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Videographer/photographer of architecture and landscape, I was born in 1984 in Brussels where I currently live and work. After 6 years in Argentina, I returned to Belgium in 2014 with an intense experience in one of the world's largest megacities. As soon as I moved back home, photography became my way of reconnecting with my hometown. My collaborations with various architectural and urban planning firms in Brussels open me to a different interpretation of the image, one that reveals the layers that, over time, have shaped the landscape.
I spend a lot of time on the streets, refining my eyes and meeting the other person, the one who lives in the landscapes I photograph, those who leave their traces there. Naturally, my practice moves from a purely landscape work to a humanist work which, in addition to giving pride to the context, shows the use made of it by its users, achieving a balance between architectural photography and street documentary photography.
Videographer/photographer of architecture and landscape, I was born in 1984 in Brussels where I currently live and work. After 6 years in Argentina, I returned to Belgium in 2014 with an intense experience in one of the world's largest megacities. As soon as I moved back home, photography became my way of reconnecting with my hometown. My collaborations with various architectural and urban planning firms in Brussels open me to a different interpretation of the image, one that reveals the layers that, over time, have shaped the landscape.
I spend a lot of time on the streets, refining my eyes and meeting the other person, the one who lives in the landscapes I photograph, those who leave their traces there. Naturally, my practice moves from a purely landscape work to a humanist work which, in addition to giving pride to the context, shows the use made of it by its users, achieving a balance between architectural photography and street documentary photography.
jonathan.ortegat@gmail.com
0032 474 405 202