Bio

Eddy Verloes is a multi-award-winning photographer from Belgium. He is a literary symbolic photographer, a visual storyteller. His atmospheric shots of interiors, (night) landscapes, and urban life hover beautifully between realism and surrealism. Taking a spontaneous approach to the craft, Verloes captures the unexpected moments of the everyday. His studies of literature and philosophy fueled an inquisitive search for the mystical and the poetic. He shoots with his soul, not with the camera. Please don't put him in a box. 2015-2022: exhibitions in different galeries or special locations in the USA, UK, Russia, Germany, Greece, Crete, Malta, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Serbia, Austria, France, The Netherlands and Belgium. 5 photo books published: "No time to Verloes" (2015), "Cuba libre" (2016), "Seasighs/Zeezuchten" (2020), "Losing Our Minds/Buiten zinnen" (2021), "Aardelingen/Earthlings" (2022) Most important awards in 2020-2022: - Finalist LensCulture Visual Storytelling Awards - Selected as one of the best contemporary photographers worldwide by the American site All-About-Photo - Winner Life Framer Photo Contest 2020 (Theme: Civilization) judged by Tate Modern's Curator of Intern. Art & Photography Emma Lewis - Selected for the Life Framer Collection 2020 - Travel Photographer of the Year 2020 (People of the World) - Winner Siena Creative Photo Awards 2021 (Open Theme) - Winner Malta International Photo Travel Award 2020/2021 - 2nd Place MonoVisions Awards 2021 (Photojournalism), London (UK) - Finalist FOCUS Photo L.A. 2021, Los Angeles (USA) - Winner Siena International Photography Awards 2021 (Fascinating faces and characters) with my "Remarkable Artwork" - Winner 16th Annual Black & White Spider Awards 2021, Beverly Hills (California) - Winner of the Union of Lights 2021 World Photography Contest (Street & Lifestyle) - 3rd Place Winner (Photojournalism) Monochrome Photography Awards 2021, London (UK) - Winner 17th Pollux Awards 2021 (Open Theme -series), Barcelona - Finalist LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2022 - Winner of the Chelsea International Photography Competition 2021/2022, New York (USA), Exhibition @ Agora Gallery NY - Winner Fine Art Photography Awards 2021/2022 (Photojournalism) 8th edition, London, UK - Gold Winner Muse Photography Award 2022 (Fine Art Photography - People) with my series 'Losing Our Minds', NY (USA) - Gold Winner London Photography Awards 2022 (Black & White Photography - Religious) with my series 'Losing Our Minds', UK - Gold Winner London Photography Awards 2022 (People Photography Religious) with my series 'Losing Our Minds', UK - Bronze Medal Paris International Street Photo Awards 2021 - Category Black & White, June 2022 - Finalist LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2022 - Inductee of the Influx Gallery's Hall of Fame, London, Merit of Excellence - Winner of the Intern. B & W Photography Awards 2022 with my series 'Losing Our Minds', also awarded with a 'Special Mention' (Paris) - Winner 17th Pollux Awards 2021 (Open Theme series), Barcelona - Winner of the Chelsea Intern. Photography Competition 2021/'22, NY - Overall Contest Winner @ reFocus 'One Shot Contest' Awards 2022 - Photographer of the Year Winner (Amateur) with an 'Outstanding Achievement' @ The 17th B&W Spider Awards 2022, Beverly Hills (USA) - Silver Winner in Portfolio/Fine Art @ Budapest International Foto Awards 2022 with my series 'Losing Our Minds' - Silver Winner NY Photography Awards 2022 - Editorial Photography/Religious with my series 'Losing Our Minds' - Silver Winner NY Photography Awards 2022 - People Photography/Religious with my series 'Losing Our Minds' - Finalist Life Framer Humans of the World Competition (USA), 2023