Teun Hocks
Teun Hocks is a Dutch photographer that was born in Leiden, Netherlands. The photographer studied at Academie St. Joost. He now lives and works in Breukelen. Hocks teaches at the Design Academy in Eindhoven.
Hocks photographs himself as the main character in his surreal images. His characters are going through a midlife crisis. During their travels through the midlife crisis, they are put in humorous situations. The scenes are look like they are from a movie or a play. Which is fitting because Hocks is also a video artist.
Hocks artist process is far from normal. He describes it as, “…There’s a big backdrop that I paint or build, or whatever’s needed, and I stand in the middle of that. Then I take a picture of myself in black and white and enlarge it. I do it myself in the darkroom with a little bit of help. Then I tone the picture sepia. And later I add oil paint. I color everything, but it’s transparent, so that you can see the picture underneath.”