What happens when a photograph stops being just a photograph?
From 5 to 29 November 2026, I will be taking part in L'image élargie, a group exhibition at the beautiful Chapelle de Boondael in Ixelles, Brussels. Bringing together artists working in the studios at Usquare, the exhibition explores the boundaries of photography and what happens when the photographic image moves beyond its traditional form.
L’image élargie
A photography exhibition exploring the boundaries of photography.
Photography is usually associated with capturing, fixing and reproducing an image. But what if we start questioning that process? What happens when the photographic image becomes a material in itself — something that can be manipulated, transformed, disrupted or even physically reconstructed?
This is the starting point of L'image élargie.
The exhibition brings photography into conversation with other artistic disciplines and techniques, including painting, weaving, collage, analogue processes and 3D printing. Rather than treating photography as a finished, two-dimensional image, the participating artists explore its possibilities as texture, pattern, matter and sculptural form.
A glimpse into my work
Chemigrams
Painting vs Photography
For this exhibition, I will be showing a series of experimental photographic works exploring the unpredictable relationship between light, chemistry and photographic paper.
My contribution includes chemigrams and photograms, as well as works that combine both techniques. These processes take photography back to some of its most fundamental elements: light-sensitive materials, chemical reactions and the physical presence of the photographic surface.
A photogram is created without a camera, by placing objects directly onto photographic paper and exposing it to light. A chemigram, on the other hand, is made by applying chemical substances directly to the paper, allowing reactions to create shapes, textures and unexpected visual structures.
In combining these approaches, the distinction between photographic image and abstract composition becomes increasingly blurred.
There is a certain unpredictability involved. Instead of simply recording something that exists in front of the camera, the image emerges through a process of experimentation. The paper becomes a surface for action, discovery and sometimes happy accidents.
It is a way of working that reconnects me with the material origins of photography while questioning what a photographic image can actually be.
Expanding the idea of photography
What I find particularly interesting about this exhibition is the dialogue between very different artistic approaches. Each artist explores the photographic image from another perspective, challenging the idea that photography must remain a flat, framed and reproducible object.
The result is an exhibition that invites visitors to look beyond the familiar photographic image and consider its physical, tactile and spatial possibilities.
L'image élargie is not simply about experimenting with photographic techniques. It is about expanding our understanding of what photography can be — and where it might go next.
I look forward to sharing this work and discovering how the different practices come together in the space of the chapel.
Visit the exhibition
L'image élargie – Group exhibition
- Dates: 5–29 November 2026
- Location: Chapelle de Boondael, Oude-Lindesquare 10, 1050 Ixelles, Brussels
- Opening hours: Thursday to Sunday, 14:00–20:00
- Finissage: Sunday 29 November, 17:00–22:00
Guided tours are also organised on selected dates.
More information: Official exhibition page – Municipality of Ixelles
