In 2016 Eddy Verloes and some Cubans spent a few weeks travelling around the island by taxi. He wanted to see with his own eyes how much ground free initiative (that is: capitalism) had already gained within the socialist model and the extent to which we might expect a Caribbean variant of the Arabian Spring. What Eddy Verloes brings with his Cuba project is deeply human and shows sincere respect for the people of Cuba and their past.
Eddy Verloes is a multi-award-winning photographer and visual storyteller from Belgium. Studies in literature and philosophy at the the University of Louvain (Belgium) and the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i.B. (Germany). Studies in photography at the Louvain CVO.
2020-2024: exhibitions in different galleries or special locations (solo or with other photographers, painters, poets, sculptors, musicians, composers, video artists, mixed media artists) in the USA, UK, Canada, Russia, Germany, Greece, Crete, Malta, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Serbia, Austria, France, The Netherlands and Belgium.
Awards Most important awards in 2020-2024:
Selected as one of the best contemporary photographers worldwide by the American site All-About-Photo
Winner Life Framer Photo Contest 2020 (Theme: "Civilization") judged by Tate Modern's Curator of Intern. Art & Photography Emma Lewis
Travel Photographer of the Year 2020 (People of the world)
Winner Siena Creative Photo Awards 2021 (Open Theme)
Winner Pangea Prize Siena Creative Photo Awards 2021 (Open Theme)
Winner Malta International Photo Travel Award 2020/2021
2nd Place MonoVisions Awards 2021 (Photojournalism), London (UK)
Winner Siena International Photography Awards 2021 (Fascinating faces and characters) with my "Remarkable Artwork"
Winner 16th Annual Black & White Spider Awards 2021, Beverly Hills (California)
Bronze Medal Paris Inter. Street Photo Awards 2021 (Cat. B&W)
Winner of the Union of Lights 2021 World Photography Contest ("Street & Lifestyle")
3rd Place Winner (Photojournalism) Monochrome Photography Awards 2021, London (UK)
Winner 17th Pollux Awards 2021 (Open Theme - series), Barcelona (Spain)
Winner of The Chelsea International Photography Competition 2021/2022, New York (USA)
Winner Fine Art Photography Awards 2021/2022 (Photojournalism), 8th edition, London (UK)
Gold Winner Muse Photography Award 2022 (Fine Art Photography - People) with my series Losing Our Minds, NY, (USA)
Gold Winner London Photography Awards 2022 (Black & White Photography - Religious) with my series Losing Our Minds, London (UK)
Photographer of the Year Winner (Amateur) with an 'Outstanding Achievement' @ the 17th B&W Spider Awards 2022, Beverly Hills (USA)
Silver Winner Portraiture/Culture @ PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2023
Grand Prize Winner of the Great Photo Awards 2023/ B&W World Photo Competition Athens (Greece)
Platium, Gold & Silver Winner @ 2024 MUSE Photography Awards New York
Bronze Winner in Architecture @ PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2024
Finalist Travel Photographer of the Year 2024
