Visual Artist / shows / no photo

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Group show

NO PHOTO

28.04 — 06.05.2018 | Ghent

Photography has long been burdened by the expectation of truth, a medium historically tasked with documenting reality exactly as it is. NO PHOTO actively rebels against this tradition. Bringing together four distinct artistic approaches : Kurt Stockman, Bert Bossaert, Sofie Vosk, and Sophie Vanhomwegen. While all four artists share a fundamental skepticism of traditional photography, their individual practices approach the "NO PHOTO" philosophy from contrasting angles.

This exhibition strips away the documentary function of the camera to reveal something far more authentic: the raw expression of atmosphere and narrative. Here, the lens is not a window to the real world, but a tool for twisting it. Through deliberate distortion, abstraction, and the physical restructuring of images, these four artists challenge the very definition of a "photograph." The result is a captivating visual dialogue where the medium is deconstructed and reborn as pure storytelling.

NO PHOTO is not just an exhibition of images; it is a conversation about the limits and possibilities of a medium we interact with every day. Together, Stockman, Bossaert, Vosk, and Vanhomwegen ask us to stop looking for the facts within a frame, and instead, allow ourselves to feel the fiction. They invite us into a space where the refusal to simply document becomes the most authentic way to see.

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To accompany the exhibition, a limited-edition companion publication has been produced. Mirroring the rebellious spirit of the show, this small book is far from a traditional exhibition catalog; rather, it is a tactile extension of the artists' practices. Inside, the deconstructed narratives of Stockman, Bossaert, Vosk, and Vanhomwegen are bound together, blending fragmented imagery, abstract visual notes, and insights into their creative processes. The publication serves as both an intimate guide to the exhibition and a standalone object of art, inviting visitors to take the NO PHOTO dialogue home with them.