2nd place
silver star award
Bas Meeuws
netherlands
title
Photographic Flower Pieces
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entry description
Bas Meeuws is a young photographer who is injecting the traditional Dutch genre of the flower piece with new élan. He composes his work the way the old masters did, flower by flower in luxury and splendour. The result is a layered photography that transcends time.Meeuws’ process is similar to that of the seventeenth-century flower painters. The starting point for his monumental pieces are digital photographs of individual flowers using the same lighting. Each flower is photographed several times in various positions but with a varying exposure to build up a digital library. Meeuws’ ‘flower library’ is like a modern version of the seventeenth-century tulip books and other botanic pieces from that period.about the photographer
Bas Meeuws is a young photographer who is injecting the traditional Dutch genre of the flower piece with new élan. He composes his work the way the old masters did, flower by flower in luxury and splendour. The result is a layered photography that transcends time.Meeuws’ process is similar to that of the seventeenth-century flower painters. The starting point for his monumental pieces are digital photographs of individual flowers using the same lighting. Each flower is photographed several times in various positions but with a varying exposure to build up a digital library. Meeuws’ ‘flower library’ is like a modern version of the seventeenth-century tulip books and other botanic pieces from that period.back to gallery