LuxUrbex - Urban Exploration and Urbex Photography in Luxembourg

With the assistance of the Cultural Committee of Villers-la-Montagne, the Collective Image presents his finest achievements of the year. Free entry from 14.00 to 18.30 for the exhibition including studio animation and photographic projection.

I am very happy to announce that I'll hold a lecture about expressive language in photography and image composition in architecture photography for this event and I have kindly been invited to exhibit some pictures as a guest.

So, don't miss this nice exhibition that is held in the "Salle Polyvalente de Villers-la-Montagne" (36, rue Gaston Dupuis F-54920 Villers-la-Montagne)

First day schedule:
11:30 - Vernissage
20:00 - Lecture and debate about the philosophy of photography

I have been kindly asked by the staff of the Revue Technique Luxembourgeoise to provide two pictures for their web page and their latest quarterly newspaper. The Revue Technique Luxembourgeoise is edited by the A.L.I.A.I. (Association Luxembourgeoise des Ingénieurs, Architectes et Industriels). In this issue I have been featured as the photographer of the month and a picture from Belval is running double truck (two page spread 30-31) in the magazine. I am very thankful for this request.

I am happy to announce that I have been asked by the Head of the Department of Contemporary Art at the “Manege” Central Exhibition Hall to exhibit 28 of my pictures at the invitation-only exhibition "Saint-Petersburg Photo Vernissage 2010". I will personally be in Saint-Petersburg for the Vernissage and the opening will be at 2 o'clock PM after a small press conference. Most probably I'll give a Master Class about my photography and technique during the week I'll be there.

The theme of the exhibition will be "TREND" in it's broader sense.

«Trends - a mirror of history, and it  always follows the political events. Fashion - it is not clothing, it's a way of life. Trends - is what you eat and drink, what you wear, where you go to relax, what furniture is in your house, what kind of dog you own, what phrases you use , trends for mobile phones, trends in  computer models, the trend for Japanese restaurants, the trend for green tea, which hit Russia in the past five years, etc., etc.» --- Alexander Vasilyev

At the heart of trends lies an individual style, and its world - a self-contained space, absorbing a wide range of phenomena. Through them people expresses their attitude to external forms of culture: lifestyle, serving and table manners, cars, clothing, thus trying to show their place in society, their sexuality, location, class, status level and belonging to a particular group.
Photocamera gives us an opportunity to capture different aspects of fashion, its endless cycles and change of artistic images, which always embody the eras image in clothing.

This subject gives participants wide opportunities for philosophical reflections and artistic self-expression.

List of participants and co-organisers...

Exhibition catalogue (7,5 MB)

I am very happy to announce that I have been invited to be the guest of the month on the web page of www.talkurbex.com. I hope you enjoy the interview. And many thanks for having invited me.

And don't forget to take a look at the Centrale "U" Gallery. I have added some updates when I was there together with Edy, Gennaro, Philippe, Andy and Simone. (Yes I know, we could have been a little football team but the central was large enough for all of us to work at ease.)