Biographie
Pierre Liebaert (°1990, Mons) is a belgian photographer currently based in Brussels, Belgium. He graduated from l’École Supérieure des Arts de l’image « Le 75 » in Brussels. His series, Macquenoise, was published by the belgian editor Le caillou bleu. Very often immersive, his projects are often long-term and devour him. Although they are mainly photographic, his series Libre Maintenant builds itself around an installation composed of a film, images, music, audio recordings and texts. In 2021, the eponymous book, published by L'éditeur du dimanche, was shortlisted by The Book Awards in Arles. For his upcoming project Je crois aux Nuits, he explores territories where fragile traditions are still surviving. The series introduces the Carnival cycle, starting with the bear bursting out for Candlemas to a body covered with ashes.
Présentation
Macquenoise is a Belgian village, close to the French frontier. Pierre Liebaert chronicles the life of a mother and son agricultural family, narrating the days of a civilisation expiring gently on the edges of Europe, and of a world of marginalised family and economic structures, losing ever more ground to modernity, appearance and the insipid