Tag: Carl De Keyzer

  • Land of the Hermit King | New Republic

    Land of the Hermit King

    Closed off from the world, North Korea weaves a highly militarized mind-set into the fabric of everyday life.

    via The New Republic: https://newrepublic.com/article/144373/land-hermit-king-closed-off-world-north-korea-weaves-highly-militarized-mind-set-fabric-everyday-life

    Meticulously choreographed military parades. Strident news announcements on state television. Missile tests presided over by a grinning Kim Jong Un. Propaganda from North Korea comes to us fully formed and almost alluring in its opacity: a finished product that has been carefully constructed to convey an idealized image of strength and unity. 

    Carl De Keyzer, a photographer based in Belgium, offers a different and more intimate view: a glimpse of the process of indoctrination within North Korea

  • A Photographer Anticipates the Moments Before the Flood | PROOF

    A Photographer Anticipates the Moments Before the Flood

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    As the climate talks in Paris draw to a close, we revisit Carl De Keyzer’s epic work Moments Before the Flood, in which he circumnavigates the European coastline, traveling more than 82,000 miles and visiting more than 5,000 locations, to “photograph this beautiful and very unique coastline, riddled with history, before it’s too late …”

  • Carl de Keyzer’s Intriguing Photographs of the Congo

    Carl de Keyzer’s Intriguing Photographs of the Congo

    Carl de Keyzer’s Intriguing Photographs of the Congo

    Belgian photographer Carl de Keyzer has traveled the world capturing glimpses of life in all kinds of settings, from a Siberian prison camp to a village in the Congo, to the stage of a movie set in Hollywood. As a member of Magnum for almost 20 years, he’

    via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2013/05/carl-de-keyzers-intriguing-photographs-of-the-congo/

    Can you really grasp a situation through a picture? Yes, perhaps. You try, even if you stay a stranger looking in from the outside. What you are aiming at is photographs showing situations that have repercussions on people’s lives. That is why I am a photographer

  • Carl de Keyzer Travels To Congo And Finds A People, A History And Consequences « The Spinning Head

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    A surprising and exciting set of images from Carl de Keyzer, a photographer whose work has always challenged and fascinated me, particularly since he produced the wonderful God Inc. Now come a set of images of the Congo that are lovely for their sharp contrast to the conventional ‘dark Africa’ depictions of the pathologies and struggles there.

    Link: Carl de Keyzer Travels To Congo And Finds A People, A History And Consequences « The Spinning Head

  • Trinity – Carl de Keyzer

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    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
    29 January – 13 April 2008
    Photography project on world power inspired by the history of classical painting. Each part refers to painting by its subject and format and tries to explore in a conceptual way the mechanisms of power and history.
    Most things come in three. A trinity structure has occurred during many reigns, empires and organized religion. 1. The leaders or gods, 2. the army or avenging creatures and 3. the people or representatives.
    Figurative painting or drawing was for a long time the source for historical reflection and reporting. Format, color, glorification, imposing frames, mise en scene were elements of persuasion to create an overwhelming feeling of history and testimony.
    Now, television and printed media have taken over this concept. 30 images per second and millions of pictures per day determine and influence in a direct or indirect way the global opinion and give a thin notion of reality and opinion. World leaders like CNN are the perfect example.
    By going back to the idea of one large image representing a situation I try to reintroduce the element of time in dealing with images of reality. The viewer, in the museum, is forced by the sheer size of the image to look at it in a way some people do with paintings. Standing still, sitting or even kneeling in front of an image is encouraged like in less abundant media times.
    The world ‘order’ changed after the atomic ‘Trinity’ project of the US.

    Check it out here.