Michel Petillo
I am a Brussels based professional photographer. My work can be best described as being driven by close personal contact and socially and environmentally relevant themes. I concluded a master class in documentary photography with the LCC University of Arts – London and Magnum Photo in 2014, and worked as a freelance photographer for the Guardian. Besides being a photographer, I am also active as a psychologist and a member of the Belgian National Association of Professional Photographers.
Exhibitions
2013 Faces of Brewing Ι European Parliament
2013 Brussel Beer Project Crowed Funding Event Ι BBP
2015 Gone Fishing Ι HeadOn International Photo Festival Ι Sidney
2015 Bruxelles Environnement Ι Parc Cinquantenaire in Brussels
2016 Forest City Project Ι Esplanade of the European Parliament
2016 Forest City Project Ι Square Meeûs Brussels
2016 Portr:ette Ι Street photography series on Etterbeek Ι GC De Maalbeek
2017 Portr:ette Ι Street photography series on Etterbeek Ι City hall of Etterbeek
2017 Forest City Project, 2nd Ed. Ι Esplanade of the European Parliament
2017 Fine Art solo exhibition Ι Gallerie Louis VX
2018 Forest City Project Ι Parc Cinquantenaire in Brussels
Publications
2016 The Brussels anti-squatter, Revolve Magazine
2015 Gone fishing, Revolve Magazine, spring issue
2017 Forest City Project, Revolve Magazine, spring issue
2018 Station Island, Codex, spring issue
2018 Reality check on the Energiewende. The end of coal, Revolve Magazine, summer issue
Competitions
2012 Faces of Brewing Competition 2ndPrize
2015 HeadOn International Photo Festival Associated Photographer
2018 Siena Photo Contest (SIPA) 2ndround
2018 KOLGA competition – Finalist
2018 IPA – Honorable Mention Story Telling
Locations: Other
Categories: Documentary, Editorial, Fine Art, Photographer, Photojournalism, Portraiture, Social, Travel, Writer