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Josep Casanoves Dolcet Circles by Marcel van Balken
with Marc Ferran, Director
of the Salvador Vilaseca Museum,
at the opening of the Dark Room
exhibition

Exhibition Centres Eyeshape by Marcel van Balken Exhibition Centres

The Dark Room Exhibition, by Petri Damstén, on display

The Insignificance of Man by Marcel Van Balken, Netherlands

Marcel van Balken is a conceptual photographer from the Netherlands. As a photographer, he
is interested in specific subjects with an absolute preference for fine art, architectural and creative Quickstep by Marcel van Balken 2
photography. Preferred techniques: altered reality, surrealism. Favourite topics: urban life, urbex,
people, statues, movements. His photography has been published all over the world and, over the
last few years, he has won more than 1,250 international photography awards, at different salons
around the world, including the Prix de la Photographie Paris, the Siena International Photo Award
and the International Color Awards. He has the following recognitions: MFIAP, EFIAP/d3, TMV, BMK,
T-FB, RISF-3, ELDAF and HonFKU.
His photographs have been exhibited in Amsterdam, Paris, London, New York and Berlin, among
others. He has been a member of the International Federation of Photographic Art, FIAP, since 1989.
In 2019 he obtained the title Excellence Diamond 3 of the FIAP, EFIAP/d3, and that of Master of the
FIAP, MFIAP. He has been a member of the Photographic Society of America, PSA, since 2006. In 2018
he received the distinction of Master of the PSA and the title of Excellence, EPSA in 2011.
Marcel Van Balken tells us about his exhibition:
Runner by Marcel van Balken
“The architectural spaces, in a play of light and shadow, form an almost surreal decoration. Pure
black and white images in which architectural photography begins to take on abstract forms,
reinforced by the apparently disproportionate addition of man. Photographed constructions
and shapes, lines and surfaces provoke a strong contrast with the insignificance of man.”
For more information you can visit his website: https://www.photure.nl/

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