They live in a house completely holed. How is this house still standing? When it rains, it rains everywhere in the house except above the bed. We must be careful what boards we walk on, because some will break. They dread the rain, because they do not know where to take refuge and also because when it rains, "Vien" can’t climb in the coconut trees, it is slippery and dangerous. That's how he earns a living. He climbs without any safety, barefoot, bare hands, more than fifteen meters high. He risks his life for less than one euro.
Julien de Wilde is a Belgian photographer and filmmaker who shares his time between Belgium and Thailand. His work is focused on self-inquiry and introspection, full of sensitivity and truth. Go to the essential, without detour or artifice. Do not pretend, just be. His work in black and white, dense and deep is an invitation to dive into ourselves. His work has been rewarded with numerous international awards such as the TIFA Tokyo Foto Awards Photographer of the year 2019, the 5th Fine Art Photography Awards, the MIFA, the TIFA 2018, the Monovisions, the Monochrome, the ND Awards 2019 & 2018,
Awards ecember 2019 / TIFA TOKYO FOTO AWARDS / PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2019
November 2019 / ND AWARDS / Honorable Mention in Fashion & Beauty
July 2019 / MONOVISIONS PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS, Honorable Mention in People.
May 2019 / MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards, Winner in Advertsisng Beauty.
May 2019 / MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards, Honorable Mention in fashion.
April 2019 / 5th FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS, nominee in Photojournalism
April 2019 / 5th FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS, nominee in Fine Art
January 2019 / TIFA TOKYO FOTO AWARDS 2018, Winner Gold 2018 Advertising / Fashion
January 2019 / TIFA TOKYO FOTO AWARDS 2018, Winner Gold 2018 Editorial / Photo Essay
January 2019 / MONOCHROME AWARDS 2018, Honorable Mention / Portrait
January 2019 / MONOCHROME AWARDS 2018, Honorable Mention / Fashion / Beauty
December 2018 / Selected as one of the 11 Editor’s Picks of The Independent Photographer Black & White Award.
November 2018 / ND Awards 2018, Honorable Mention in Documentary/Travel/Culture
November 2018 / ND Awards 2018, Honorable Mention in Photo Essay/Story.
November 2018 / ND Awards 2018, Honorable Mention in Fashion & Beauty
November 2018 /Interview in Dodho magazine
October 2018 / Honorable Mention in Advertising Fashion category in the 2018 International Photography Awards.
September 2018 / Published in Dodho magazine : Inner beauty.
August 2018 / Shortlisted at The Motif Collective for best black and white photography
August 2018 / Finalist for the best black and white 2018 photographer from Dodho contest.
August 2018 / Group exhibition, The Essential, LoosenArt, 13 – 22 November, Rome, Italy.
August 2018 / Published in Dodho magazine : Untold.
