- Nominated for the Top 101 of the IMS Photo Contest 2017
- 2nd national place of Belgium at the Sony World Photo Awards 2017
- 1st prize of the Public Wipplay projection of one of my photos during the Festival "RENCONTRES AU
PAYS DU MONT-BLANC (France)"
- Category winner, Landscape, Fashion, Portrait of the “large international photoviews.net
competition” in 2017
- Laureate in the portrait category of the major international competition of the magazine Photo.fr in
2015
- Finalist 10th place and 2nd place in the landscape category of the “great international views.net
photo competition” of 2015
- Finalist 9th place and 1st place in the landscape category of the “great international photoviews.net competition” of 2014
- Finalist of the “Grand photo contest 2013 of Photo.fr Magazine” part of the young talents gallery.
- Winner and 4th prize in the landscape category of the “Grand international photoviews.net
competition” in 2013.
- Winner and 1st prize in the landscape category of the “Grand international photoviews.net
competition” in 2014
- 9th in the Top 20 of the general ranking of photographers 2014 of www.photoviews.net
- Finalist and winner of the “WWF Region of France Competition”.
- Finalist in the travel category of the “Sony World Photography Award” competition.
Exhibitions.
I had the chance to exhibit in various cities such as Mons, Brussels, Tournai, Liège.