Oh! The joy
De Standaard Weekblad published some of my photographs about Mediterranean beaches and nightlife.
Text from the article (in Dutch):
Sea, sex and sun
Le soleil au zénith
Vingt ans, dix-huit
Dix-sept à la limite
De erotiserende kracht van zon en zee werd treffend bezongen door Serge Gainsbourg. Op het strand geldt een andere moraal. Daar wordt openlijk gepronkt met borsten en billen. Een spel van kijken en bekeken worden. Na zonsondergang verplaatst de verleidingsdans zich naar de obscuriteit van de moderne lusthoven, de discotheken, waar muziek en alcohol de hormonen verder op hol doen slaan. Van Ibiza tot in het Turkse Marmaris. Sinds 2010 reist Nick Hannes naar mediterraanse kusten om er de tijdgeest te betrappen. ‘De Middellandse Zee heeft veel gezichten’, zegt de fotograaf. ‘Er is de zee van de vissers, de zee van vluchtelingen in gammele bootjes en de zee als transportzone van olie en containers. Er zijn nationale parken, er is milieuvervuiling. De kust kent extreme rijkdom, maar ook armoede en conflicten. Er is terrorisme en toerisme. The Continuity of Man is een caleidoscopisch portret van de bakermat van onze beschaving.’ De westerse toerist associeert het mediterrane leven met eten, wijn, hitte en zwoele avonden, het goede leven. Voor dit themanummer selecteerde Hannes een reeks foto’s die baden in vakantiesfeer en joie de vivre.
Kaunas Photo visit
I was in Kaunas (Lithuania) for three days, to attend the Kaunas Photo Festival, where my series 'Traditions in Flanders' is on display. I gave a presentation of my work in the Zilinskas Art Gallery on April 30. Many thanks to Mindaugas Kavaliauskas and Gintaras Cesonis for the invitation!
Billboard with my photograph in Kaunas
The Zilinskas Art Gallery, where most of the exhibitions take place.
Back from Algeria
From april 3 to 17 I travelled the Algerian Mediterranean coast, from Oran in the west to Annaba in the east. The best photographs will soon be published on The Continuity of Man.
Algiers
Weekly protest of families of people who disappeared after they were arrested by the Algerian police in the 90's. The demonstration is organized by SOS Disparus.
Casbah in Algiers
Snapshot Bruges
From april 20 to july 15 the Volkskundemuseum in Bruges shows ten photographs I made last year at the 'Meifoor', the annual fun fair in Bruges. This exhibition was commissioned by Erfgoedcel Brugge, and is part of the cycle of exhibitions called 'Snapshot'.
Photographic Museum of Humanity
My series "The Continuty of Man" has been awarded the Photographic Museum of Humanity 2013 Grant Second Prize. The jury was formed by Martin Parr (Magnum Photos), Kira Pollack (Time Magazine) and Sebastian Liste (Young Reporter of Perpignan 2012).
From the jury report:
The SECOND PRIZE was assigned to Belgian photographer Nick Hannes for his work The Continuity of Man, a documentary portrait of the Mediterranean Region and the 20 countries that border the sea. Kira Pollack said of the awarded series: “The Continuity of Man lends viewers an offbeat view of the Mediterranean region and the countries surrounding the sea. Nick Hannes’ odd and original perspective demonstrates the start of a strong and consistent body of work — one that we would like to see developed in even greater depth through this prize.”
Click here for an interview about 'The Continuity of Man'
The Continuity of Man: new website online
My new website 'The Continuity of Man' is online. It shows work in progress of my latest project about the Mediterranean region. New images will regularly be added. The project will be completed in 2014. All feedback is welcome. It will help me to make the final selection for book and exhibition, which will be launched in 2015.
Thanks to Koen Opdenbergh and Hartstikkide for the design of the website.
Photographic Museum of Humanity
'The Continuity of Man', my ongoing series about the Mediterranean region, has been select by Martin Parr, Kira Pollack and Sebastian Liste among the 1138 submitted as one of the finalists of the PMH 2013 Grant. Click here for all finalists
Snapshot Bruges
From April 20 to July 15, 2013 the Volkskundemuseum in Bruges shows a series of photographs I made last year at the 'Meifoor', a traditional fun fair in Bruges. Opening: Saturday April 20, 11AM. This exhibition is commissioned by Erfgoedcel Brugge.
Bouteilles a la mer
From March 29 to May 12 2013 a selection of photographs from my new series 'The Continuity of Man' will be exhibited in the group show 'Bouteilles à la mer' in the Centre Wallon d'Art Contemporain "La Châtaigneraie" in Flémalle, Belgium. The exhibition is curated by Emmanuel d'Autreppe.
