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Discussion panel with 'The Ethics of Street Photography' with Max Pinckers, Dani Oshi and Vincent Peal
Hageltoren
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Discussion panel with 'The Ethics of Street Photography' with Max Pinckers, Dani Oshi and Vincent Peal

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Info and registration

Discussion panels are free and open to the public.

You do not need to register for the panel. Be on time to secure a seat. The capacity of the venue can be found below.

The panel lasts 1 hour, and there is time for questions at the end of the discussion.

All discussion panels are in English.

Location

Centrum Hageltoren
Slachthuisstraat 24
1000 Brussels

Room: cultuurzaal

Capacity: 140 seats

Info and registration discussion panel

Discussion panels are free and open to the public.

You do not need to register for the panel. Be on time to secure a seat. The capacity of the venue can be found below.

The panel lasts 1 hour, and there is time for questions at the end of the discussion.

All discussion panels are in English.

Hageltoren Cultuurzaal

Centrum Hageltoren
Slachthuisstraat 24
1000 Brussels

Room: cultuurzaal

Capacity: 140 seats

THE ETHICS OF STREET PHOTOGRAPHY: BALANCING ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND RESPECT FOR PRIVACY

While taking pictures on the streets, you may wonder: Can I take that shot? Can I use it on my portfolio? Can I display it in a gallery or share it online? Can I sell it? This discussion panel will explore the delicate equilibrium between creative freedom and privacy in the public space (is there any?) when taking street photographs. Join us as the panel shares their insights and experiences on navigating this fascinating intersection in the ever-evolving art of street photography.

© Max Pinckers

Max Pinckers
Max Pinckers (b.1988, BE) grew up in Indonesia, India, Australia and Singapore, and is currently based in Brussels, Belgium. His work explores the critical, technological, and ideological structures that surround the production and consumption of documentary images. Documentary photography, for Pinckers, involves more than the representation of an external reality: it's a speculative process that approaches reality and truth as plural, malleable notions open to articulation in different ways.
Like the external world that it claims to represent, the documentary image is inherently unstable, dependent on context and on customary languages of realism. Pinckers’ work draws on contemporary and historical debates, merging fact, fiction and imagination to reflect on the ways that the real is defined and represented. It treats documentary as a hybrid practice involving not just images, but objects, performance, texts, found footage and sculptural interventions that investigate the complex nature of perception. Collaboration is essential to Pinckers’ practice, creating a space for the exchange of ideas between himself and the people he works with, and for critical examination of his own position as a photographer.
Ultimately, Pinckers’ self-reflexive work sets out to question both documentary discourse and artistic practice—to create new modes of documentary that foreground the deceptive nature of images yet always emotionally and empathically engages with people and their stories.
His work takes shape as self-published artist books and exhibition installations such as "The Fourth Wall" (2012), "Will They Sing Like Raindrops or Leave Me Thirsty" (2014), and "Margins of Excess" (2018). Pinckers is a Doctor in the Arts and guest lecturer at the School of Arts KASK & Conservatorium in Ghent, Belgium. He has received multiple international awards, such as the Edward Steichen Award Luxembourg 2015 and the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2018. In 2015 he founded the independent publishing house Lyre Press and The School of Speculative Documentary in 2017. Pinckers is represented by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde in Antwerp and Tristan Lund in London.

maxpinckers.be
Dani Oshi
Dani Oshi, also known as Daniel Osorio, is a humble and dedicated photographer based in Brussels, Belgium. While he has experience in various photography genres, his true passion lies in street photography.
Dani has been nurturing his love for photography since he was 11 years old, and this lifelong passion has shaped his unique approach to capturing the world around him. As an observant urban explorer, he focuses on documenting life as it naturally unfolds on the streets, without interfering or altering the reality of the scenes he captures.
In his street photography, Dani is discreet and unobtrusive, blending seamlessly into his surroundings. This allows him to observe and photograph those authentic moments that might otherwise go unnoticed. He pays close attention to expressions, composition, and the interplay of light and shadow, creating images that tell the stories of everyday life.
Dani Oshi's work in street photography showcases his genuine appreciation for the beauty of ordinary moments. Through his lens, he invites viewers to share in his fascination with the world around him and to see the extraordinary in the seemingly mundane.

daniosorio.com
Vincent Peal
Vincent Peal is a Belgian photographer. After a music career with the band EMMA PEAL, signed to the international PIAS - label, Vincent Peal now essentially dedicates his energies to the visual realm.He produced a number of super 8 video clips in NY, London, Berlin... and made a documentary about the outcast living in Brussels. Some of his pictures of the Bombay slums and the problems surrounding the pollution on West Africa’s beaches were selected for the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai in the World Water PavilionIn 2015 he released a book "Brussels Open City" which is a portrait of the inhabitants of the capital of Belgium. With the same publisher Les Editions de Juillet, based in France, he realized his second photography book "World News" in 2018 about people he met during his journey around the world.

vincentpeal.com
Max Pinckers
Max Pinckers (b.1988, BE) grew up in Indonesia, India, Australia and Singapore, and is currently based in Brussels, Belgium. His work explores the critical, technological, and ideological structures that surround the production and consumption of documentary images. Documentary photography, for Pinckers, involves more than the representation of an external reality: it's a speculative process that approaches reality and truth as plural, malleable notions open to articulation in different ways.
Like the external world that it claims to represent, the documentary image is inherently unstable, dependent on context and on customary languages of realism. Pinckers’ work draws on contemporary and historical debates, merging fact, fiction and imagination to reflect on the ways that the real is defined and represented. It treats documentary as a hybrid practice involving not just images, but objects, performance, texts, found footage and sculptural interventions that investigate the complex nature of perception. Collaboration is essential to Pinckers’ practice, creating a space for the exchange of ideas between himself and the people he works with, and for critical examination of his own position as a photographer.
Ultimately, Pinckers’ self-reflexive work sets out to question both documentary discourse and artistic practice—to create new modes of documentary that foreground the deceptive nature of images yet always emotionally and empathically engages with people and their stories.
His work takes shape as self-published artist books and exhibition installations such as "The Fourth Wall" (2012), "Will They Sing Like Raindrops or Leave Me Thirsty" (2014), and "Margins of Excess" (2018). Pinckers is a Doctor in the Arts and guest lecturer at the School of Arts KASK & Conservatorium in Ghent, Belgium. He has received multiple international awards, such as the Edward Steichen Award Luxembourg 2015 and the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2018. In 2015 he founded the independent publishing house Lyre Press and The School of Speculative Documentary in 2017. Pinckers is represented by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde in Antwerp and Tristan Lund in London.

maxpinckers.be
Dani Oshi
Dani Oshi, also known as Daniel Osorio, is a humble and dedicated photographer based in Brussels, Belgium. While he has experience in various photography genres, his true passion lies in street photography.
Dani has been nurturing his love for photography since he was 11 years old, and this lifelong passion has shaped his unique approach to capturing the world around him. As an observant urban explorer, he focuses on documenting life as it naturally unfolds on the streets, without interfering or altering the reality of the scenes he captures.
In his street photography, Dani is discreet and unobtrusive, blending seamlessly into his surroundings. This allows him to observe and photograph those authentic moments that might otherwise go unnoticed. He pays close attention to expressions, composition, and the interplay of light and shadow, creating images that tell the stories of everyday life.
Dani Oshi's work in street photography showcases his genuine appreciation for the beauty of ordinary moments. Through his lens, he invites viewers to share in his fascination with the world around him and to see the extraordinary in the seemingly mundane.

daniosorio.com
Vincent Peal
Vincent Peal is a Belgian photographer. After a music career with the band EMMA PEAL, signed to the international PIAS - label, Vincent Peal now essentially dedicates his energies to the visual realm.He produced a number of super 8 video clips in NY, London, Berlin... and made a documentary about the outcast living in Brussels. Some of his pictures of the Bombay slums and the problems surrounding the pollution on West Africa’s beaches were selected for the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai in the World Water PavilionIn 2015 he released a book "Brussels Open City" which is a portrait of the inhabitants of the capital of Belgium. With the same publisher Les Editions de Juillet, based in France, he realized his second photography book "World News" in 2018 about people he met during his journey around the world.

vincentpeal.com

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