Foam 3h: Jan Hoek - Me & My Models
Press release | Amsterdam, 16 November 2012
Foam 3h: Jan Hoek - Me & My Models
25 January - 17 March 2013
Foam proudly presents the first 3h exhibition of the new
year, Me & My Models, by Jan Hoek.
Jan Hoek has photographed amateur models, mentally ill homeless
people in Africa, a girl with no arms and legs, a heroin addict who
dreams of being a model, or people he has simply found in
advertisements on the internet. The photo shoot is never what he
expected, model and photographer always have different
expectations. The model actually wants sex while Jan Hoek wants to
shoot the dog. The model tries to be as glamorous as possible,
while Jan wants to picture the decay. Photographing is not just
about the image but also the relationship between the photographer
and the model. How far can you go with your models? In the
accompanying film, Me & My Models,
Jan talks about the nasty, funny, painful or touching things that
happen around photographing people.
"I believe there is always a certain degree of ethics involved
in photography. It is almost impossible to take photographs of
people without consciously, or unconsciously, crossing boundaries
and with things happening that you don't want or expect. I feel
this is often covered up in photography, while I would like to show
it ... "
Jan Hoek (1984) is an artist and writer. At the age of 12 he
published his first text. He wrote for Spunk, Mister Motley, ELLE
girl, Club Donny, NRC Handelsblad, nrc.next, Parool, L'GAY,
PSY and Vice. At the age of 24 Jan Hoek started at the Image and
Language department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
In 2012 he graduated with the film Me & My Models.
This exhibition has been made possible by Van Bijlevelt
Stichting and the Gieskes-Strijbis Fund.
Me & My Models by Jan Hoek can be seen from 25
January until 17 March 2013 at Foam. Open daily 10 am - 6 pm,
Thurs/Fri 10 am - 9 pm. Tickets: € 8,75.
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Foam is sponsored by the BankGiroLoterij, De Brauw Blackstone
Westbroek, Delta Lloyd and the VandenEnde Foundation.
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