Gilbert Fastenaekens
Photographer

A film by Carole Laganière | 1988

Belgium
fr
en
11'

Gilbert Fastenaekens, photographer

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Synopsis

In this vintage documentary, a young Gilbert Fastenaekens, sitting in the calm of his home, tells his story to the camera: a working-class environment from which he escaped through photography, his first works influenced by Koudelka, then a return to his homeland and a series about his parents. It was also at this time that the Belgian photographer produced his « Nuits », nocturnal urban landscapes that broke with the reporting practices of its time and will make him famous. When he returned to the factory, it was to observe it through the lens: like an imaginary archaeologist, he captured the colourful theatricality of its machines. If these projects brought him back to his sometimes painful inner needs, it was with landscapes that he found freedom and lightness.

What you will find in this film

photography as escape • Koudelka's influence soon abandoned • parents in four exhibitions • photography as imaginary archaeology • the colourful theatricality of factories • the urban fabric at night • the lightness of landscapes • fear as catalyst

Keywords

Nature & Landscape Reportage & Society Analogue Photography The Artist at Work

Before photography, it was probably long, boring Sundays.

Gilbert Fastenaekens

Fear is something that is undoubtedly a catalyst in this work. I don't think you can feel it in the photos themselves, but it makes me work in a state of urgency.

Gilbert Fastenaekens

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The authors/artists

Gilbert Fastenaekens

Carole Laganière

Further exploration

IN SILENCE : GILBERT FASTENAEKENS ; Gilbert Fastenaekens & Danielle Leenaerts ; CFC ; 2015

CORRESPONDANCE ; Gilbert Fastenaekens ; Arpéditions ; 2014

SITE : GILBERT FASTENAEKENS ; Gilbert Fastenaekens ; CFC & Arpéditions ; 1997

https://www.fillesducalvaire.com/artists/64-gilbert-fastenaekens/overview/