Tomas van Houtryve explained

Alma Mater:Columbia University
Notable Works:36 Views of Notre Dame, Lines and Lineage, Blue Sky Days, Traces of Exile
Awards:International Center for Photography Infinity Award, CatchLight Pulitzer Center Fellowship, World Press Photo Award, Bayeux-Calvados Award for war correspondents, Roger Pic Award, POY Photographer of the Year, Magnum Foundation Grant, Aaron Siskind Fellowship
Website:https://tomasvh.com
Nationality:Belgian
Known For:conceptual documentary photography, video installations
Movement:Contemporary art

Tomas van Houtryve is a Belgian visual artist,[1] director and cinematographer[2] working mainly with photography and video. He is known for using a wide range of contemporary and early image-making techniques. Van Houtryve is a Fellow at Columbia University's Institute for Ideas and Imagination in Paris,[3] an Emeritus member of the VII Photo Agency,[4] a National Geographic Explorer since 2024,[5] and a Contributing Artist for Harper's Magazine.[6]

Life and career

Van Houtryve attended a university in Nepal, studying philosophy. He became internationally known for his photographs of the Maoist rebellion in Nepal, winning the Visa pour l'Image Ville de Perpignan award in 2006[7] and the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for war correspondents in 2006.[8]

Van Houtryve next embarked on a seven-year photographic project to document life in the last countries where the Communist Party still remained in power: North Korea, Cuba, China, Nepal, Vietnam, and Laos. In 2010 he was named Photographer of the Year[9] in the Pictures of the Year International Competition. A monograph of the work titled Behind the Curtains of 21st Century Communism was published in 2012.[10]

Van Houtryve then turned his interest to the US military's use of surveillance drones with a series titled Blue Sky Days.[11] Supported by a Getty Editorial Grant of $10,000,[12] he used his own modified drone in the US to explore the implications of surveillance techniques used by the US both outside and within its borders.[13] [14] For this work, van Houtryve was awarded the 2015 International Center of Photography Infinity Award[15] and a second prize World Press Photo award.[16]

In 2016 van Houtryve received a grant from the Pulitzer Center to create a video installation about the European refugee crisis.[17] The work was exhibited at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Photography[18] the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art[19] and C/O Berlin.[20] Extracts from the project were published in a 2021 book by Steidl[21] and by The New Yorker.[22] In 2017, the video installation was acquired for the permanent collection of the International Center for Photography with funds provided by Marjorie and Jeffrey Rosen.[23]

Van Houtryve was selected for the inaugural CatchLight Fellowship in 2017 and granted $30,000[24] for a project titled Lines and Lineage. The work explores America's collective amnesia of history, addressing the missing photographic record of the period when Mexico ruled what we now know as the American West. Van Houtryve photographed the region with glass plates and a 19th-century wooden camera.[25] He paired portraits of direct descendants of early inhabitants of the West—mestizo, Afro-Latin, indigenous, Crypto-Jewish—with photographs of landscapes along the original border and architecture from the Mexican period.[26] The work earned van Houtryve France's 2019 Roger Pic Award.[27] A monograph of the work was published in 2019 by Radius Books.[28] The book was adapted into a one-hour documentary by French television, co-directed by van Houtryve and Mathilde Damoisel.[29] The film was first broadcast in France in 2022. It premiered in the United States with a screening at the Taos Center for the Arts under the title Far West – The Hidden History in 2022.[30] Van Houtryve's mesmerizing aerial footage of the Mexico–United States border was also used for the opening scene of the 2024 Errol Morris film Separated, which was premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.

Following the 2019 fire at Notre-Dame de Paris, van Houtryve was selected to photograph and film the damage and reconstruction of the iconic cathedral. His photo of Notre Dame was chosen for the cover of National Geographic Magazine in February, 2022.[31] A major solo exhibition of his photographs, featuring monumental prints, was exhibited on the public square in front of Notre Dame from March 2023 to May 2024.[32] His images of the cathedral were next exhibited at the Rencontres d'Arles festival in the south of France.[33] A monograph of his work, titled 36 Views of Notre Dame, was published in the fall of 2024 by Radius Books.[34]

Public collections

Van Houtryve's work is held in the following public collections:

Books

Awards

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Films

Other activities

Since 2015, Tomas van Houtryve has been invited as a lecturer and educator by several institutions including the University of Colorado at Boulder,[76] the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, the academy of the VII Foundation,[77] and Columbia University.[78] Teacher's guides and lesson plans[79] have been created based on van Houtryve's works by the Pulitzer Center and Stanford University.[80]

Tomas van Houtryve is a lifelong cyclist, having toured through the Himalayas, Rocky Mountains, and the Alps by bicycle. He participated in NORBA[81] national level mountain bike competitions and non-competitive events including L'Eroica in Tuscany.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tomas Van Houtryve . 2022-09-13 . Anastasia Photo . en-US.
  2. Web site: Tomas van Houtryve . 2022-09-13 . IMDb.
  3. Web site: Tomas van Houtryve . 2024-10-15 . Institute for Ideas and Imagination . en-US.
  4. Web site: Tomas van Houtryve . August 9, 2013 . VII.
  5. Web site: Explorer Home . 2024-10-15 . explorers.nationalgeographic.org . en.
  6. Web site: 2020-01-13 . Masthead Harper's Magazine . 2022-10-04 . Harper’s Magazine . en.
  7. Web site: Chute d'un dieu souverain . 2022-09-13 . Visa pour l’image . fr.
  8. Web site: 2006-10-08 . Le prix Bayeux endeuillé . 2022-09-13 . L'Obs . fr.
  9. Web site: Tomas van Houtryve - The Photo Society . 2022-09-13 . thephotosociety.org.
  10. Web site: Behind the Curtains . 2022-09-13 . VII Photo Agency Store.
  11. Houtryve . Tomas van . 2014-04-01 . Blue Sky Days: We often forget that the boundary between the United States and Mexico was not always where it is today. It used to be seven hundred miles farther north, following what… . en . April 2014 . Harper's Magazine . 2022-09-13 . 0017-789X.
  12. Rachel Segal Hamilton, "Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography: Tomas van Houtryve", British Journal of Photography, Archived here by the Wayback Machine from the original on September 8, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2014. The page employs Javascript to redirect elsewhere after a few seconds. In order to read it, disable Javascript within your browser before attempting to access the page.
  13. Conor Risch, "Tomas van Houtryve drone essay longest ever published by Harper's", PDN Online, March 25, 2014. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
  14. Abigail Radnor, "Drones: An eye in the sky", The Guardian, June 7, 2014. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
  15. Web site: 2016-02-23 . 2015 Infinity Award: Photojournalism . 2022-09-13 . International Center of Photography . en.
  16. Web site: 2015 Tomas van Houtryve CIS2-HJ World Press Photo . 2022-09-13 . www.worldpressphoto.org.
  17. Web site: Traces of Exile . 2022-09-13 . Pulitzer Center . en.
  18. Web site: Stateless: Views of Global Migration Museum of Contemporary Photography . 2022-09-13 . www.mocp.org.
  19. Web site: 'Traces of Exile' SECCA Installation Preview . 2022-09-13 . Pulitzer Center . en.
  20. Web site: 2021-08-31 . Exhibition at C/O Berlin reveals the evolving relationship between society and photography. . 2022-09-13 . The Game . en-US.
  21. Book: Send Me an Image ARTBOOK D.A.P. 2021 Catalog Steidl/C/O Berlin Books Exhibition Catalogues 9783958299627 . en-us.
  22. News: Houtryve . Tomas van . 2017-01-27 . Europe's Migrant Trail, Through the Instagrams of Refugees . en . 2022-09-13 . 0028-792X.
  23. Web site: 2020-04-20 . Traces of Exile . 2022-09-13 . International Center of Photography . en.
  24. Here Are the Three Inaugural CatchLight Fellows . 2022-09-13 . Time . April 25, 2017 . en.
  25. News: Houtryve . Tomas van . Romero . Simon . 2019-04-03 . What if Mexico Still Included California, Nevada and Texas? . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-09-13 . 0362-4331.
  26. Web site: Tomas van Houtryve: Lines and Lineage . 2022-09-13 . Radius Books . en-US.
  27. Web site: 2019-06-11 . Tomas Van Houtryve Receives 2019 Roger Pic Award . 2022-09-13 . VII Agency . en-US.
  28. Book: Tomas van Houtryve Lines and Lineage ARTBOOK D.A.P. 2019 Catalog Radius Books Books Exhibition Catalogues 9781942185628 . en-us.
  29. Web site: FAR WEST, THE HIDDEN HISTORY . 2022-09-13 . distribution.arte.tv . fr.
  30. Web site: Traverso . Sol . Far West – The Hidden History, a documentary at TCA . 2022-09-13 . The Taos News . March 17, 2022 . en.
  31. Web site: 2022-01-20 . How do you fly a drone around Notre Dame? Very carefully. . https://web.archive.org/web/20220120170514/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/how-do-you-fly-a-drone-around-notre-dame-very-carefully . dead . January 20, 2022 . 2022-09-13 . Photography . en.
  32. Web site: [Archive] "Notre-Dame : la renaissance d'une icône" ]. 2024-10-15 . Notredame . fr.
  33. Web site: d'Arles . Les Rencontres . MONUMENTAL : THE DOME OF THE ROCK BY ZIYAH GAFIĆ AND NOTRE-DAME BY TOMAS VAN HOUTRYVE . 2024-10-15 . www.rencontres-arles.com.
  34. Web site: Tomas van Houtryve: 36 Views of Notre Dame . 2024-10-15 . Radius Books . en-US.
  35. Web site: Museum of Contemporary Photography . 2022-10-04 . www.mocp.org.
  36. Web site: Divided All Works The MFAH Collections . 2024-10-15 . emuseum.mfah.org . en.
  37. Web site: 2020-04-20 . Traces of Exile . 2022-10-04 . International Center of Photography . en.
  38. Web site: Untitled . 2022-10-04 . art.nelson-atkins.org . en.
  39. http://www.visapourlimage.com/young_reporter_award.do Ville de Perpignan Rémi Ochlik Award
  40. "Exposition du 1er au 28 octobre 2007 : Tomas Van Houtryve : rébellion au Népal - Prix du public en 2006", Galerie le Radar. Retrieved by the Wayback Machine on October 18, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  41. http://www.poyi.org/67/20/third_01.php Winners Gallery: Third Place: Tomas van Houtryve: Panos Pictures: 'Moldova - The Outsiders'
  42. http://www.poyi.org/67/POYFA/first_01.php Winners Gallery: Photographer of the Year - Freelance/Agency: First Place
  43. http://www.worldpressphoto.org/awards/2015/contemporary-issues/tomas-van-houtryve World Press Photo awards 2015 Contemporary Issues
  44. Web site: 2016-02-23 . 2015 Infinity Award: Photojournalism . 2022-09-13 . International Center of Photography . en.
  45. Web site: Research and Development Award – Hasselblad Foundation . February 17, 2016 . 2022-10-04 . en-GB.
  46. Web site: 2018-05-26 . CENTER's Producer's Choice Award 1st Place Winner: Tomas van Houtryve . 2022-10-04 . LENSCRATCH . en-US.
  47. Web site: Tomas van Houtryve / Leica Oskar Barnack Award . 2022-10-04 . Tomas van Houtryve / Leica Oskar Barnack Award . en.
  48. Web site: 2019-10-23 . Prix Roger Pic 2019 : deux lauréats ex-æquo . 2022-09-13 . Scam : Société civile des auteurs multimédia . fr-FR.
  49. Web site: Martin . Lorraine . 2023-06-19 . Palmarès 2023 des Étoiles de la Scam . 2024-10-15 . Scam : Société civile des auteurs multimédia . fr-FR.
  50. https://web.archive.org/web/20061116014635/http://www.visapourlimage.com/francais/expos4.php3 Exhibition notice
  51. http://embed.verite.co/timeline/?source=0Am1rMIlZqW6MdEUtZHNCdmRXOXNiaWFLVlRQWEhnWVE&font=Georgia-Helvetica&maptype=toner&lang=fr&hash_bookmark=true&height=800#76 Exhibition notice
  52. https://web.archive.org/web/20080827205039/http://www.artefotofestival.org/ita/fotografi/tomas_van_houtryve.html Exhibition notice
  53. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRwOpYXVtZM/SwQQGDPc-zI/AAAAAAAAAU0/x622vXbgt2s/s1600/invitation.jpg Exhibition flyer
  54. http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/moving-walls/16/nepal-people-s-war-topples-god-king Slideshow
  55. https://web.archive.org/web/20110107065322/http://www.visapourlimage.com/exhibition/4551.do Exhibition notice
  56. "2010: Photographers - Exhibitions", Visa pour l'image. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  57. http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/portfolio-item/behind-the-curtains-by-tomas-van-houtryve/ Exhibition notice
  58. http://www.festival-photoreporter.fr/les-photoreporters/thomas-van-houtryve-off-the-radar/ Exhibition notice
  59. Web site: Tomas van Houtryve 8 September - 17 October 2017 . 2022-09-13 . Galerija Vartai . en.
  60. Web site: LINES AND LINEAGE-Tomas VAN HOUTRYVE . 2022-09-13 . www.baudoin-lebon.com.
  61. Web site: Lines and Lineage . 2022-09-13 . 9 Lives Magazine . fr-FR.
  62. Web site: en 2023 . 2024-10-15 . Site de lachapelledeclairefontaine ! . fr-FR.
  63. Web site: North Korean Perspectives Museum of Contemporary Photography . 2022-10-04 . www.mocp.org.
  64. Web site: The Kim Utopia Drents Museum . 2022-10-04 . drentsmuseum.nl.
  65. Web site: Bending The Frame . 2022-10-04 . www.fotografiskcenter.dk . August 27, 2016 . da.
  66. Web site: 'To See Without Being Seen' opens Jan. 29 Newsroom Washington University in St. Louis . 2022-10-04 . news-archive.wustl.edu . en-us.
  67. Web site: 2016-10-04 . Drone Photographer Tomas van Houtryve to Give Photography Society Talk at Nelson-Atkins . 2022-10-04 . Nelson Atkins . en-US.
  68. Web site: Berlin . Staatliche Museen zu . Museum für Fotografie Watching You, Watching Me. A Photographic Response to Surveillance Das Feld hat Augen. Bilder des überwachenden Blicks 17.2. – 2.7.2017 . 2022-10-04 . www.smb.museum . de.
  69. Web site: Friedman . Julia . 2017-04-06 . Measuring the Social Impact of Internet Images . 2022-10-04 . Hyperallergic . en-US.
  70. Web site: Watching You Watching Me Bozar Brussel . 2022-10-04 . Bozar . nl-BE.
  71. Web site: Stateless: Views of Global Migration Museum of Contemporary Photography . 2022-10-04 . www.mocp.org.
  72. Web site: Sanctuary: Building a House Without Walls . 2022-10-04 . VII Agency . en-US.
  73. Web site: WALLS: Defend, Divide, and the Divine . 2022-10-04 . Annenberg Space for Photography . en-US.
  74. Web site: Flux, le discret et le continu . 2022-10-04 . www.photaumnales.fr.
  75. Web site: 2021-08-31 . Exhibition at C/O Berlin reveals the evolving relationship between society and photography. . 2022-10-04 . The Game . en-US.
  76. Web site: 2014-06-26 . Photographer captures the fear of blue skies . 2024-10-17 . Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine Archive . en.
  77. Web site: Tomas Van Houtryve . 2024-10-17 . The VII Foundation . en-US.
  78. Web site: 36 Views of Notre-Dame . 2024-10-17 . Institute for Ideas and Imagination . en-US.
  79. Web site: Cantore . Patricia . Lesson Plan: Visualizing the Drones Debate .
  80. Web site: Curriculum Far West . 2024-10-17 . CatchLight . en-US.
  81. Web site: Cycling News . 2007-03-15 . What happened to NORBA? . 2024-10-17 . cyclingnews.com . en.

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