ENTRY DESCRIPTION
This is a picture of my series Absurdgium # 1. The title means absurdism in Belgium, Europe. The Western World including my family is going through a difficult period right now. By photographing this, this is for me a way to handle the situation in a more funny way. Therefore I flee sometimes in a imaginary world. Hereby i give my interpretation.
This series has been made at home and in our garden over the last year 2018. The photographs were always taken in the evening. I asked a family member to photograph a particular situations that I had in mind. First I set the camerasettings and the flash strenght to be used and then I explained what I expected. further I provided instructions on how I would like the framing, etc. There was no assistant and no professional studio lamps were used. The picture is adapted

AUTHOR
I was born in the Eightees. During my yought I travelled since my 4 years with my parents and brother to different countries in the world. I had always a compact film camera with one film of 36 pictures with me. First I took only the pictures I liked. Years later I started to photograph with more experiments.

When I was 25 years old, I followed for 5 years photography studies in evening class. The course took place in Hoogstraten.

I have also a bachelor law that I succeeded in the university of Antwerp. I would like to achieve a master degree in law, that's for the future.

Recently I finished a 2 years specialisation course photography at the art academy in Hoogstraten. I had to work on a project. In 2018 I won a honorable mention in monoawards category fine arts. The title of the work is tradition and resistance. This work was the start of a great project that I realized in a project with title: Stan in Absurdgium. This project consists of two series: a streetseries and homeseries.
It's absurd Belgian humour.

Even that I worked on a project, I can't live life to the fullest. I suffer from a disease that started in my childhood. That's why I do photography for fun and not for a living. I do not photograph as a profession.

I have a own Pinterest page: Christiaan Cuyckens Photography.

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