Koen Demuynck

While trying to find interesting photographers I decided to type the phrase "strange photographers" in the Google search engine. By doing this it gave me thousands of images of things under the title of "strange." Out of all of these one image peaked my interest and lead me to looking at the work created by Belgium photographer Koen Demuynck. It is hard to exactly classify what style he follows however it would probably be some between photo montage and commercial stock photography. Most of his work has to deal with either commercial products or with the real and surreal. One of my favorite series is the not equal series. In this series he pictures several different circumstances were one object is not equal to another such as a bull not being equal to a cow. Another one of his interesting series features train workers performing superhuman work. Although many of his images are photo shop created they do not appear to be cheap or hokey but are cleverly created. What makes so many of his images unique is the little one liners. They create a small joke for the viewer who does not wish to look at the image for that long while creating a ironic scene for those who do. Combined with the detail provided in each image his work appeals to all people.