Nick Hannes

About

Nick Hannes (°1974) is a freelance photographer based in Antwerp, Belgium. After his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) in Ghent, he freelanced for various media in Belgium and The Netherlands. Meanwhile he reported on social and political issues in Bosnia, Kurdistan, Iran, Iraq, the Palestinian territories. In 2009 he published ‘Red Journey’, a photobook about transition in the former Soviet Union. Nick teaches documentary photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK/School of Arts) in Ghent. He is represented by Reporters Press Agency (Brussels), Hollandse Hoogte (Amsterdam) and Cosmos (Paris), and a founding member of photocollective Nadaar.

Exhibitions:
*2011-2012: “The past is a foreign country”, by Nadaar, at Belvue Museum Brussels
*2011-2012: “Red Journey” at CC De Stroming, Berlare
*2011: “Red Journey” at Wouter Van Leeuwen Gallery Amsterdam
*2011: “Beyond the Document” at Bozar Brussels
*2011: “Red Journey” at Flanders Center Osaka, Japan
*2011: “Finisterre – State of the art of young photography in Belgium” at FotoMuseum Antwerp
*2011: “Si loin, si proche”, Biennale de Photograhie en Condroz (B)
*2011: “Suspicious landscapes” at 44 Gallery Bruges
*2011: “Tradities” at Huis van Alijn Ghent
*2011: “Tradities” at De Engelbewaarder Amsterdam
*2011: Screening “Tradities” at Visa pour l’Image Festival du Photojournalisme Perpignan
*2011: “In the Margin”, Belgian documentary photography at Museum Dr. Guislain Ghent
*2010: “Elders: Idylle en frictie in het landschap” at Sint-Michielsgestel (NL)
*2010: “Red Journey” at Breda Photo International Photofestival
*2010: “Red Journey” at Cultuurcentrum Ieper
*2010: “Facing Brussels”, by Nadaar, at Belvue Museum Brussels
*2010: “Red Journey” at Lux Photo Gallery Amsterdam
*2009: “Red Journey” at CultuurCentrum Hasselt
*2009: “Red Journey” at FotoMuseum Antwerp
*2009: Screening “Red Journey” (former USSR) at Visa Pour l’Image Festival du Photojournalisme Perpignan
*2008: Group show “Screenworlds” at Flemish Parliament Brussels
*2007: Group show “TRUTH*OUT” at De Warande Turnhout
*2006: “Mules on the mountain” (Sherpas of Mount Kilimanjaro) at Zuiderpershuis Antwerp
*2005: “Wrong time wrong place” (refugees in Belgium) at FotoMuseum Antwerp, In Flanders Field Ieper, Sint-Gorikshallen Brussels, various asylum centres
*2003: “8 x Saddam” (mutilated Saddam portraits) at BertaRoses Kunsthoek Antwerp, Factor 44 Borgerhout, De Doos (CC Hasselt)
*2001: Group show “Eigen Volk”, at the Flemish Community, Brussels
*1998: “Braakland” (post-war Bosnia) at De Westrand Dilbeek, Vredeshuis Ghent
*1997-2006: ”Forbidden People” (Kurdistan) at Gravensteen Ghent, Fotografiecircuit, Sfinks Café Boechout
*1997: “From east to east” (Turks in Flanders) at Zuiderpershuis Antwerp, Caermersklooster Ghent

Awards:
*2010: Laureate Dexia Persprijzen – Photography
*2009: Nikon Press Photo Award for “Red Journey”
*2009: Weekend Photo Award – ‘Urban Dream’
*2009: Laureate The Art of Photography Show, San Diego, USA
*2009: Laureate Visual Culture Awards, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
*2005: Winner of photo contest of Belgian senate/175 years Belgium
*2003: Fotopersprijs Vlaanderen: Award KBC
*2002: Fotopersprijs Vlaanderen: Award National Geographics
*2001: Fotopersprijs Vlaanderen: Award Guido Coolens
*2000: Fotopersprijs Vlaanderen: Award Guido Coolens
*1998: Zomer van de Fotografie Antwerpen: Award De Morgen for “Forbidden People”
*1997: Award Franciscus Pycke for “Forbidden People”