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Lotus (2009-2011)

This series is made together with fellow photographer Quinten De Bruyn.

See the self published Lotus book here.

In the series Lotus, Max Pinckers and Quinten De Bruyn document the world of transsexuals in Thailand. The gender crisis that the so called ladyboys face is transformed into a visual metaphor directed towards the identity crisis that contemporary documentary photography confronts, when it dares to reflect upon itself in a critical way and expose its internal paradoxes.

The documentary photographer that captures reality as ‘a fly on the wall’ can’t deny his directive and manipulative role any longer. His anonymity, his seeming absence is merely a pose. Finally he is the one with all the power and he chooses over ‘the decisive moment’. The tableaux that he captures are not lies, but enfold themselves within the studio that he creates from reality. The illusion of transparency is demystified and scattered into a void of uncertainty.

Inkjet prints on Tecco Pearl Gloss Photo Paper, 110x95 cm, mounted on dibond and framed. Editions of 7 + 3 AP.

Shows:
Menotrentuno_III Young European Photography Festival, Sardina, 2011
Foto8 Summershow 2011, HOST Gallery, London, 2011
(Re):Tilt, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, 2011
Knokke-Heist Fotofestival, The Green Room, Knokke-Heist, 2011
BREDAPHOTO international photo festival, Breda, 2010

Awards:
Finalist Deibione D'oro, Bance Monte Paschi, Brussels, 2011
Finalist BNP Paribas Fortis Young Artistic Talent Award, Brussels, 2011
Finalist The Photo Academy Award, Amsterdam, 2010

Read interviews about Lotus on:
One more flash in my face and it's the last picture you do - Vice magazine blog. Documentairefotografie - De Brakke Grond, De diepte in: beeldende kunsten. Ladyboys als metafoor - DIGIFOTO Pro magazine