Is the city still a dream? - PBF03 / Jorge Hortua
16 November to 20 December 2018
The young Belgo-Colombian Jorge Hortua is a member of Raw7 and has made Brussels into his laboratory. He produces personal, masterful street photography.
Jorge Hortua has developed his particular artistic vision, inspired by the city of Brussels and its important folk culture. He believes that a city is a living organism with its own identity, peopled by persons seeking a place to belong. You come to Brussels to become someone, and this city has the resources to make that dream come true. After the series La traversée du miroir and his work as a street photographer in black and white, Jorge Hortua spent some time, as part of the theme of PBF03, haunting the capital’s food markets, which he sees as being the beating heart of any great city. “I’ve always said, if you want to get a clear idea of what a city has, take a walk round the markets”. He presents through his images a vivid, brightly colored vision of Brussels.
