Laura Van Severen

Baden Württemberg – Catalunya Exchange Grant

June - July 2023

In her photographic work she focuses on the traces left in the landscape by living beings as well as the impact of places on the behaviour or personality of those who inhabit it. A lifetime of travelling by car between her parents’ respective home countries (Belgium and Spain) has laid the foundation for her interest in the landscape. Both the scenery framed by the car window as well as the places of a personal geography have been a great inspiration.

In every project she uses a different approach and methodology to highlight the characteristics of the chosen idea or subject. Nevertheless, her working method and rigorous execution have resulted in a coherent visual language. She deliberately seeks to capture moments of static tension: the action or activity she focuses on will rarely take place in the space of the photograph.

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