Vincent Rijs - What's behind the mask

"Cos'è dietro la maschera"
foto della serie Escape, tiratura limitata a 10 con certificato
40 x 50 cm Art Paper Epson Luster

Vincent Rijs ha seguito vari corsi di fotografia: Fotovakschool, Fotogram, il Masters Portrait presso l'ImageLab e i processi fotografici analogici di Huis Marseille ad Amsterdam.
Fino al 1 ottobre 2010 è stato affiliato alla Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Academy of Art ad Amsterdam, per poi affermarsi come fotografo autonomo. Negli ultimi anni Vincent ha avuto mostre personali in diverse gallerie di Amsterdam, una mostra collettiva in Arti et Amicitae e il suo portfolio è rappresentato in Vogue Italia, tra gli altri. Molti lavori in collezioni private

“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?"