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Construction sites

2012-2014

Karin Borghouts was selected as a city photographer of Antwerp, Belgium from March 2012 until March 2014, an inititative of vzw Stadsfotograaf Antwerpen.
11 photographers were asked to take pictures of Antwerp in Belgium.
Karin made a series of Antwerp in transition and chooses - among others - to make pictures of construction sites.

Exhibition “Stadsfotograaf/Urban Photographer” in MAS Antwerp April 25, 2017 - April 15, 2018

  • Series Paris Impasse © Karin Borghouts

    2011-2021

    Paris Impasse

    Paris has about 600 cul de sacs, cités, villas and squares: streets that end in a dead end. Cul-de-sacs. Within…

  • Series 'A painter's house' © Karin Borghouts, 2017

    2017-2022

    A Painter's House

    After his death, the house of the painter Marten Melsen (1870-1947) was inhabited by his unmarried daughters and son. The…

  • The house, archival pigment print 65 x 52 cm ©KBorghouts

    2012

    The House - Het huis

    A fire destroys the family home of photographer Karin Borghouts. The event causes a shock and a wake of all…

  • Vincent was here, Church Auvers sur Oise, 65 x 50 cm © Karin Borghouts, 2017

    2019

    Vincent was here

    After photographing the Van Gogh reproduction in her parents' burnt-out house, Karin Borghouts became aware of her youthful memories of…