Fantômatique

• Prize
  Silver in Portfolio/Personal
• Photographer
  Cédric Brion Studio Clavicule Pics
• Agency / Studio
  Studio Clavicule Pics
• Technical Info
  Sony alpha 7R IV, Sony 12-24mm f 2.8, Trépied Benro
• Photo Date
  21/09/2024
• Website
  https://www.clavicule-pics.com

The art of urbex photography captures the abandoned, overgrown remains of the past. Each image tells a story of places once alive, but now haunted by the ghost of their former glory. The specter of the past hovers over each image, reminding viewers of the fragility of human life and the ephemeral beauty of our achievements. Urbex photographs are a poetic way of celebrating the history and stories behind every ruin, every abandoned building. By exploring these ghostly settings, urbex artists pay homage to the past and those who inhabited it, while creating their own interpretation of these pl

• Biography
  Self-taught photographer born in 1978, living in the city of Mons in Belgium. Passionate about travel, I first turned to landscape photography that I have practiced for over 9 years. With a small compact device at the start, I ended up investing in professional equipment for the rest of my travels: Iceland, Norway, Scotland, United States ... The discovery of Iceland was a real revelation for me: the vastness of the place, the lights, the colors ... pure beauty. It was back from this trip that I started to learn different image editing software.
• Awards
  Exhibitions : – Exhibition Lille ART UP(LILLE France)2025 – Exhibition in Salon des Artistes français "Paris" Grand Palais 2025 - Exhibition in Tours & Taxi Bruxelles (Belgium) 2023 - Exhibition in Venice THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space (Italy) 2019 - Exhibition at Galerie Libre est L’Art (Paris) (France) 2023 - Exhibition at Audacieuse Galerie Geneva (Switzerland) 2023 - Exhibition at Melting Art Galerie in Lille (France) 2023 Magazines : - Open Eye Magazine - Marvelous Art Magazine - Beautiful Bizarre Magazine - Femme Rebelle Magazine - DARKBEAUTY Magazine - Modellen Land Magazine - Surreal Beauty Magazine - Emergence Magazine France Competition: – Mention* au Salon des Artistes Français au Grand Palais à Paris 2025 – Médaille d’Or (Série Aquarium) au Tokyo International Photography Awards 2024 – Médaille d’argent (Série Fantomatique) au Tok - 5 nominations at the Fine Art Photography Awards 2023 - Winner of Photo Magazine’s 2022 - 4 Gold Medals in the portrait category at the New-york photography awards 2022 - 4 Silver Medals in the portrait category at the New-york photography awards 2022 - 2 Honorable Mentions in the portrait category at the Chromatic Photography Awards 2022 - 1 Honorable mention in the fine art category at the Budapest Photography awards 2022 - Finalist in the Art Prize Beautiful Bizarre Magazine 2022 - Bronze medal for the Ghost series and Finalist with the Fallen Angel series ONE EYELAND 2022 Competition - 8 Nominations for the Fine Art Photography Awards 2022 - Winners of ITSLIQUID International Contest 10th Edition 2021 - Bronze Medalist of Panno Awards 2021 - Finalist of Photo Magazine's largest photo contest 2019 - Favorite of the Human Planet jury of Wipplay " Orange Contest 2019 - Finalist of the " Shoot for good " contest - Nominated for the Top 101 of the IMS Photo Contest 2017 - 2nd place national of Belgium at Sony World Photo Awards 2017 - 1st prize of the Public Wipplay Festival " RENCONTRES AU PAYS DU MONT- BLANC (France)