François Besch (born 11 April 1963) is a Luxembourgish photographer and artist.

Life and work

Besch was born on 11 April 1963 in Esch-sur-Alzette. The

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has been living and working in

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since 2006. In Besch's nature and landscape shots, his primary interest is in conveying feelings or moods. he has also made portrait, street and experimental photography since the 1980s. He uses classic cameras and also a smartphone. In 2011, Besch hosted an exhibition in Luxembourg in which the photographs were created using the

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application for the iPhone. In 2013

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acquired five of his works—portraits of wild mushrooms—which were used on a series of postage stamps. Besch also makes portraits of personalities using a smartphone, among them other photographers

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Awards

*2017: ''Monika von Boch-Preis für Fotografie''

Exhibitions

* 2013: ''Von Glückspilzen und anderen Lichtwelten'', Galerie Clairefontaine (Espace 2), Luxemburg * 2013: ''The Story of the Creative'', See.Me Exhibition Space, New York City * 2014: ''Salon d'automne du

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'' * 2015: ''BeNeLux'', Galerie bij de Boeken, Ulft, Netherlands * 2015: ''Six Lives in Photography'', Photomeetings Luxembourg * 2016: ''Luxembourg Art Week 2016'', Salon d'automne du Cercle artistique de Luxembourg' * 2017: ''François Besch, Hipstamatics'', Museum Schloss Fellenberg, Merzig, Germany

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Besch, Francois Luxembourgian artists 1963 births Living people Luxembourgian photographers People from Esch-sur-Alzette