Traditions (2010)

In 2009 I was assigned by the ngo Volkskunde Vlaanderen to photograph traditions and popular rituals in Flanders. During the cycle of one calender year I photographed about 50 different events, both religious and secular, obscure and well-known, public and private, indigenous and foreign. However, this body of work is about more than traditions only. On a secondary level, these photographs comment on the multicultural reality, urbanisation and national identity.

The book Tradities is published by Het Davidsfonds Leuven and is available in my webshop. ‘Tradities’ has been exhibited at Huis van Alijn (Ghent), Kaunas Photo (Lithuania), De Engelbewaarder (Amsterdam), Visa pour l’Image - screening (Perpignan).