The Fire That Once Burned In Your Eyes

• Photographer
  David Degelin

Portrait of Belgian graphical artist Annemieke Van Barlingen in the small art-deco hotel Le Berger, in the center of Brussels. The photo is inspired by a bathing scene of American actress Sharon Tate in the film 'The Fearless Vampire Killers'.

I'm a photographer with a focus on portrait, street, and fine-art photography, and photography is my way of dealing with the world, people, stories, places, experiences. Photography is a therapeutic activity for me in a way, a survival strategy. I use light and shadow to capture what I feel, rather than what I see, and what I feel always takes precedence over what I see in what I do. I'm intrigued by the beauty of solitude, of people and places and in my work, this theme plays a dominant role.