Joost Vandebrug

Joost Vandebrug
Born (1982-06-24) 24 June 1982 (age 42)
Harlingen, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
EducationGerrit Rietveld Academie
OccupationArtist

Joost Vandebrug (born 24 June 1982)[1] is a Dutch artist working across photography and film.

Life and work

Vandebrug studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.

Vandebrug's photo-based works include both conventional and unconventional printing techniques such as pigment transfers and gelatin silver process, both on the hand-made and hand-coated Washi as well as the more traditional Baryte papers. The susceptibility and fragility of the Japanese paper, which often parallels his subject matters, led to Vandebrug's embrace of imperfection and accidents that go against the photographic tradition of producing and preserving unblemished prints.[2]

His documentary film, in which he follows a group of adolescents for 6 years as they inhabit abandoned tunnels in Bucharest,[3][4] received a 5-star review in The Guardian,[5] and was screened in over 50 film festivals around the world.[6] The film is produced by Grain media and executive producer Noomi Rapace.[7]

Publications

  • A Life in Tunnels. 2011. Edition of 200 copies.
  • Bruce Lee, Regele Canalelor (Bruce Lee, King of the Tunnels). 2014.
  • Cinci Lei. 2014.[8]

Films

  • Bruce Lee and the Outlaw (2018) – feature documentary

References

  1. ^ "Joost - Bio (old)". ingriddeussgallery. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  2. ^ Joost Vandebrug – when I saw mountains I thought they were clouds. foto-agenda.nl
  3. ^ "Joost Vandebrug: Real Life Lost Boys". Wonderland. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. ^ Dazed (22 October 2013). "The lost boys of Bucharest". Dazed. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Bruce Lee and the Outlaw review – brutal, beautiful portrait of a Romanian street kid". The Guardian. 28 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Screenings". Bruce lee and the outlaw.
  7. ^ "Bruce Lee & The Outlaw". reelsteelcinema.com. 9 June 2018.
  8. ^ Petty, Felix (12 August 2014). "documenting the homeless lost boys living under bucharest". i-D. Retrieved 11 June 2021.