Meindert Peirens (born 1986) is a Belgian photographer, based in Ghent. After finishing a BA in Graphic Design and a postgraduate in Typography, he held his first exhibitions
(DOK Ghent, Blanco by Nucleo etc.) openly expressing his long-lived love for analogue imag[in]ing. In shooting film he sees an intimate way to escape the web-designer's digital overload of highly artificial stock-photography and [re]connect with life on
the streets - fingers on film.
An autodidact through and through, Peirens is fascinated by the many manual techniques the analogue art offers, and explores their possibilities: from twice shot film double-exposures, to pinhole-tape filters, solarization-self-development and darkroom-light experiments, for Peirens it is the process of making, that turns the object of the photograph into an object of art. To slow down in our hectic times, where a lot can be achieved by means of pushing a button,
is seen as a craft in itself.
But the core of his curiosity remains the human being especially in relation to it's surroundings. He has a strong sense for drawing links between the exterior attributes of space such as architec-ture, social structures, landscape and the inner-
most -emotions- of the people who inhabit it.
PUBLICATIONS
06/2019
Fresh Eyes
a book presenting
the 100 greatest emerging
photographers in Europe
Artist selection
05/2019
Kajet PRINT
a journal of Eastern
European encounters
issue 3
The Fleck
Collaboration with
Charlotte Gruber
as duo photography & poetry
AM/SAND
04/2019
WeekUp Nucleo
Schets #35
2017
C41 Magazine ONLINE
New York, New York
C41 Magazine PRINT
issue 4
New York, New York
EXPERIENCE
2013-present
Self employed
(freelance)
Graphic designer
2011-2013
Magazine/Print designer
ART DIRECTION
Guido NV
2008-2011
Graphic designer
Eeuwenaert, O’Cool,
Apropos, Mares
2019 © Meindert Peirens