{"id":130,"date":"2023-02-19T09:24:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T09:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natureforte.fr\/?post_type=artiste&p=130"},"modified":"2023-04-21T14:50:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T12:50:24","slug":"jonk","status":"publish","type":"artiste","link":"https:\/\/natureforte.fr\/en\/artiste\/jonk\/","title":{"rendered":"JONK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonk travels the world in search of abandoned places. Today, he has visited more than one thousand\nfive hundred in fifty countries on four continents.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over time, and because of the ecological awareness that has animated him since a very young age,\nhis interest focuses on what seems to him the strongest in this vast subject of abandonment: the\nplaces taken over by Nature. It is poetic, almost magical, to see it take back what was its own,\nreintegrate through broken windows and cracks the spaces built and then abandoned by Man, until it\ncompletely engulfs them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The photographic series entitled Naturalia: Chronicle of Contemporary Ruins<\/em> resulting from this work\nposes a fundamental question: that of the place of Man on Earth and his relationship with Nature.\nShe is stronger and, whatever happens to Man, She will always be there. While the impact of Man on\nhis environment has never been so strong, this series also and above all seeks to raise awareness,\nwithout being pessimistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Man builds, man abandons. Each time for its own reasons. Nature has no use for these reasons. One\nthing is certain, when Man leaves, She comes back and takes everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonk has published nine books. His work has been relayed on prestigious paper and web media. He\nhas received various distinctions in recognized international competitions and notably won Earth\nPhoto 2020 and Environmental Photographer of the Year 2022. His work has been presented in\nnumerous personal and collective exhibitions around the world (Paris, London, Glasgow, Lisbon,\nBarcelona, Rome, Athens, Budapest, Moscow, Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore, Los Angeles, Palm Springs,\nNew York\u2026)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, Jonk holds his first immersive personal exhibition at the Ch\u00e2teau du Plessis-Mac\u00e9 where an impressive scenography occupies the 160m\u00b2 of a black box. The same year he took part in two institutional group exhibitions: L\u2019impossible Sauvage at the Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Ethnographie de Neuch\u00e2tel in Switzerland and Exodes in Saint-Raph\u00e4el in France. This is the first international exhibition of contemporary art in the city. He exhibits alongside renowned artists: photographers such as Paul Nicklen, G\u00e9rard Rancinan, Kyriakos Kaziras or Steve McCurry but also other disciplines such as Fran\u00e7ois Bard, Mauro Corda, Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my Toguo or G\u00e9rard Garouste.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Parc
Park of a castle, France
2016
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\"Apartment
Apartment building, Japan
2018
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\"Castle,
Castle, Croatia
2016
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\"Serre,
Greenhouse, Belgium
2015
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\"Hotel,
Hotel, Portugal
2019
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\"Bar,
Bar, Croatia
2016
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\"School,
School, Montserrat
2019
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\"Theatre,
Theater, Abkhazia
2019
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\"Silo,
Silo, Belgium
2015
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\"Unfinished
Unfinished construction, Moldova
2018
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\"Garage,
Garage, Belgium
2016
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\"Warehouse,
Warehouse, Taiwan
2017
Digital photography available in limited series<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Manoir,
Manor, Taiwan
2017
Digital photography available in limited series<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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