Dirk Braeckman

Since the mid-1980s, Dirk Braeckman (1958, Belgium) has created an extraordinary collection of photographs and videos. His large-scale gray-tinted works capture random images from everyday life and evoke mystery. Braeckman behaves like a painter in his darkroom and freely experiments to add a unique tactile quality to his photographs. His approach emphasizes atmosphere, cropping, light and texture, giving his work a poetic touch. Braeckman believes photography is highly subjective, revealing a boundless realm of illusions rather than absolute truth.