Scheltens & Abbenes
We work as we sketch, slowly, layer upon layer with the point of view, the camera’s lens, as a frame. We use these products as building blocks for a composition, leading us to design through photography.
Maurice Scheltens via New Dawn, 2015
Maurice Scheltens and Liesbeth Abbenes (1972 & 1970, the Netherlands) are the sum total of a still-life photographer and the creative craftsmanship of an artist: technical perfection added to individual handicraft, strong pictorial clarity in addition to tailor-made settings. They experiment with converting spatial dimensions into flat surfaces and explore photography’s potential for creating illusion. Essential to their work is the laboratory process in the studio where they construct their settings with an attitude of conceptualization and solution-led thinking, regardless of whether they are editing or tackling commissioned or independent artistic work.
