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) Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:15:37 -0400 Zen-Cart v. v 2.1.4 14.02.2008 15:26 RSS 2.0 Feed 1440 http://www.anamorfose.be/pictorialism xavier@anamorfose.be (Xavier Debeerst) http://www.anamorfose.be/pictorialism Thu, 12 Nov 2015 12:26:10 -0500 http://www.anamorfose.be/pictorialism/pictorial-guide Pictorial guide of an ideal world If God would want to realize a pictorial guide of Paradise, he would certainly call upon the pictorialists to make it. Looking at pictorialist photos, we perceive the world as a peaceful place with everything in balance and perfect in to the finest details.Unfortunately, most pictorialist photographs in this exhibition are situated between the two World Wars, which means a reality of economical crisis, famine and diseases for millions of Europeans. Photography had become a means to escape this reality and create an ideal, peaceful world.However, at the same time another stream in photography developed : capturing the cruel reality and preserving it for the generations to come. The photographers of hell........In this month's issue you can discover a lot of impressionist pictures. Take the time to discover them and you may find the photo you have been looking for for a long time.The online exhibition provides an overview of lesser known or even unknown European (Post-) Pictorialist photographers xavier@anamorfose.be (Xavier Debeerst) http://www.anamorfose.be/pictorialism/pictorial-guide Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:46:52 -0500 http://www.anamorfose.be/pictorialism/pictorialist-landscapes Landscape Photography in Pictorialism Please scroll down to discover the catalogue Landscape photography was an excellent means for the Pictorialist photographers to express their vision of an ideal world. That's the reason why landscape photography is one of the leading subjects in pictorialist photography. Pictorialism and Impressionism are parallel movements in art history. Just like the painters, the photographers leave their studios to discover the light and the open air. Pictorialist photographers use the same techniques as the Impressionist painters. Are they copying the painters? Perhaps. Entire libraries have already been written about this subject. Depending on the writer, the copier is either the painter or the photographer. Let's put things differently: both, the painter and the photographer, are children of their time and are expressing the mood and style of the turn of the twentieth century. I agree that at precisely during that period the awareness about originality becomes bigger and bigger. Both the Impressionist Painter and the Pictorialist Photographer are seeking a new and original direction in art. For the first time the artists are organized in international movements. The most known photographic movements are The Linked Ring in England and Le Photoclub de Paris in France.Other countries had similar organizations. In Belgium there was L'Association Belge de Photography. The Pictorialist photos in this exhibition are mostly Belgian. I know it sounds chauvinist, but the quality of Belgian pictorialism is like our chocolate: pure and timeless.... We are proud to be able to offer you the largest Internet exhibition of Pictorialist Landscape Photography. xavier@anamorfose.be (Xavier Debeerst) http://www.anamorfose.be/pictorialism/pictorialist-landscapes Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:47:19 -0500