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| Joris Van Daele artist profile |
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"Photography
is for me a way to convey things that are extremely
difficult to express in any other way. Much as music can
express abstract ideas, or poetry can take familiar words
and breathe new life and meaning into them, photography
is an opportunity to communicate ideas that don't fit
into any other language. I love and embrace the joy and
beauty of all of humanity in my work. My photographs are
a combination of emotion, philosophy, spirituality,
sensation, subconscious thought, desire. Sometimes I feel
like my works are daydreams made real, final expressions
of all the thoughts, wishes, dreams and emotions that
constantly course through my mind." "Why nude? This is the vulnerable self, the self most of us are dissatisfied with. Coming to terms with the naked self means an important kind of self acceptance, as reflection of external standards and a chance to drop the many layers we build to hide and protect the private self." |
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Joris Van
Daele began training in design and photography under
artist-instructor Bert Kloezeman and acclaimed Canadian
painter Patterson Ewen in 1969. He has taken additional
art courses at the University of Western Ontario and
Fanshawe College in London. He began his career as a
photographer in 1970. He credits his technical skills in
photography to many mentor photographers and artists who
shared their knowledge with him during various jobs and
projects. He has had many successful gallery and museum
exhibitions throughout North America.
