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Here, seeing double is normal. Sanne De Wilde and Bénédicte Kurzen traveled to Yoruba country in Nigeria, where the rate of twin births is ten times higher than elsewhere - a fact that is either celebrated with mythical fervor or condemned. While tracking this history, the photographers created richly intriguing, intensely colorful portraits of twins. They played with the concept of doubling to stage an imaginative photographic story, making use of double apertures, double exposures, reflections, and color filters. With these inventive pictorial processes, the two artists produce magical…mehr

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Here, seeing double is normal. Sanne De Wilde and Bénédicte Kurzen traveled to Yoruba country in Nigeria, where the rate of twin births is ten times higher than elsewhere - a fact that is either celebrated with mythical fervor or condemned. While tracking this history, the photographers created richly intriguing, intensely colorful portraits of twins. They played with the concept of doubling to stage an imaginative photographic story, making use of double apertures, double exposures, reflections, and color filters. With these inventive pictorial processes, the two artists produce magical double portraits.

SANNE DE WILDE (_1987, Belgium) studied at the KASK in Ghent. Her photographic work has been honored with prizes such as the Photo Academy Award and the 16th Prix National Photographie Ouverte. She lives in Antwerp.

BÉNÉDICTE KURZEN (_1980, Lyon) studied history and semiotics at the Sorbonne in Paris. The theme of war reporting brought her to photography. Herworks have been printed in prominent international newspapers and magazines. She lives in Lisbon.
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SANNE DE WILDE (_1987, Belgien) studierte an der KASK in Gent. Ihre fotografischen Arbeiten wurden u. a. mit dem Photo Academy Award und dem 16ème Prix National Photographie Ouverte ausgezeichnet. Sie lebt und arbeitet in Antwerpen.

BÉNÉDICTE KURZEN (_1980, Lyon) studierte Geschichte und Semiotik an der Sorbonne in Paris. Das Thema der Kriegsberichterstattung brachte sie zur Fotografie. Ihre Arbeiten werden in international wichtigen Zeitungen und Magazinen gedruckt. Sie lebt und arbeitet in Lissabon.