Lingering Echoes of The Dryad

• Photographer
  David Degelin
• Photo Date
  12/08/2024

Portrait of Cassandra Balle, inspired by the art of the Flemish Primitives of the 15th century and, more specifically, the painting 'Portrait of a Young Girl'(1470) by Petrus Christus. The idea was to portray Cassandra as a dryad, an oak tree nymph in ancient Greek mythology. The photo was taken in Parc Josaphat, a public park in the center of Brussels.

I'm a photographer with a focus on portrait, street, and fine-art photography, and photography is my way of dealing with the world, people, stories, places, experiences. Photography is a therapeutic activity for me in a way, a survival strategy. I use light and shadow to capture what I feel, rather than what I see, and what I feel always takes precedence over what I see in what I do. I'm intrigued by the beauty of solitude, of people and places and in my work, this theme plays a dominant role.