André Bogaert
a photographer who just love the journey.
I let my photos do the talking, sometimes I mumble but occasional I shout out loud
“Which of my own photos is my favourite? The one I'm going to take next.”
One of my photography heroes, Dorothea Lange said something like “I let my photos do the talking”. Well I'm with her.
Me I've been using a camera, please note I did not say photographing, for over 50 years, Yes I'm old, and I am hoping to get the hang this photography thing any day soon. I just love the journey. Every time I go out to take photos I'm excited. Looking for that moment, that interaction between people, that story in one frame.
I am not saying I achieve any/all the above on every trip out but I have fun trying. For my eye high contrast black & white feels right. It's an interpretation not a facsimile. But saying that I know some wonderful colour photographers, I'm just not one of them. I don't care too much about the kit. I'm from the “it's not what you point, it's what you point it at that counts” school of thought. Don't get me wrong I have to have a relationship with my camera and glass. I need them to be my friends and the camera has to feel at home in my hands and around my neck.
I am a born and bred , some would say ill-bred, Londoner. I have been to almost all the places in the World I want to visit and I am convinced London is the best city for street photography. So my “studio” is almost outside my front door. So now I have the camera and glass I want and the place to take the photos, I just need a moment to come up with the reason that last photo I took was not so good.......
Extra Dark + More Light Project
Group Exhibitions
The purpose of this exhibition is to show the work of the whole Progressive Street Gang – a diverse collection of photographers from around the world – which is not exclusively a group of street photographers but a group of photographers across the board. Talking about styles and differences in techniques and approaches is boring and not even very useful, because what counts in photography is sincerity. For this reason, I have chosen to couple images, a kind of shot – reverse-shot, freely interpreted. As in life, there is a glance and a counter-glance that gives depth to everything and every event, so this conceptual escamotage helped me to select photos that when put together managed to create a story and provoke thought, whilst showing at the same time the peculiarities of the various photographers. Batsceba Hardy
Most of Andre Bogaert’s photography is digital but he likes to give his photos a "film" look, a Tri X high contrast effect. This certainly amplifies the feeling of loneliness that pervades all of his work. Andre is definitely a photographer who moves in a solitary way and captures the loneliness and the sense of solitude well.
Batsceba Hardy
