Joe English

The family archive has proven to be a great source of inspiration. Two photography projects sprouted from the historical research: ‘Met Kop en Schouders‘ is an exhibition commissioned by ADVN to accompany the research, publication and database about ‘Heldenhulde‘. English designed the headstones this organisation provided during WW1. In ‘Mystic Land‘ I went on a […]

Photography

As a kid, my bedroom was right next to my dad’s darkroom and I spent quite some time discovering the magic of developping film and photos. Photography is a constant since he handed me his old Canonet camera in my early teens. I’ve practiced photography in many different ways, from the crossprocessed lomo’s during the […]

Mystisch Land

In 2016 I started researching the whereabouts of Joe English during WW1 and consequently visited all these places. His get-away from the besieged city of Antwerp towards the Belgian coast eventually bringing him to Calais was one of the trips I attempted to do as he did, on foot. I described the research and the […]