A Flemish Photography
The Naked Belgian

  • Belgium
  • nl
  • en
  • 51'
A Flemish Photography|The Naked Belgian

Synopsis

From their harmless hobbies to their most secret fantasies, the Belgian people reveal themselves under the lens of six photographers. Herman Selleslags, Carl De Keyzer, Freya Maes, Gert Jochems, Jimmy Kets and Charlotte Lybeer set out to meet Belgians, with one question in mind: what do they do in their spare time? Between a study of human nature in the age of consumerism and reflections on photography, this portrait of a country seen from the inside also becomes a portrait of those who have immortalised it. It is the third chapter in a series of films on Belgian photography since 1945, directed by Johannes Bucher and Jurgen Buedts.

What you will find in this film

Belgium through the lens • Street photography • Portrait of a people • An inside view • Immersion in the field • The secret photographed • Free time in the consumer society

I am mainly interested in people and their trivial problems, in giving some kind of meaning to life.
I would like to give this advice to anyone starting out in photography: take photos of your friends and family. It's difficult because there's a huge embarrassment factor in photographing your own life.
Leisure activities are often artificial. People follow the same patterns in their free time. That's why I started using flash, to give more power to this reality.

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