THE INSIGNIFICANCE OF MAN
MARCEL VAN BALKEN (Netherlands)
Continuing with the 2023 cycle, the Exhibition Center of the International Federation of Photographic Art, FIAP, at the CIMIR in Reus, presents a new exhibition.
From July 14, 2023 to August 13, in Room 1 of the Salvador Vilaseca Museum in Reus, you can visit the exhibition The insignificance of man by the Dutch photographer, Marcel van Balken.
The insignificance of man. The architectural spaces, in a game of lights and shadows, form an almost surrealistic decoration. Pure black and white images in which architecture photography begins to take on abstract forms, reinforced by the seemingly disproportionate addition of man. Constructions and shapes, lines and photographed surfaces provoke a strong contrast with the insignificance of man.
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 arts, architectural and creative photography. Favourite techniques: altered reality, surrealism. Favourite topics: urban life, urbex, people, statues, movements.
His photography has been published around the world and over the past few years he has won more than 1,250 international photography awards, at 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, MPSA, 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 obtained the FIAP Excellence Diamond 3 title, EFIAP/d3, and the title of Master of the FIAP, MFIAP. He has been a member of the Photographic Society of America, PSA, since 2006. In 2018 he received the distinction of Master of the PSA, MPSA, and the title of Excellence, EPSA in 2011.
This exhibition will remain open until August 13, 2023.
From August 18 to September 24, the cycle will close with the exhibition The Nenets by the Italian Eugenio Fieni, which will introduce us to the life of this small ethnic group that lives in the confines of the Arctic, in the north of Siberia.
More about the author: https://www.photure.nl/