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About Us
Vincent Delbrouck
photographer
Vincent Delbrouck (aka V.D.), born in Brussels in 1975, studied visual communication at Ihecs. For more than twenty-five years, he has been developing a body of work that combines images, collages, texts and fictional diaries His work unfolds like a poetic autobiography, both intimate and collective, exploring the links between memory and imagination.
Delbrouck has explored two major locations in his career: Cuba, where he worked for twenty-five years, and Nepal, where he lived for a year in Kathmandu and in the countryside. In each place, his approach is deeply organic, imbued with his experience in the field. In Cuba, he has built a body of work nourished by encounters and sometimes surreal details, while in Nepal, he captures the energy of the city and the mountains and the inner transformation that it brings about. These immersions shape a hybrid practice that connects the intimate and the collective, the visible and the invisible, and manifests itself in colorist work that oscillates between still life and portraiture.
His projects have been shown in (self-published) books and international exhibitions, notably at FOAM in Amsterdam, the Musée de la Photographie in Charleroi, FoMu in Antwerp, the Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City, PhotoFest Houston, Contretype, PhotoForum Pasquart, the Mulhouse Biennale (residency), and Huis Marseille. His work has been recognized with the Outset Unseen Award and he was a finalist for the Leica Oscar Barnack Award.
Today, Delbrouck divides his time between Brussels and Andalusia, where he lives with his partner on a finca inhabited by horses, chickens and dogs. This daily life close to nature nourishes his artistic research: capturing the flow of life and inscribing photography in a sensitive and organic movement.
V.D. is represented by the Stieglitz19 gallery (Antwerp).