BARBARA VANDENDRIESSCHE

CAPTURING THE EMOTIONAL BODY EXPLORING VISUAL POETRY

"My photos are often staged and focus on physicality, emotion, or expression. They look for physical and psychological vulnerability." I create the whole image as a photographer, stylist, and set designer. My photography is theatrical. But 'theatricality' is an elastic concept and also has many negative connotations: bombastic, exaggerated, false, or artificial." - Barbara Vandendriessche

BARBARA VANDENDRIESSCHE CAPTURING THE EMOTIONAL BODY EXPLORING VISUAL POETRY worked for 20 years as a I director and set designer at the theater. But more and more, photography, which I initially regarded as a sideline, invaded my professional path.

I discovered how my experience within the theater influenced the language of my photography and experienced a sense of "back to basics" of resourcing. In order to be able to clarify this more, I decided to leave the black box in 2017 and tell my story, starting with photography and sculpture.

(I still work as a drama teacher at Luca drama, Luca School of arts, and as a freelance stage designer, f.i. for Milo Rau, NTGent).

My photos are staged and focus on physicality, emotion, and expression. They look for physical and psychological vulnerability.

I create the whole image as a photographer, stylist, and set designer. My sculptures are a study of damage, both in the use of matter and in the expression of emotion.