Next meeting will be Wednesday, 16 October, 2024 at 20:00
Come and join us at our next club meeting, held at the Swedish church, 35 avenue des Gaulois, 1040 Brussels.
The meeting will also be streamed live via Zoom, but only to paid-up members.
Note, however, that the first part of the meeting will be different from the usual, so the streaming will only start later. One more reason to join us at the Swedish Church!
AGENDA
The October meeting is the occasion to commemorate 30 years of the Viewfinders Photography Club of Brussels. As stated on our website, Viewfinders is “inspiring photographers of today and the next generations”, and we are open to anyone with an interest of photography, as we represent a wide range of backgrounds, nationalities and photographic abilities and interests.
In this occasion, we will start the meeting with a social event, sharing a birthday cake on the ground floor of the Swedish Church before we move up to the first floor to the more standard part of the meeting.
Our main event of the evening, a presentation by a guest speaker, Carine Van Gerven.
Carine Van Gerven is a Belgian photographer and photography teacher from Pelt and her name is practically synonymous with the highly successful “Lens op the Mens” photography festival that takes place in Pelt once every two years since 2017.
But Carine is also a highly successful photographer on her own right, having exhibited in several countries and having been curator not only of “her” festival in Pelt but also of the Helphoto International Festival in Helsinki. She also received international awards in events such as the prestigious Siena Awards 2024.
Her beautiful photos of “tableaux vivants” are inspired by 17th century paintings and form a body of work that is unlike anything seen at Viewfinders meetings before. To find out more about her, visit her website.
Looking forward to seeing you at the club meeting on 16 October.
Looking forward to seeing you at the club meeting !
Summer 2024 #304.pdfRecent News and Updates
Agenda of activities for season 2024-2025 was published. See Calendar.
Viewfinders Summer edition #304 has been published. See it here.
Added a new page with photos from the RPS-Viewfinders Weekend Wonder Walk.
Members Alun and Adrian announced a duo-exhibition. Details here.
New photo albums from this season's Projects and Challenges have been added on the website.
Photowalk at the 8th annual BXL Tour on Sunday, June 16th (Bloomsday)!
Viewfinders and RPS-Benelux photo walks in Brussels, 18-20 May 2024.
New web page published with details of the recent Minimal exhibition. Go here.
Photowalk to the Botanique Garden organized for mid-March.
Viewfinders featured on Bruzz TV. Link is further down in the Home page.
Worshop on ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) by Charlotte Bellamy organized in April.
Photowalk to Brussels Bright Festival was organized on Friday 15 Feb.
Exhibition "Minimal" at BWC held from 14 January until February 9.
Follow here other upcoming activities and monthly meetings organized by the club. Many are for members only.
If you would like to know more about joining the club or a particular activity, contact us.
Our last meeting was....
September 2024
Our guest speaker, Brussels and Lisbon-based Music Photographer David Vannucci shared what it takes to be a committed concert, festival, and tour photographer. He walked us through the challenges and joys of low-light photography and working with strict routines and schedules while working on festivals or being on tour, but also shared the rewarding and creative process of working on studio projects, off-stage with artists and performers.
Over the years David developed a niche for Behind the Scenes photography, a niche that he was able to finetune through his collaboration with the Belgian music festival Pukkelpop: It was the starting point for his “Stardust” series of photo expos and books.
You can find more info on David’s work visiting www.davidvannucci.art and www.muckmag.com/work/stardust-pukkelpop-mainstage.
In addition, Erick gave a short tutorial on how photographers can use social media.
“Minimal photography”, like painting and music from the shared artistic movement of the 1950s and 60s, seeks to show essential subjects, principles or processes by removing unnecessary distraction from the message to let that one primary motif shine through.
Even while the photographic frame is a very limited fragment of the world, we can limit it even further by deliberately choosing to show less. When it is less, when it is nothing more than that one subject or notion, then the message of the photograph can be crystal clear. No distractions, no confusions, no other elements that might distort the message – just one notion, presented there as a constant feature for us to contemplate and enjoy.
Sixteen photographers from Viewfinders Photography Club of Brussels, collectively present their vision on minimal photography.
COLLECTIVE: Largest exhibition organized by the club.
Visit the exhibition's page for more information and
Take a 3D virtual tour !
“Collective” offers participants and visitors an opportunity to explore the full range of the photographic art and what it can mean in our society today. Each of the 38 artists – members of Viewfinders - chooses their own theme and style, yielding an extensive view of the photographic medium, from expressing an artistic intent to documenting the world around us. This showcase of the creativity and skill of the members highlights the beauty and power of photographs.
VIEWS ON TIME
13 photographers bring you their personal view on something we all have too little of…
