The Rotterdam-based photographer Hans Wilschut (b. 1966) captures monumental images of urban and industrial landscapes, often in the evening and at night. By exposing the photos for longer than necessary, he conjures up a hidden city from the urban materials of stone, glass and concrete a city that seems to be composed of nothing but light and colour.

Wilschuts work is characterized by an interest in urbanization processes in metropolises all over the world. Human interventions in the landscape and the association with public space are pivotal in his work. The individual manifestation of the cities where Wilschut shoots photographs ultimately matters little; his work is purely about their essence. His images, zooming in and zooming out, coalesce to form a unified and lyrical city, an intrinsic urban landscape detached from place and time.

For Hidden Harbour, commissioned by the Port of Rotterdam Authority, Wilschut took photographs of the Port of Rotterdam at twilight, just before darkness falls. He reveals the complexity of this area bustling with industrial activity from unorthodox, strange and normally inaccessible viewpoints, such as the gangplank of a ship, the boom of a crane and the roof of an oil storage tank. Through the eyes of Hans Wilschut, the Port of Rotterdam as we know it is transformed into a well-nigh alien version of reality, blanketed in serenity, light and colour.

Taal / Language : Multiple languages

Taal / Language : Multiple languages

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