Instagram Takeover: Fabien Marques

Fabien Marques took over our Instagram account for a week in January, 2016.

To follow be sure to visit instagram.com/photoworks_uk

Fabian joins a long list of guest editors including Kalpesh Lathigra, Natasha Caruana, Aaron Schuman, Jason Larkin, Simon Roberts, and Nick Waplington.

Hello. I am @fabienmarques and I am glad to share some of my works and thoughts about photography this week. My first #instagramtakeover post for @photoworks_uk is about the series called “Der Männergarten” which is part of the Photoworks Annual #womeninphotography. This project aimed to represent the legal #prostitution institutions in Saxony, Germany. This picture is “Lilian” (2010). A suivre … #photoworks_uk #PWAnnual #fabienmarques #photography

A photo posted by Photoworks (@photoworks_uk) on Jan 19, 2016 at 12:40am PST

Fabien Marques is a visual artist based in northern France. He gained his MA Visual Arts at Sint-Lukas Brussels University College of Art and Design after completing a BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography at the Glasgow School of Art.

Here is @fabienmarques for #instagramtakeover. This is another image from “Der Männergarten” series. It called “Diana” (2011). A suivre … #photoworks_uk #PWAnnual #womeninphotography #fabienmarques #photography

A photo posted by Photoworks (@photoworks_uk) on Jan 20, 2016 at 2:56am PST

His artworks have been shown in the context of numerous exhibitions and festivals such as the Copenhagen Photo festival and the Glasgow Festival for Visual Arts. He has taken part in exhibitions, among others at Recyclart Brussels, Cube Centre for Urban Built Environment, Manchester and at Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow. He has recently been award by the Archifoto International Awards of Architectural Photography.

He is currently working on a project-space called ‘La Confection Idéale’ for supporting visual artists.

Day 3 of #instagramtakeover. This is an installation view from recent show “With all my heart, I kiss you”, during the 8th biennale for young visual artists from northern France and Belgium “Watch this space” For this exhibition, I was questioning photographic process of image making through war representation.  It includes various images from #WWI #Verdun battlefield: large colour prints, postcards, found images. A suivre … #photoworks_uk #PWAnnual #womeninphotography #fabienmarques #photography

A photo posted by Photoworks (@photoworks_uk) on Jan 21, 2016 at 2:14am PST

To follow be sure to visit instagram.com/photoworks_uk

To see more more of Fabian’s work click here.