Bieke Depoorter

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Bieke Depoorter (born 1986) is a Belgian photographer. The relationships she establishes with her subjects lie at the foundation of her practice. Depoorter is a member of Magnum Photos and has published the books Ou Menya (2011), I am About to Call it a Day (2014), As it May Be (2017), Mumkin. Est-ce possible? (2018), Sète#15 (2015), and Agata (2021). She has won the Magnum Expression Award, The Larry Sultan Award, [1] and the Prix Levallois. [2] [3] She was one of four photographers shortlisted for the 2022 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. [4]

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Early life and education

Depoorter was born in Belgium.[ citation needed ] She received a master's degree in photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent in 2009. [5]

Life and work

The relationships Depoorter establishes with the subjects of her photographs lie at the foundation of her artistic practice. Accidental encounters are the starting point, and how these interactions naturally develop dictates the nature of Depoorter's work. Many of her self-initiated projects are about intimate situations in families and in peoples' homes. For her graduation project and her first book, Ou Menya (2011), she made three trips to Russia, photographing people in their homes that she met whilst travelling around. [6] The series won the 2009 Magnum Expression Award. [1] Depoorter made the work for her second book, I am About to Call it a Day (2014) in a similar way whilst hitchhiking and driving around the U.S.A. [7]

However several recent projects have been the result of Depoorter questioning the medium. In As it May Be, she gradually became more aware of her status as an outsider, both culturally and as a photographer. So, in 2017, she revisited Egypt with the first draft of the book, inviting people to write comments directly onto the photographs. In Sète#15, and also Dvalemodus, a short film she co-directed together with Mattias De Craene, she began to see her subjects as actors. Although she portrayed them in their true environments, she tried to project her own story onto the scenes, fictionalizing the realities of her subjects in a way that blurred the lines between their world and hers.[ citation needed ]

In Agata, a project about a young woman Depoorter met at a striptease bar in Paris in October 2017, she explores her interest in collaborative portraiture. It is an example of Depoorter's interest in finding people that can work with her in telling a story. These stories are always partially hers, and partially theirs. [8]

Depoorter became a nominee member of Magnum Photos in 2012, an associate member in 2014, and a full member in 2016. [9] [10] [11]

Depoorter directed a music video for Bolis Pupul's song "Completely Half" from his debut album Letter to Yu . The song and video were released on 29 November 2023. [12]

Personal life

Depoorter lives in the Muide neighborhood of Ghent with her boyfriend Boris Zeebroek, better known as the musician Bolis Pupul. [13] [14]

Publications

Films

Awards

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

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Group exhibitions

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