Short Biography
Louis De Belle (b. 1988, Milano) studied at the Politecnico di Milano (BA) and Bauhaus–Universität Weimar (MFA). His works have been published by the likes of The Washington Post, Libèration, WIRED, It's Nice That and The Independent. He published Failed Dioramas (2015), Besides Faith (2016) and Disappearing Objects (bruno, 2018). His series Cartographies was featured in Joel Meyerowitz's revised edition of Bystander: A History of Street Photography (Lawrence King Press).
Currently based in Milano.
Exhibitions
2021 10 Viaggi nell'Architettura Italiana, Museo Nazionale Romano
2021 10 Viaggi nell'Architettura Italiana, Triennale di Milano
2019 The Object is Absent, Dutch Design Week, MU Art Space, Eindhoven
2019 Contemporary Elderly, San Soda Gallery, Milano
2019 Discretion, Marsèll Paradise, Milano
2019 The Book Awards, Les Rencontres d'Arles
2019 AWRY Extra, Aura Dinamica Studio, Milano
2019 Kassel Fotobook Award, Touring Exhibition
2019 Bauhaus 100th anniversary, Neufert Box, Weimar
2018 Disappearing Objects (solo), bruno, Venezia
2018 Routinized Absurdity, KINDL Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin
2018 Trouble Making, Milano Design Week, BASE, Milano
2018 Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt
2018 Natural Artifice, The Glass Tank Gallery, Oxford
2017 So Weit So Gut, 5 Jahre HANT Magazin, Kunsthalle Erfurt
2017 Altenburger Trialog, Lindenau-Museum Altenburg
2017 Everything Solid, MEGA, Milano
2017 Baeckerei Moabit, curated by Susann Unger, Berlin
2017 Malmö Fotobiennal, The Society of the Spectacle, Malmö
2017 Copenaghen Photo Festival, Copenhagen
2017 D&AD Next Awards, The Old Truman Brewery, London
2017 Capitalism is Over, curated by Raumplan, Milano
2016 The Royal Photographic Society, Royal Albert Hall, London
2016 The Royal Photographic Society, PHOTOBLOCK, London
2016 Diskrete Mechanismen, curated by Nina Röder, Galerie Eigenheim, Berlin
2016 Revelations, Organ Vida Festival, Zagreb
2016 Failures, curated by Raumplan, Milano
2016 Besides Faith (solo), Harry Graf Kessler Kunsthalle, Weimar
2015 The New York Photo Festival, powerHouse Arena Brooklyn, New York
2015 SVA Flatiron Gallery, 141W 21st Street, New York
2015 Über das Klandestine, curated by Nina Röder, Galerie Eigenheim, Weimar
2015 Les Boutographies, La Panacée, Montpellier
2015 Failed Dioramas (solo), curated by Felix Sattler, Tieranatomisches Theater, Berlin
Monographic books
2021 Cartographies, text by Francesco Pacifico, Humboldt books
2018 Disappearing Objects, text by Jordan Hruska, bruno
2016 Besides Faith, Introduced by Matilde Cassani
2015 Failed Dioramas, Introduced by Felix Sattler
Publications
2020 Dune Journal, Issue 1
2020 Entkunstung, III Issue
2020 Perimetro, Issue 3, Season 2
2019 Fotosintesi x Terraforma
2019 Il Giorno, October Issue
2019 D&AD Annual
2019 Ducato Prize, Catalogue
2019 Vostok Magazine, Issue 12
2018 ZERO Magazine, December Issue
2018 HANT Magazin, Issue 11
2018 CARTHA Magazine, Building Identity
2018 Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Catalogue
2018 STILL Magazine, Issue 6 (cover)
2018 GQ, March issue
2017 D&AD Annual
2017 Bystander: A History of Street Photography, Laurence King Publishing
2017 SAN ROCCO, Pure Beauty, Issue 13
2017 Un'apparizione di Superfici, Ed. Luca Panaro, APM
2017 The Exposed, Issue 2
2016 GUP – Guide to Unique Photography, Issue 51
2016 PHOTONEWS, September Issue
2016 STILL Magazine, Issue 4
2016 Fundamental Acts, a+m Bookstore
2016 Fount Magazine, Issue 1
2016 Libèration, March 17th Editorial
2016 Street Photography, Ed. Colin Westerbeck, Acuity Press
2015 HANT Magazin, Issue 6
2015 Boutographies, Le journal du festival (cover)
2015 Prism Magazine, Issue 19
2014 Forms of Formalism, Issue 1
Awards
2020 Atlante dell'Architettura, MUFOCO and Triennale di Milano, Recipient
2019 ICA Best Art Book published in Italy, Finalist (Disappearing Objects)
2019 D&AD Book Design, Shortlist (Disappearing Objects)
2019 Fotobook Kassel, Shortlist (Cartographies)
2017 D&AD Next Photographer, Finalist (Besides Faith)
2016 The Royal Photographic Society, Finalist (Besides Faith)
2016 Self Publish Riga, Shortlist (Besides Faith)
2015 PDN Street Photography, Recipient (Cartographies)
2015 The New York Photo Festival, Finalist (Ordinary Backdrops)
2015 Förderpreis für junge Buchgestaltung, Shortlist (Failed Dioramas)
2014 Bauhaus Essentials, Recipient (Failed Dioramas)
Online Features
Contemporary Elderly on Artribune
Contemporary Elderly on ATP Diary
Contemporary Elderly on Collater.al
Disappearing Objects on WIRED US
Disappearing Objects on il Post
Disappearing Objects on C41 Magazine
Disappearing Objects on ZERO
Disappearing Objects on PHROOM Magazine
Besides Faith on The Washington Post
Besides Faith on Libèration
Besides Faith on Slate
Besides Faith on The Independent
Besides Faith on BOOOOOOOM
Besides Faith on Fast Company
Besides Faith on WIRED US
Besides Faith on C41 Magazine
Besides Faith on The Exposed
Cartographies on iGNANT
Various series on It's Nice That
Failled Dioramas on IL Magazine
Failed Dioramas on Juxtapose
Failed Dioramas on Paper Journal
Failed Dioramas on Grilli Type
Failed Dioramas on Self Publish Be Happy
Artist Feature on Der Greif
Tour de Force on VICE
Ordinary Backdrops on YET Magazine
Ordinary Backdrops on Aint-Bad Magazine
Forms of Formalism on Domus
Interview on PHOTONEWS
Interview on Collater.al