BIO
Joris Hermans (°1983, Belgium) is a filmmaker & photographer based in Belgium. In 2018, after being a freelance photographer for more than a decade, he left home behind to capture the world’s beauty.
In 2020, Joris returned to Belgium after more than two years of traveling. He’s now working on new film & photography projects and his YouTube channel.
Joris' work has been featured on Belgian Television, LifeFramer, Don't Take Pictures, PDN, Booooooom, Aint-Bad Magazine, Positive Magazine, GUP Magazine and Fotoroom Magazine. He was a finalist for the Renaissance Photography Prize and selected for the Kontinent Awards. He was a category winner of PDN World in Focus in 2015 and Nikon Press Photo Awards in 2016/2017.
AWARDS & COMPETITIONS
Field Work: Landscape and Architecture • Curated into exhibition at Black Box Gallery, 2019
Booooooom x LOJEL “Journeys” • Medellin in Black & White, 2019
Nikon Press Photo Awards 2016 • Category Winner: 'Stories' • Grey Summer Garden, 2017
PDN World in Focus • Category Winner • Photo Essay: Behind The Redwood Curtain, 2015
One Eyeland Awards • Subcategory Silver Winner • Photo Essay / Feature Story, 2014
Kontinent Awards • Official Selection Badge, 2013
Renaissance Photography Prize • Finalist, 2013
Life Framer Competition – Expression • Shortlisted, 2013
Best Shots Competition • Finalist, 2013
Samsung NX Masters • People’s choice award, 2012
PUBLICATIONS
De Morgen (BE), Grey Summer Garden
Gazet Van Antwerpen (BE), Grey Summer Garden
FotoRoom Magazine, Grey Summer Garden
Glo.be Magazine (BE), Healthcare in Congo
Aint-Bad Magazine (US), You are not you anymore
Aint-Bad Magazine (US), Behind The Redwood Curtain
POSITIVE Magazine (IT), Behind The Redwood Curtain
MO* In Beeld (BE)
PDN World in Focus (US)
GUP Magazine (NL)
Eén Missie Mosango (BE)
Knack, Mosango Hospital (BE)
SHUTR Magazine (NL)
EXHIBITIONS
‘t Getouw Mol, Belgium • Behind The Redwood Curtain – Solo • March - April, 2016
Warande Turnhout, Belgium • Behind The Redwood Curtain – Solo • February - April, 2015
Brussels Airlines b.Foundation, Belgium, Mosango – Group, 2013
Zebra Coffee Bar, Belgium • Mosango – Solo, 2013
Unexposed: ‘TWENS’ Leuven, Belgium • Mosango – Group, 2013
Renaissance Photography Prize Exhibition • London UK • Mosango – Group, 2013