
Mike Van Cleven (°1976, Belgium) unfolds the story that wants to be told. He takes you to intriguing settings where surprising tales slumber. His imagery is an escape from the ordinary day-to-day routine. It allows the viewers to get lost in their own thoughts and dreams, in what could be.
His models are their own directors, only limited by their own boundaries. To his main characters, he offers space and time to search and feel. He only frames the moment, from a distance, with trust and experience. Call it voyeurism, allowed by the protagonist.
Photographer Mike Van Cleven signs his personal work with Voncleef. Having worked for more than 20 years for international brands, he styled and directed photographs of many global athletes, artists, and models in mind-blowing settings. He lived the crazy stories; he went the extra mile - literally. He developed his craftsmanship and cinematographic style in the stopovers of his own road trip movie, creating images that demand time from their creator and spectator. It reflects his personal stance, unrestricted by society’s or clients’ expectations.
Spending a lot of time in roadside motels on commissioned assignments, he started to photograph the scenery where he ended up. “To keep up with where I was, to capture these amazing but mysterious places, I found that I was living a story. A story I felt compelled to tell visually, without words.”
www.mikevancleven.com
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