ENTRY DESCRIPTION
My series “Losing our minds” was taken at the beginning of the corona crisis 2020: a bizarre, but extremely fascinating period. Man loses his mind because a stormy situation presents itself that is new and challenging for him. Fear tries to overpower him, he freezes, starts to reflect on the world and on the punishment that Mother Nature seems to send us. We have treated our Mother Earth too lightly, demanded too much of her in our egoism. Reflection is necessary.
I want this poetic-philosophical reflection to speak through my images in these corona times. In my series “Losing our minds” I consciously show only young people who are looking for themselves, for the meaning of life and the relationship between man and nature. It is sometimes difficult to draw the line between realism and surrealism, between reality and madness. Are those figures real or staged in my photos? Sometimes we as a layman have the same reaction: is this the real world in which we live or is this madness / surrealism? These are photos of ultra-Orthodox Jews who can enjoy their freedom in an unorthodox way in the storm (of their lives) and escape the lockdown. 

AUTHOR
Eddy Verloes is a multi-award-winning photographer from Belgium. He is a literary symbolic photographer, a visual storyteller. His atmospheric shots of interiors, landscapes, and urban life hover beautifully between realism and surrealism. Taking a spontaneous approach to the craft, Verloes captures the unexpected moments of the everyday. His studies of literature and philosophy fueled an inquisitive search for the mystical and the poetic. He shoots with his soul, not with the camera. Please don't put him in a box.

Studies in literature, philosophy and arts at the the University of Louvain (Belgium) and the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i.B. (Germany). Studies in photography at the Louvain CVO. Former organizer of Leuven Plaza Proms/Plaza Night 2005-2009 (Belgium).

2015-2023: exhibitions in different galleries or special locations (solo or with other photographers, painters, poets, sculptors, musicians, composers, video artists, mixed media artists) in the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Russia, Germany, Greece, Crete, Malta, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Serbia, Austria, France, The Netherlands and Belgium.

Photo books: "No time to Verloes" (2015), "Cuba libre" (2016), "Zeezuchten/Seasighs" (2020), "Buiten zinnen/Losing Our MInds" (2021), "Aardelingen/Earthlings" (2022)

Most important awards in 2020-2022:

Finalist LensCulture Visual Storytelling Awards

Selected as one of the best contemporary photographers worldwide by the American site All-About-Photo

Winner Life Framer Photo Contest 2020 (Theme: "Civilization") judged by Tate Modern's Curator of Intern. Art & Photography Emma Lewis

Selected for the Life Framer Collection 2020

Travel Photographer of the Year 2020 (People of the world)

Winner Siena Creative Photo Awards 2021 (Open Theme)

Winner Pangea Prize Siena Creative Photo Awards 2021 (Open Theme)

Winner Malta International Photo Travel Award 2020/2021

2nd Place MonoVisions Awards 2021 (Photojournalism), London (UK)

Finalist FOCUS Photo L.A. 2021, Los Angeles (USA)

Winner Siena International Photography Awards 2021 (Fascinating faces and characters)

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