The Financial Zone (2019-2020)
The Financial Zone (2019-2020)
The Financial Zone is a documentary on office life at the headquarters of major financial companies in the Netherlands and Belgium. The series pays particular attention to the spatial aspect in contemporary office design.
We remember Tayloristic offices with tight rows of desks from movies. Under the impulse of digitization, the organic office islands from the 1970s evolved into modular systems and a clean desk policy. The new workplace is social and flexible, fashionable and homely, ergonomic and technological. There are informal meeting rooms for brainstorming, call capsules for more privacy, quiet areas to concentrate, game rooms and intimately lit lounges for relaxation. Glass partitions stand for openness and transparency. Company restaurants offer healthy meals and corporate mindfulness is on the rise. There is fitness, prayer room and wall art. Well-being in the workplace is important in a time characterized by stress and burn-outs.
Hannes' photos are subtle observations of an astonished outsider. In a universe not exactly known for visual spectacle, he focuses on the relationship between humans and their workplace. He searches for personal accents in a generic environment, meandering along the thin line between banality and surprise, between humor and alienation.
The Financial Zone was commissioned by the Noorderlicht photography platform and the University of Groningen. The series was exhibited in 2021 at Kunstenpunt Groningen.
Thanks to all the companies that have cooperated: Aegon (The Hague), Argenta (Antwerp), Baloise (Antwerp), Bank J. Van Breda (Antwerp), Belfius (Brussels), KPMG (Zaventem), PwC (Amsterdam), Rabobank (Utrecht).
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Fotografie is een leugenachtig medium
Je moet telkens weer zien hoe ver je kunt gaan zonder op je bakkes te krijgen
Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art
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A small voice. Conversations with photographers, Ben Smith podcast, 2021
Striking photos capture Dubai’s artificial universes, Connect the World, CCN, 2018
Interview 100% Cultuur, ATV, 2018
Zeiss Photography Award reportage, 2018
Interview, Krolop & Gerst, 2018
Interview, Shifter Media, 2016
Interview, De Afspraak, Canvas, 2015
Interview, 100% Cultuur, ATV, 2014
World Trade Center, Zuidas, Amsterdam, July 31, 2019
Aegon headquarters, The Hague, September 26, 2019
Aegon headquarters, The Hague, September 26, 2019
World Trade Center, Zuidas, Amsterdam, July 31, 2019
Smoking zone at the World Trade Center, Zuidas, Amsterdam, July 31, 2019
Aegon headquarters, The Hague, September 26, 2019
Aegon headquarters, The Hague, September 26, 2019
Argenta headquarters, Antwerp, December 13, 2019
Bank van Breda headquarters, Antwerp, January 28, 2020
Aegon headquarters, The Hague, September 26, 2019
Welcome robot at the headquarters of Rabobank, Utrecht, December 10, 2019
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Amsterdam, December 16, 2019
Aegon headquarters, The Hague, September 26, 2019
Yoga session at the headquarters of Rabobank, Utrecht, December 10, 2019
Belfius headquarters, Brussels, February 4, 2020
Silent work space at Rabobank headquarters, Utrecht, December 10, 2019
Rabobank headquarters, Utrecht, December 10, 2019
Rabobank headquarters, Utrecht, December 10, 2019
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Amsterdam, December 16, 2019
Argenta headquarters, Antwerp, December 13, 2019
Effortless vending machine for corporate items at the World Trade Center Zuidas, Amsterdam, July 31, 2019
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Amsterdam, December 16, 2019
Gustav Mahlerplein, Zuidas Amsterdam, July 31, 2019
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Amsterdam, December 16, 2019
Rabobank headquarters, Utrecht, December 10, 2019
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Amsterdam, December 16, 2019
Argenta headquarters, Antwerp, December 13, 2019
Set-up for an agility training at the headquarters of Baloise Insurances, Berchem, January 17, 2020
Agility training at the headquarters of Baloise Insurances, Berchem, January 17, 2020
Agility training at the headquarters of Baloise Insurances, Berchem, January 17, 2020
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Amsterdam, December 16, 2019
Rabobank headquarters, Utrecht, December 10, 2019
KPMG, Zaventem, February 6, 2020
KPMG, Zaventem, February 6, 2020
KPMG, Zaventem, February 6, 2020
KPMG, Zaventem, February 6, 2020
KPMG, Zaventem, February 6, 2020
KPMG, Zaventem, February 6, 2020
Rabobank headquarters, Utrecht, March 10, 2020
KPMG, Zaventem, February 6, 2020
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