The gallery's first exhibition will show the works of photographer Philip Shalam. With his latest series, 'Fish Eye', Philip offers the viewer another dimension, between globalization and voyeurism.
'Fish Eye' because all photos in the exhibition were taken with one of the artist’s favorite lenses, the fisheye. The special feature of this lens is to show a 360 ° image, thus opening a different dialogue with the viewer. The latter will at times feel like a master of the world, with an image he can rotate at will, while at others, like a voyeur, observing the world through a peephole.
For his first exhibition in Brussels, Philip takes us between business centers, where concrete and advanced architecture are king, and the parks and beaches, where nature is sometimes sovereign, sometimes tamed. He shows us 15 photos that reflect what characterizes him as a photographer, namely the clear and elegant lines, the geometric shapes, large deserted cities and reflections. "The use of fisheye invites you to discover your own vision of the photographed subject, to linger and find the angle that suits you" says the photographer.
To Alexandra David, gallery owner, Philip's work "is a perfect mirror of the society in which we live, the idealized globalization versus a skimpy voyeurism; the world at hand or seen through a peephole. The internet, meant to connect us with each other, only exacerbates our loneliness and distance and in addition makes us all voyeurs. The photos presented show all that, there is no longer one planet which we live on, but an infinite number, since we are each our own universe, living alongside each other. "
On view from September 8 to October 15, 2016, from Thursday to Saturday from 14h to 18h.
Espace 32, Rivoli Gallery, Rue Emile Claus 45, 1180 Brussels
Opening with the artist, September 8th, 2016 from 18:30 to 21h. (Press by appointment)
Regents' Verso (2015)
Green Sky (2014)
Surfer's Paradise (2016)
Retina (2014)
Peepholes (2016)
Guincho (2016)
Cocktail (2016)
The 3 Parks
Global Green (2015)
Regents' Recto (2015)
Robin's Hood (2016)
Monuments (2016)
Strictly Business (2016)
Flora (2016)
Gherkin (2016)
Walkie Talkie (2016)
“Fisheye Lens |fɪʃ.aɪ ˈlenz|
The fisheye lens is an ultra wide angle lens with a field of vision covering up to 180°, producing strong visual distortion.
The term was coined in 1906 by American Physicist and inventor Robert W. Wood based on how a fish would see an ultra wide hemispherical view from beneath the water.
Its first practical use was in the 1920s for use in meteorology to study cloud formation giving it the name “whole-sky lens”.
Mass-produced fisheye lenses for photography first appeared in the early 1960s.
Urban Dictionary: A camera lens that produces the sickest photos #fish #eye #lens #camera #photograph
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