2nd place
silver star award
Thoelen Steven
belgium Photo © Thoelen Steven
title
Conglomerato di consiglieri per il bene supremo.
Thoelen intended to create a 'tableau vivant' of his best 'older' friends in his life so far. To him, these are his prominent counselors essential and everlasting in life to become a good man. All actors on the artwork were shot in an individual shoot, so they hadn't seen each other untill the moment the artwork was presented. As they were acting individually on set together with Steven, they were desperately curious about all other participants on the artwork.
About the venue: All took place in Belgium, May 2020. In fact, Steven was the scenarist, decorator, director, stylist and fin-art photographer ALL-IN-ONE. For this artwork he created a set-up of 50 square meters in his atelier nearby Hasselt, Belgium.
About the subject: Throughout the covid-19 period many people realized that - in order to be happy "IN LIFE" - you'll have to surround yourself with the most pure and sincerely friends..."FOR LIFE"!
Eclectic Photographic art. “It’s impossible to colour outside the lines when there are no lines.”
(Dixit Steven Thoelen)
As a spontaneously self-taught man, Thoelen is best know for his fine-art photography that portrays a fantasy experience through ‘a chain in wonder’. His elaborate compositions consist of emotional shots that depict the heat of the moment in a narrative story. Be prepared for atypical storytelling with people and objects being portrayed in complicated fantasy scenes. On by one compositions intertwined with an overload of details and symbolism. They look like stills of a feature-length film. And still they are photographs. Steven Thoelen has a very individualistic way of working. He builds his own world. eclectic images in which you constantly discover new things.
“Through my artwork, it feels like I’m losing my way in the right direction. I think I’m an uncurable optimist.”
(Dixit Steven Thoelen)
'Typical is boring' is a statement I always presented to myself as a personal advice. And this statement runs like a thread through my life, whereby uplifting enthusiasm dominates the exercise of my passion. I'm a self-taught man, a photographer who's addicted to that shot of adrenaline you get as soon as you leave a well-trodden path. The world is a playing field... let the demons out to play. Steven Thoelen (1978 - Belgium) is best known for his fine art photography that portrays a fantasy experience through an eclectic chain in wonder. He's a scenarist, decorator, director, musician and fine-art photographer. His elaborate compositions consist of emotional shots that depict the heat of the moment in a narrative story. Be prepared for atypical storytelling with people and objects being portrayed in complicated fantasy scenes. One by one compositions intertwined with an overload of details and symbolism. They are artworks that unfailingly add moments of drama to interiors, an ingredient that he regards as vital. I do not have the ambition to teach spectators what to think, I do strive to show that people sometimes look at the facts in a different way. In art and by extension in life, it comes down to finding the balance. Perfect is good, but good is better. Through my artwork, it feels like I'm losing my way in the right direction. Do you understand?
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entry description
About the title/why:Thoelen intended to create a 'tableau vivant' of his best 'older' friends in his life so far. To him, these are his prominent counselors essential and everlasting in life to become a good man. All actors on the artwork were shot in an individual shoot, so they hadn't seen each other untill the moment the artwork was presented. As they were acting individually on set together with Steven, they were desperately curious about all other participants on the artwork.
About the venue: All took place in Belgium, May 2020. In fact, Steven was the scenarist, decorator, director, stylist and fin-art photographer ALL-IN-ONE. For this artwork he created a set-up of 50 square meters in his atelier nearby Hasselt, Belgium.
About the subject: Throughout the covid-19 period many people realized that - in order to be happy "IN LIFE" - you'll have to surround yourself with the most pure and sincerely friends..."FOR LIFE"!
Eclectic Photographic art. “It’s impossible to colour outside the lines when there are no lines.”
(Dixit Steven Thoelen)
As a spontaneously self-taught man, Thoelen is best know for his fine-art photography that portrays a fantasy experience through ‘a chain in wonder’. His elaborate compositions consist of emotional shots that depict the heat of the moment in a narrative story. Be prepared for atypical storytelling with people and objects being portrayed in complicated fantasy scenes. On by one compositions intertwined with an overload of details and symbolism. They look like stills of a feature-length film. And still they are photographs. Steven Thoelen has a very individualistic way of working. He builds his own world. eclectic images in which you constantly discover new things.
“Through my artwork, it feels like I’m losing my way in the right direction. I think I’m an uncurable optimist.”
(Dixit Steven Thoelen)
about the photographer
I live my life with my soul in my hand.'Typical is boring' is a statement I always presented to myself as a personal advice. And this statement runs like a thread through my life, whereby uplifting enthusiasm dominates the exercise of my passion. I'm a self-taught man, a photographer who's addicted to that shot of adrenaline you get as soon as you leave a well-trodden path. The world is a playing field... let the demons out to play. Steven Thoelen (1978 - Belgium) is best known for his fine art photography that portrays a fantasy experience through an eclectic chain in wonder. He's a scenarist, decorator, director, musician and fine-art photographer. His elaborate compositions consist of emotional shots that depict the heat of the moment in a narrative story. Be prepared for atypical storytelling with people and objects being portrayed in complicated fantasy scenes. One by one compositions intertwined with an overload of details and symbolism. They are artworks that unfailingly add moments of drama to interiors, an ingredient that he regards as vital. I do not have the ambition to teach spectators what to think, I do strive to show that people sometimes look at the facts in a different way. In art and by extension in life, it comes down to finding the balance. Perfect is good, but good is better. Through my artwork, it feels like I'm losing my way in the right direction. Do you understand?
back to gallery