041
Tom Callemin
€30,00
24 × 34 cm, 28 p, ills b&w, paperback
ISBN 9789490800246
design: Jurgen Maelfeyt
language: English
ISBN 9789490800246
design: Jurgen Maelfeyt
language: English
edition of 500
September 2014
September 2014
Twelve enigmatic images comprise this series by Belgian photographer Tom Callemin. The subjects – people, nudes, ruined houses, trees, metal objects – are pinned against a deep black background, caught in the flashbulb’s glare in a stark and confrontational moment. We are forced to wonder about the underlying histories of the various abandoned structures, or why the man and young girl flinch before the camera’s gaze, their hands raised in front of their faces. The female nudes stand like statues, eyes averted or closed, seemingly reluctant to engage their observer, and the trees appear misshapen, adding to the overall haunted aura of Callemin’s photography.
Tom Callemin’s (°1991) photographs show the paradoxical, alienating character of photography. They are not ‘readable’, not descriptive, although they do involve a narrative through a play of suggestions. These are constructed images that question, in a conceptual way, photography as a medium in these times of unbridled visual production.