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Illias Teirlinck is a Brussels-based documentary photographer who loves to break out of the pigeonhole. It wouldn't be unusual for Illias to spend his day making portraits at the public library, then shift to photographing stills for a theater production, and later that night, observe demolition work with the same keen eye. A constant theme in his work is the authentic connection with the people he photographs; never staged, always with genuine interest. Whether up close or from a distance, his images convey an intimate proximity to his subjects.

“Illias Teirlinck’s photography is about something as weird, edgy and different as the subjects he got standing before his lens.” - VICE

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Illias Teirlinck is a Brussels-based documentary photographer who loves to break out of the pigeonhole. It wouldn't be unusual for Illias to spend his day making portraits at the public library, then shift to photographing stills for a theater production, and later that night, observe demolition work with the same keen eye. A constant theme in his work is the authentic connection with the people he photographs; never staged, always with genuine interest. Whether up close or from a distance, his images convey an intimate proximity to his subjects.

“Illias Teirlinck’s photography is about something as weird, edgy and different as the subjects he got standing before his lens.” - VICE

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The newly-opened Flamand-Holland Központ in Debrecen, Hungary, welcomed graphic designer Broos Stoffels and me to exhibit at the All-in Flanders Festival in May 2022. We started a new collaboration about our hometown, Brussels, for this occasion. The ambiguity that pervades our motherland's capital and structures inspired us to look for inconsistencies and absurdities in our surroundings, notably Brussels' wild urban chaos. We took the typical 'hop on/hop off' tour of Brussels and documented our journey with an emphasis on the streets and in-between areas rather than the highlights themselves. We sought a tone that depicted Brussels honestly and served as a tribute to the city without being ironic. As a result, the multicultural society is documented through diverse (photo)graphic imagery in both scale and medium. Furthermore, we were particularly interested in wayfinding, which is already omnipresent in Brussels traffic because of the bilingualism. During the pandemic and the accompanying health measures the wayfinding chaos became even more prevalent.
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