MARCEL VAN BALKEN, THE NETHERLANDS
Marcel van Balken is a conceptual photographer from the Netherlands. As a photographer, he is interested in specific subjects with an absolute preference for fine art, architectural and creative photography. Preferred techniques: altered reality, surrealism. Preferred subjects: urban life, urbex, people, statues, movements.
His photography has been published worldwide and over the past few years he has won more than 1,250 international photography awards, in different salons around the world, including the Prix de la Photographie Paris, the Siena International Photo Award and the International Color Awards. He has the following recognitions: MFIAP, EFIAP/d3, TMV, BMK, T-FB, RISF-3, ELDAF and HonFKU. His photographs have been exhibited in Amsterdam, Paris, London, New York and Berlin, among others. He has been a member of the International Federation of Photographic Art, FIAP, since 1989. In 2019 he was awarded the title FIAP Diamond Excellence 3, EFIAP/d3, and FIAP Master, MFIAP. He has been a member of the Photographic Society of America, PSA, since 2006. In 2018 he received the distinction of PSA Master, and the title of Excellence, EPSA in 2011.
THE INSIGNIFICANCE OF MAN.
The architectural spaces, in a play of light and shadow, form an almost surrealistic decoration. Pure black and white images in which the photography of architecture begins to adopt abstract forms, reinforced by the addition, apparently disproportionate, of man. Constructions and shapes, lines and photographed surfaces provoke a strong contrast with the insignificance of man.
Marcel van Balken
This exhibition is a production of CE FIAP at CIMIR of Reus and FotoArtReus and exhibited by Asemeyando and Centro Expositivo FIAP LLangreu. From 1th June to 31th July 2024 at Pinacoteca Municipal de Llangéru Eduardo Úrculo