THK Photography

On Exhibition

• Photographic works by Tom D. Jones alongside Francois Visser - 6 September - 26 October

  

  Photographic works by Tom D. Jones alongside Francois Visser

  6 September - 26 October

  THK Photography presents a series of photographic works by Tom D. Jones (Belgium) alongside South African Francois Visser’s opening exhibition: Interlude.
  
  Tom D. Jones, the recipient of the Hasselblad Master Award (2012), is known for his clean compositions – making use of light and depth to reflect infinite serenity and simplicity. Included in his show are images from travels to far-flung locations – from the barren deserts of Namibia to expansive Icelandic landscapes. Jones has an affinity for the serenity that a beautiful image can impart, and sees this as the common thread uniting his various photographic projects. To achieve this feeling of quietude Jones’ images are characteristically unoccupied.
  
  In contrast to this absence of human subject is the work of Francois Visser. Visser’s first photographic exhibition – Interlude – is comprised of work made at the confluence of portraiture, documentary, and landscape traditions. These threefold styles are navigated to produce an eclectic mix of images, taken while acting as both traveller and observer throughout South Africa, Tanzania, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. Some of the pictures are due to happenstance encounters, the precious fruits of travelling to new places and greeting new people, while others are a result of long-nurtured, discrete collaborations. Visser has a deep appreciation for cast-away moments and the beauty of the mundane; his work revealing the sublime and lending dignity to place and person through a considered sensitivity to environment.