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Nieuwe Markt – POI 27

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GPS 51.209786° NB 5.423998° OL
This outdoor exhibition is permanently accessible

Carine Van Gerven | Portraits

Carine studied art and painting at PHIKO art college in Hasselt (now PXL-MAD). After her graduation she became an Art teacher in a secondary art school (Mater Dei in Overpelt).
As an artist she organised several projects and participated in a lot of exhibitions as the international photo festival l’Été des Portraits in Bourbon-Lancy (France), projects with the culture centre Palethe in Pelt: Een vrouw in het Hobos, Face2Face, K-linken, Klanken and kleuren,…

More and more photography became her language. From 2016-2018 she was Deputy Mayor of Culture and founded the international photo festival ‘Lens op de Mens’ in Overpelt. After three editions she’s still the coordinator and inspirator of this festival.

Connecting people through art and creative projects is one of her goals.

Carine evolved from ceremonial photography to orchestrated photography. As a photographer she uses her own photographic language by telling today’s stories in historical looking settings. It has become her way of communicating. Each composition holds an intimate and timeless history.

In recent years, she gained international fame with these Tableaux Vivants. Carine Van Gerven shows not only man as an individual, but also businesses, occasions, groups, ideas or relevant social themes.

She uncovers subtitle links with a lot of empathy and symbolism and uncovers a story behind each composition.

Some of her images have been exhibited in Galerie Paul Janssen in Saint-Tropez, France.

In 2022, she achieved the highly coveted title of QEP – Qualified European Photographer with the FEP – Federation of European Professional Photographers.

In 2023, she was selected by Team Belgium for the 5th time for the WPC – the World Photographic Cup.

As a guest photographer for Lens op de Mens 2023, she showed a selection from her rich oeuvre of Tableaux Vivants.

In summer 2024, she exhibited her Tableaux Vivants at Galerie Aux Docks d’Arles in southern France as part of Les Rencontres d’Arles.

www.carinevangerven.be

Sonja Sleurs | Theaterfotografie

Sonja Sleurs (’57) from Pelt graduated in photography from the Stedelijke Kunstacademie in Mol. People and their passion for theatre and music are central to her images.

At the 2nd edition of Lens op de Mens in 2019, she also exhibited photos she took at CC Palethe where she has been the house photographer for several years.

Within the board of Lens op de Mens, Sonja is the treasurer.

Hilde Stevens | Let’s tok

Hilde Stevens is a visual artist and works at the Hogeschool PXL-MAD in Hasselt where she teaches the subject of image analysis. She is a board member, artistic collaborator and co-curator of the Pelt photo festival.

The theme of vulnerability is a constant in her visual work, which takes shape in paper sculptures, but also in the neighbourhood project Let’s Tok in Hasselt, which she coordinates with Igor Foerier. In this project, 10 little hens provide connection between caretakers and passers-by. The chicken run is a place where small and big stories are told, laughter and sadness have a place and caring becomes a verb.

letstok.be

Rudi Theunis | X

At a very young age, I was fascinated by photography. As an eight-year-old, I regularly took my parents’ pocket camera and photographed (without their knowledge) my surroundings. My mother was often surprised to find so many landscapes without people again among her newly developed slides. When I turned 12, I got an Olympus Trip 35 as a birthday present. That was my first 35mm (compact) camera, and also the beginning of a real love for photography.

After getting a bachelor’s degree in computer science, I decided to get my photography on track. By now, I was shooting in black and white and had my own darkroom. Yes, that was still in the analogue era. However, I felt the need to complete my knowledge of photography more deeply. Back then, the internet did not exist, and the alternatives were limited to reading books or magazines, or taking a course.
I decided to follow a course at the City Academy of Fine Arts in Hasselt. This training was super cool and gave me the basic knowledge for good compositions, studio lighting, and excellent technical knowledge of analogue photographic processes as well as a love for art photography.

artytea.be

Jos Verhoogen | X

Master Qualified European Photographer – MQEP
Specialities: Portrait, Reportage, Birth Photography

Jos Verhoogen started his career as a press photographer 40 years ago.
In the late nineties he started as a lecturer in photography and press photography at the Thomas More University (Mechelen) in the fields of Journalism and Communication. From 2000 he switched to studio photography, mainly portrait.

But from the very beginning he specialized in birth photography. In this domain he also obtained his QEP in 2012 and MQEP in 2018. He is a pioneer in that field. Photographs taken during a birth were not obvious at the time and are today, about 400 birth reportages later, still not.
He won the Bronze (2015) and Golden (2016) camera at the FEP Photographer of the Year Awards in the reportage category.

In recent years Jos was honoured for abstract and landscape photography (Black and White Spider Awards / International Color Awards 2018/2019). He was selected for IPA 2016 International Photo Awards, Family of Man competition Second place/Silver and the “Family of man” Documentary Photography Exhibition 10/2017 in Lishui China and got a Bronze Award, Monochrome category, FIAP at the China International Digital Photography Art Exhibition 11/2017.

Experienced judge online and print judging, QEP, MQEP in many countries and types of photo competitions.
More about Jos and his awards and judging experience on his website

https://www.verhoogen.be/bio-2
https://www.instagram.com/verhoogenbe/