http://www.anamorfose.be/ New photos to the collection en Copyright (c) 2026 Xavier Debeerst xavier@anamorfose.be (Xavier Debeerst) xavier@anamorfose.be (Xavier Debeerst) Thu, 07 May 2026 05:54:47 -0400 Zen-Cart v. v 2.1.4 14.02.2008 15:26 RSS 2.0 Feed 1440 http://www.anamorfose.be/contemporary-art-photography xavier@anamorfose.be (Xavier Debeerst) http://www.anamorfose.be/contemporary-art-photography Thu, 12 Nov 2015 12:26:10 -0500 http://www.anamorfose.be/contemporary-art-photography/fine-art-photography Contemporary Fine Art Photography xavier@anamorfose.be (Xavier Debeerst) http://www.anamorfose.be/contemporary-art-photography/fine-art-photography Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:02:21 -0400 http://www.anamorfose.be/contemporary-art-photography/gabrielle-de-montmollin Gabrielle de Montmollin, Bird Women Please scroll down to discover the catalogue "Bird Woman is an overview of the most recent work of Gabrielle de Montmollin. It marks a new step in her work: the images are more sober but still keep the dynamism so typical for her images. I like to compare these photos to a classical Greek play. First you have the presentation of the characters and then you have the play. In this set of pictures you have the presentation of five mythical actors with masks. The movement of the characters inspire the spectator to make his own play. The strong figures are dancing a mythical dance which is accentuated by the bird-mask. They are strong images that are like icons. Now it's waiting for the first act of the play. On this website we present three different approaches of photographing dolls and mannequins. I asked Gabrielle de Montmollin her view on the subject: A form of consciousness Gabrielle de Montmoullin: In the earliest times humans believed that souls or spirits existed in every object, even if it was inanimate. From this, it was a small jump of intuition to think that if you fashioned a human-like object it could possess the soul of ancestors or beings with supernatural powers who might act on your behalf. The mystical belief in the power of effigies continues to this day. Modern dolls, made of plastic, and manufactured by the millions can cast a similar spell. It is not hard to think that they possess lives of their own and are the repositories of unknown consciousness. A child playing with a doll also attributes a personality to it. I think many children play with dolls in subversive and perverse ways, they do not limit themselves to what is intended by the manufacturer or the society that produced the object. Store mannequins are meant to display clothes, in a naked state they invite us see them as different beings. Because I make photographs rather than drawings, the figures which appear in my photographs are physical objects that have existed in time. This is very important. Even if I have taken an object and transformed it so that it represents something I have imagined, the object still has an existence independent of my imagination and the image I make of it. This adds to the power of it, the fact that it is Oreal.¹ In 'The Psychology of Imagination' Sartre describes an image as a form of consciousness whereby something that is absent is nonetheless present to our consciousness. It is the absent something which is nonetheless there that I am looking for when I pose the dolls and click the shutter. xavier@anamorfose.be (Xavier Debeerst) http://www.anamorfose.be/contemporary-art-photography/gabrielle-de-montmollin Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:16:51 -0500 http://www.anamorfose.be/contemporary-art-photography/paul-cava A lot of contemporary artists are charmed and inspired by the photographic language of the nineteenth century. The richness of the images and the technical processes were overwhelming in the last century. There are modern photographers who make new work from a nostalgic feeling or are frustrated by the modern photographic materials and use the old techniques and images. The results are mostly copies of the "Old Masters". I prefer the original over the copy. Continue reading ... xavier@anamorfose.be (Xavier Debeerst) http://www.anamorfose.be/contemporary-art-photography/paul-cava Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:05:03 -0400 http://www.anamorfose.be/contemporary-art-photography/verf Verf. intimate photography Through and in the work of Verf., the journey becomes more and more intimate and personal. The visitor is invited to experience the explicit tension between the private and the public space. Verf.’s photographs are confronting and autobiographical and show the “inside” of daily life. xavier@anamorfose.be (Xavier Debeerst) http://www.anamorfose.be/contemporary-art-photography/verf Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:05:36 -0400 http://www.anamorfose.be/verf/boys-at-work Boys at work xavier@anamorfose.be (Xavier Debeerst) http://www.anamorfose.be/verf/boys-at-work Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:25:20 -0500 http://www.anamorfose.be/verf/human-war-body-terror HUMAN war BODY terror AFTER aggression xavier@anamorfose.be (Xavier Debeerst) http://www.anamorfose.be/verf/human-war-body-terror Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:17:49 -0500 http://www.anamorfose.be/verf/life-at-last “Life at last on the bright side of life”.....DENK-1X infinitas ...BILD-MOMENT..see your self..see yourself.. xavier@anamorfose.be (Xavier Debeerst) http://www.anamorfose.be/verf/life-at-last Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:25:49 -0500 http://www.anamorfose.be/verf/misc-images Miscellaneous images by Verf. xavier@anamorfose.be (Xavier Debeerst) http://www.anamorfose.be/verf/misc-images Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:26:24 -0500