Max Pinckers
Max Pinckers (1988) is a Belgian photographer based in Brussels.
He has self-published his books The Fourth Wall (2012) and Will They Sing Like Raindrops or Leave Me Thirsty (2014), the latter having been well received including winning a Photographic Museum of Humanity grant.
Pinckers is a nominee member of Magnum Photos[1][2] and has been awarded the Edward Steichen Award Laureate.[3]
Life and work
Pinckers was born in 1988 in Brussels, Belgium. He gained a BA (in 2008–2010) and MFA (in 2010–2012) in photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) in Ghent, Belgium.[4] In 2015 he became a nominee member of Magnum Photos.[1][2]
Sean O'Hagan, writing in The Guardian, has described the format of Pinckers' second book, Will They Sing Like Raindrops or Leave Me Thirsty (2014) as "sitting between conceptual and documentary, while upending expectations of each" as it "mixes documentary photography with staged scenes reminiscent of Bollywood movies."[5] O'Hagan summarised the book's subject matter as "central to this rich visual narrative is a series of photographs of a four-man activist organisation called the Love Commandos. Based in Delhi, they operate on a shoestring from their small, cluttered office, manning a telephone helpline and website to provide advice and support – including safe rooms and shelters across India – for runaway couples who have fallen in love across the boundaries of caste or religion. The commandos have even sent out teams to rescue young people at risk of violence."[5]
Publications
Publications by Pinckers
- The Fourth Wall. Self-published, 2012. ISBN 978-9-0819-7150-8. Edition of 1000 copies.
- Will They Sing Like Raindrops or Leave Me Thirsty. Self-published, 2014. ISBN 9789081971515. With a text by Hans Theys, "Photographs as Poems". Edition of 1000 copies. Commissioned by Europalia International Arts Festival for the Indomania exhibition at Bozar - Centre of Fine Arts, Brussels, 2013.
Publications paired with others
- Lotus. By Pinckers and Quinten De Bruyn.
- Self-published?, 2011. With text by Hans Theys, "Our Ladies of the Flowers". Edition of 40 copies.
- Brussels: Lyre Press, 2016. ISBN 9789082465518. Edition of 3000 copies. With text by Hans Theys, "Our Ladies of the Flowers" (revised for the 2016 edition).
- Mamihlapinatapai. Self-published, 2012. By Pinckers and Michiel Burger. With a text by Laura van Grinsven, 'Exchanging Gazes'. Edition of 1200 copies. Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Mamihlapinatapai: A look shared by two people, each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start, Flemish Arts Centre De Brakke Grond, The Netherlands, October 2012.
- Max Pinckers & Daisuke Yokota. Brussels: Lyre Press; Bolzano, Italy: Rorhof, 2016. With a text by Colin Pantall. A catalogue of an exhibition curated by Nicoló Degiorgis at Foto-Forum Gallery, Bolzano, Italy, May 2016. The book includes Yokota’s "Linger" and Pinckers’ "Two Kinds of Memory and Memory Itself."[6]
Publications with contributions by Pinckers
- The World Atlas of Street Photography. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-300-20716-3. Edited by Jackie Higgins. With a foreword by Max Kozloff.
Selected exhibitions with others or during festivals
- The Struggle for Freedom in: ________, Lagos Photo Festival 2015, Lagos, Nigeria, October–November 2015. Pair exhibition with Michiel Burger.[7]
- Picture This: Contemporary Photography and India, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA, December 2015 – April 2016. Photographs by Pinckers, Gauri Gill, Sunil Gupta, and Pamela Singh.[8]
Awards
- 2013: One of the British Journal of Photography's 'Ones To Watch'[9]
- 2013: Shortlisted, First PhotoBook category, Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards,[4] for The Fourth Wall[10][11]
- 2014: Runner-up, Aperture Portfolio Prize, for Will They Sing Like Raindrops or Leave Me Thirsty[4]
- 2014: First prize, Photographic Museum of Humanity 2014 grant, Buenos Aires, Argentina. A prize of $2000 for Will They Sing Like Raindrops or Leave Me Thirsty.[9]
- 2015: Shortlisted for the Anamorphosis Prize, USA, for Will They Sing Like Raindrops or Leave Me Thirsty[12]
- 2015: Edward Steichen Award Laureate, Luxembourg[3][13]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Magnum announces latest nominees". British Journal of Photography. Apptitude Media. 162 (7839): 7. 2015.
- 1 2 Laurent, Olivier (28 June 2015). "Magnum Photos Adds Record-Breaking Number of New Members". Time. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- 1 2 "Friday 20 November 2015: Award Ceremony 2015". The Edward Steichen Award Luxembourg. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 Kupfer, Paula (30 September 2015). "2014 Winners - Runner-up: Max Pinckers". Aperture Foundation. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- 1 2 O'Hagan, Sean (24 October 2014). "India's Love Commandos – and the runaway couples they protect". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ↑ http://www.rorhof.com/books/max-pinckers--daisuke-yokota---foto-forum/
- ↑ "The Struggle for Freedom in ___________". Lagos Photo. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ↑ "Picture This: Contemporary Photography and India". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- 1 2 Padley, Gemma (29 April 2014). "Max Pinckers wins Photographic Museum of Humanity 2014 Grant". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ↑ "First PhotoBook shortlist: The Fourth Wall". Paris Photo. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ↑ "Announcing The Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards Shortlist Selections". Aperture Foundation. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ↑ "Shortlist: The Anamorphosis Prize". Anamorphosis Prize. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ↑ "Friday 20 November 2015: Award Ceremony 2015". The Edward Steichen Award Luxembourg. Retrieved 23 April 2016.