2 new international awards!

I am very proud to announce that my work has been awarded today, with 2 new international prizes, at the Trierenberg Super Circuit 2021 international contest:

• Gold Medal (category "EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY") for "Duality"
• Gold Medal (category "SELF PORTRAIT") for "Conscience"

DualityWho are we? Do we always have to fit into categories? Are things that polarized?
Society is starting to (very, very slowly) recognize the existence of a spectrum between femininity and masculinity, and the fact they are not necessarily exclusive, when it comes to identity. I like the idea that each one of us is not limited to some stereotype, but rather a complex recipe of various feelings and sensitivity.
After all, while a quick medical exam can put me in the "male" category, would it be that clear if the exam took place through a written chat, simply based on my wording or communication style? I don't believe that some psychological traits are reserved to women, or some other to men. There are probably statistics about each of them, tendencies, but it would be hard to measure societal influence, and distinguish the intrinsic individual anyway.
This picture is the result of a project started about 3 months ago: two comedians, Muriel and John, asked me to create their upcoming theater show poster. The show depicts the influence of women in men's life, and vice-versa. While thinking about their play, and also about all these gender related complex problems, I imagined this mask, composed of bodies, with women on one side and men on the other, while the face would be split in the opposite way. They liked the concept and bravely accepted to pose for it. Things mostly worked as expected, and I am very happy with the result: balancing colors and lights can be a bit tricky when compositing a lot of photos together. We all hope you like it! Conscience  

The Trierenberg Super Circuit international contest is one of the biggest photo contest in the world, with about 80.000 entries each year. In addition of these 2 images, a whole bunch of other of my creations will be part of the 2021 Trierenberg Book (no exhibition this year unfortunately, due to the COVID situation):

• Happy Birthday
• The Waste Land
• Circumference
• Justice at Stake
• Urinetown
• Jazz
• Litterae
• Narcissism
• Family Stories
• Northern Dreams
   

Happy Birthday The Waste Land Circumference Justice at Stake

Urinetown Jazz Litterae Narcissism

Family Stories Northern Dreams

I am very proud and happy about this result!