First Prize: “AN INSTANT” LIFE FRAMER PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE
Exhibitions in:
Rome 18 – 31 May 2017 : Officine Fotografiche, Via Giuseppe Libetta 1, 00154 Rome, Italy
Tokyo: 1 – 9 May 2017: Reminders Photography Stronghold, 2 Chome 38-5, Higashimukojima, tokyo, Japan
“There is a lot going on in this image, it makes me curious. What is in this man’s mouth? What’s under his arm? Have they not seen each other? Who’s hidden behind them? What is she photographing? It is certainly an ‘instant’ and you can feel the energy of it.” – Olivia Arthur/Magnum Photos
“Bas’ brightly lit street scene is arresting. It’s a comment on the anonymity of an individual in our huge urban jungles. For a candid street image it’s incredibly sharp – it almost feels staged, with studio lighting rigs just out of view. It’s a mesmerising image that I enjoy both aesthetically, and through what it makes me feel about our modern world.” – Patrick di Nola/Getty Images-Verbatim Agency
“For an impromptu street image, this has a remarkable crispness and wonderful lighting that almost looks staged. Bas captures that decisive moment of almost-interaction in our busy urban environments, where two people almost connect, or in this case almost collide, in his own brilliantly distinctive style. The woman is overstimulated and lost in her phone, and the man is alert to the moment, but also multi-tasking at pace. It says so much about our hectic, modern-day world. I love the emptiness either side of the two characters, heightening our focus on them, and then the details at the edges – on the left, another person lost in their smartphone/headphones, and on the right the shadow of someone scratching their heads – perhaps bemused by our modern existence! It’s a fabulous, frozen moment”. – Life Framer Editors
