“In Niels’ art, I behold the connected, ephemeral, and eternal flow of life’s spirit. Each piece has story, beauty, depth, and sensitivity. The layers envelop and ground me every time I let myself sink into one of his creations.”
— Lilian Lehmann, Impact Facilitator & Advisor
Born in Belgium, Niels Devisscher is a Berlin-based fine art photographer, writer, and collage artist.
His fascination for the living world and calling to give a human voice to the language of nature encouraged him to pick up photography at the age of 15.
Curious about the shifting edges where the human meets the more-than-human world, his landscape photography inquires into the living conversation between humans and their environment attests to the soul and emotionality embodied in the natural world. His style is characterized by his eye for detail and minimalist compositions, the use of soft light, and the focus on conspicuous shapes.
Niels’ artistic practice later expanded into collage art, recomposing old images into new and provoking art pieces. Through the experience and design lab Sympoiesis he co-founded, he works with clients on transforming ideas and visions for regenerative futures into enlivening and inspiring artwork.
Niels’ work appeared in various publications, and he won prizes in dozens of photography competitions, most notably in The Prix de La Photographie Paris (2020). With his image Tristesse, he won the DigifotoPro landscape photography contest (2018) and went on a journey to Svalbard, framing the beauty and vastness of the island’s ice seas and uninhabited mountains.
Achievements
Expositions
December 2018, Fotonale Brugge 2018 - landscape
June 2018, Villa Thérèsa - Soignies
Awards
September 2020, Awarded with a Bronze award in Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3) with the series “In Solitude”
September 2018, Awarded with an Honourable Mention in the International Photo Awards
January 2018, Awarded with two Hounourable Mentions in the Monochrome awards
December 2017, Awarded 1st place in the Digifoto Pro landscape photo contest
October 2017, Ranked top 70 in the CEWE "Our World Is Beautiful" photo contest My photograph "Defined" was selected out of 188.000 submissions.
September 2017, Awarded with an Honourable Mention in the International Photo Awards
June 2017, Awarded Gold in the Moscow International Foto Awards (MIFA)
Publications
October 2022, Human Rights In Context, “Why mental health is not the problem”
June 2022, Emerge, “Belonging and Butterflies in Times of Breakdown — an exploration into stories and the in-between”
October 2018, zoom.nl, “Spoedcursus minimalisme” (print)
May 2018, DigifotoPRO 2018.2 Spitsbergen trip report (print)
March 2018, Digifoto PRO Travel Special (p8)
April 2017, Interview with ND Magazine
January 2017, Photography Masterclass
October 2016, B&W Minimalism
June 2016, Monopix Long Exposure
March 2015, Pentaprism Magazine