"I think everyone is emotional. A lot of people are afraid of being so. They feel that it's vulnerable. I feel that it's the key to everything." (Kate Bush)

Welcome to the dwelling place of Mused Renaissance. We hope that you enjoy your visit.

Our fine art photography is an artistic vocation, and in a special sense, a true "rebirth". It is also mused, as in "inspired by the Muses" and "musing on the visible and invisible poetry and magic of this world". It has no goal that can be expressed in terms of economy or science. However, we do approach and refine this vocation in a very professional way, using the best of our abilities and the latest of technological tools, in order to continually improve our image-making, forever trying to capture that ever-fleeting glimpse of perfection.

We (have) participate(d) in the following photography and fine art exhibitions:

  • featured artist of the "Albemarle Collective" at the Albemarle Gallery, 49 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4JR UK, March 5th - 16th, 2013;
  • Kunstsalon Sant 2012, Jan Garemijnzaal, Belfort, Markt, Brugge, Belgium, November 24th - December 4th, 2012;
  • The Nude, a collective exhibition at the Albemarle Gallery, 49 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4JR UK, March 30th - April 28th, 2012;
  • The Worldwide Photography 2012 Biennial Exhibition, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 19th - February 27th, 2012;
  • Le jardin d'eau, La Capucine, Giverny, France, August 2011;
  • Le jardin d'eau, Espace 87, Giverny, France, May 16th-31st, 2011;
  • 33rd International Photo Festival 2011, Knokke-Heist, Belgium, April 10th - June 13th, 2011;
  • KR-line Photo Art Gallery Group Exhibition March-April 2011, Bruges, Belgium;
  • La nuit des musées, Rolex Learning Center, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 25th, 2010;
  • The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards 2009, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid (Spain), June 2010;
  • Westerbegraafplaats cemetery, Ghent, Belgium (2010, 2009);
  • 31st International Photo Festival 2009, Knokke-Heist, Belgium;
  • Kunstsalon Sant 2008, Brugge, Belgium;
  • 30th International Photo Festival 2008, Knokke-Heist, Belgium;
  • We Are All Photographers Now! at the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland (2007).

Photographs of ours have been awarded, nominated, and selected both nationally and internationally at:

The following printed publications feature our work:

  • the catalogue of the collective exhibition "Nude" at the Albemarle Gallery, 49 Albemarle Street, London, United Kingdom, March 30th - April 28th, 2012;
  • the catalogue of the The Worldwide Photography 2012 Biennial Exhibition, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 19th - February 27th, 2012;
  • the cover of the 2011-2012 municipal magazine of the village of Giverny, Claude Monet's hometown in Normandy, France;
  • a double-page spread in the August-September 2010 issue of the Polish wine magazine Czas Wina;
  • The World Photography Gala Awards 2009 Annual;
  • "mors subterranea" - photo book published by Mused Renaissance in 2011 (see the Prints & Books page);
  • "le jardin d'eau" - photo book first published by Mused Renaissance in 2010 and re-edited in 2011 (see the Prints & Books page);
  • "body & soul" - photo book published by Mused Renaissance in 2010 (see the Prints & Books page);
  • "soul~searching" - photo book published by Mused Renaissance in 2010 (see the Prints & Books page);
  • "metamorphosis" - photo book published by Mused Renaissance in 2010 (see the Prints & Books page).

I would like to thank Peter Jonckheere (www.peterjonckheere.be) for his permission to use his wonderful wall painting in our photograph "bleeding indifference" (Galleries > Figures & Nudes > Imagine).

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