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Since the 1990s, the Contretype Photographic Space has been asking questions about the Brussels cityscape through various initiatives, such as commissioning photographic assignments and the Artists in Residence programme, which began in 1997, accommodates photographers in Brussels and exhibits their work there. Open equally to European and non-European photographers, the programme has two objectives:to provide the artist with time for reflection and to support him/her in the production of photos for an assignment linked to his/her residence that is in keeping with his/her body of work and interests. The specific geographical framework for this creative process is, of course, Brussels. From the meeting of these two pre-requisites, the photographer in residence compiles a record of his/her stay. This record is exhibited to the public and published in a book at the end of the residence period, and forms part of an archive for the future, which, as one residence follows another, gradually creates a portrait of the city. The artists in residence at Contretype are not obliged to take photos of the city, but rather to take photos in the city, as an extension of their personal body of work. Jean-Louis Godefroid (1952-2013), Director of Contretype thinks that “it is just as important to offer personal and poetic views of the city, and to reflect on different ways of presenting them, rather than remaining in a purely documentary framework. The overall concept of the project underlies the choices made by the artists: we want them to think carefully about modern documentary photography which can be a little too theoretical, to offer other views of the landscape. It’s as if we were inviting poets, rather than journalists, to write about the city. It’s about immersing the artists in the landscape and then leaving them the freedom to play with their surroundings.

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