Guy Tillim: Second Nature

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Huis Marseille
Keizersgracht 401
1016 EK Amsterdam
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The images of the South African photographer Guy Tillim (1962, Johannesburg) display an analytical precision that never fails to stir up the emotions. Over the years, he has moved away from photojournalism and towards a much more humane and subtle approach to his themes. After the successful publication of Congo Democratic in 2006, Tillim decided to pursue a non-political subject, and in 2010 he bought a catamaran and sailed from New Zealand to the Polynesian islands. He sought to portray the modern landscapes of these ‘paradise islands’. His intensely light, vividly colourful, windblown landscapes occasionally call to mind the paintings of ‘Le Douanier’ Henri Rousseau, but Tillim’s photographs also reveal these landscapes as being new, up to date and full of life. 

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