Vincent Rijs - What's behind the mask

"what's behind the mask" Foto aus der Serie Escape, druck gelimitiert auf 10 mit Zertifikat
40 x 50 cm Art Paper Epson Luster

Vincent Rijs absolvierte verschiedene Fotokurse: Fotovakschool, Fotogram, der Masters Portrait-Kurs am ImageLab und analoge fotografische Bildprozesse Huis Marseille in Amsterdam.
Bis zum 1. Oktober 2010 war er der Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Academy of Art in Amsterdam, verbunden und etablierte sich danach als eigenständiger Fotograf. In den letzten Jahren hat Vincent Einzelausstellungen in mehreren Amsterdamer Galerien gehabt, eine Gemeinschaftsausstellung in Arti et Amicitae und sein Portfolio wird unter anderem in Vogue Italia vertreten. Viele Werke in Privatsammlungen

„A locked paradise, the lost wings (innocence?) Are often recurring motifs
in my photographic work.

Reflection and mirroring are the motifs in Vincent Rijs' photographic work. Tranquil images with a warm color palette placed in a melancholy frame, sometimes with a touch of surrealism. He finds his inspiration in the dramatic chiaroscuro of the painters of the Golden Age, Caravaggio, Rembrandt. He himself says: “I want to paint with the lens”.
His compositions seem carefully directed, the characters in the picture seem to act in their scenes, but they are not. The choreography arises quite spontaneously. The beautiful, mystical atmosphere he evokes is somewhat uncertain. Vincent uses his photography to detect whether the projected image resonates with his feeling of a certain desolation, unprotectedness. A musing, but desperate desire to see the separate components of oneself reflected in the image of the other, to make half a body whole. Curious, he looks to see if “the other” is present in the reflection and returns the affection. Do we enter a different world there that is also recognizable in a strange way?