Frank Peeters

{{short description|Belgian fine art photographer (born 1947)}} {{distinguish|Frank Peters (disambiguation){{!}}Frank Peters}} {{Use dmy dates |date=November 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Frank Peeters | image = | image_size = 150px | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1947|7}} | birth_place = Antwerp, Belgium | death_date =  | death_place = | occupation = Photographer | website = {{URL|frankpeetersphotography.com}} }} '''Frank Peeters''' ({{IPA|nl|frɑŋk ˈpeːtərs|lang}}; born 1947) is a Belgian fine-art photographer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collection.centrepompidou.fr/#/artworks?layout=grid&page=0&filters=authors:PEETERS+Frank%E2%86%B9PEETERS+Frank |title= Artist: Frank Peeters| publisher= Centre Pompidou, MNAM, Paris, France}}</ref>

==Career== In 1983, Peeters won the first prize in the first Biennal Internacional de Arte Fotografica/Escola Panamericana del Arte in São Paulo, Brazil,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_vla016198401_01/_vla016198401_01_0012.php|title= Artist:Sao Paulo (Braz.) Frank Peeters| publisher= Digital Library for Dutch Literature}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/braz2.jpg|title= Artist:Frank Peeters medalhas de ouro São Paulo }}</ref> followed by international exhibitions and publications.<ref>{{cite web|year=1985|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/braz1.jpg|title=Entro e surreal e o comum|work=Iris}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/japan3.jpg|title=Interior Studies in Black-and-White|work=Pentax Family|pages=44–45|location=Japan}}</ref>

In 1984, his show, ''Greetings from Belgium'', was exhibited at The Photographers' Gallery in London.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/images/1971_2016_ExhHistory_5835d31dd133f.pdf|title= "Greetings from Belgium" p.49|publisher= Catalogue The Photographers Gallery 1971 till present|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170331024907/http://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/images/1971_2016_ExhHistory_5835d31dd133f.pdf|archivedate= 2017-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/photographers%20gallery%20catalogue.jpg|title= Artist:Catalogue The Photographers Gallery}}</ref>

===Awards=== * 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1987/88: first prize Nikon, Japan. Photo Contest International<ref>{{cite web|url= http://users.telenet.be/frankpeetersphotography/awards3.jpg|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170402081043/http://users.telenet.be/frankpeetersphotography/awards3.jpg|url-status= dead|archive-date= 2 April 2017|title= Nikon Japan International Photo Contest 1981/82 - 1982/83 - 1983/84 - 1984/85 - 1987/88}}</ref> * 1982 Associateship (ARPS) of the Royal Photographic Society, Bath, United Kingdom (ARPS)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/uk6.jpg|title= Royal Photographic Society }}</ref> * 1983 First Prize le Biennal Internacional de Arte Fotografica /Escola Panamericana del Arte São Paulo, Brazil<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_vla016198401_01/_vla016198401_01_0012.php|title= Artist:Sao Paulo (Braz.) Frank Peeters| publisher= Digitale Bibliotheek der Nederlandse letteren}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/braz2.jpg|title= Artist:Frank Peeters medalhas de ouro São Paulo }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://users.telenet.be/frankpeetersphotography/awards1.jpg|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170402082212/http://users.telenet.be/frankpeetersphotography/awards1.jpg|url-status= dead|archive-date= 2 April 2017|title= Premio Medalhas de ouro São Paulo}}</ref>

===Solo exhibitions=== {{div col}} * 1983 Galerie Paule Pia, Antwerp, Belgium - ''Visions'' <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/paulepia.jpg |title= Exhibition Paule Pia Gallery, Antwerp 1983}}</ref> * Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, UK. ''"New Belgian Photography"'' 1984 -Frank Peeters, Carl Fonteyne, Pierre Cordier and Hubert Grooteclaes * ''Exhibition "''New Belgian Photography''", 3 October/3 November 1984'' <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/breweryarts1.jpg|title= Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal New Belgian Photography Poster }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/breweryarts2.jpg|title= Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal New Belgian Photography Exhibition room F.Peeters }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/breweryarts.jpg|title= Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal New Belgian Photography }}</ref> * 1984 The Photographers' Gallery, London, UK -''Greetings from Belgium'' <ref>{{cite web|url= http://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/images/1971_2016_ExhHistory_5835d31dd133f.pdf|title= "Greetings from Belgium" p.49|publisher= Catalogue The Photographers Gallery 1971 till present|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170331024907/http://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/images/1971_2016_ExhHistory_5835d31dd133f.pdf|archivedate= 2017-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/photographers%20gallery%20catalogue.jpg|title= Artist:Catalogue The Photographers Gallery}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/london1.jpg|title= Greetings from Belgium, The Photographers Gallery}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/london2.jpg|title= Greetings from Belgium, The Photographers Gallery}}</ref> * 1984 Studio Ethel, Boulevard St. Germain, Paris, France -''Contrasts'' <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/paris.jpg |title= Studio Ethel, Paris}}</ref> * 1984 Photofactory, Chateau Neuf, Oslo, Norway -''Greetings from Belgium'' <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/photofactory.jpg |title= Chateau Neuf OsloGreetings from Belgium}}</ref> * 1985 Galerie The Compagnie, Hamburg, Germany -''Contrasts & Visions'' <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/hamburg.jpg|title= Galerie The Compagnie |publisher= Galerie The Compagnie}}</ref> * 1985 Nikon Gallery, London, UK -''Contrasts'' <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/hamburg.jpg|title= Nikon Gallery |publisher= Nikon Gallery}}</ref> * 1986 La Boîte à Images, Bern, Switzerland -''Contrasts & Visions'' <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/bern.jpg|title= La Boîte à Images |publisher= La Boîte à Images}}</ref> * 1986 Galerie Nei Liicht, Dudelange, Luxembourg - ''Contrasts'' <ref>{{cite web|url= https://s16.postimg.org/cqfrhtjzp/neiliicht.jpg|title= Catalogus, Programma Nei Liicht 1986|publisher= Nei Liicht}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * 1988 The Swan Tower, Kleve, Germany - ''Retrospective 1980/87'' <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/swantower.jpg|title= The Swan Tower, Kleve, Germany |publisher= Nei Liicht}}</ref> {{div col end}}

== Books == * ''Frank Peeters Copyright'', Monography 1988 by Edition Schwanenburg IM Artcolor Verlag D-4700 Hamm, Germany {{ISBN|3-89261-402-4}} <ref>{{cite web|url= http://users.telenet.be/frankpeetersphotography/copyright.jpg|title= ISBN 3- 89261-402-4 Copyright Frank Peeters|access-date= 2 April 2017|archive-date= 3 April 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170403015328/http://users.telenet.be/frankpeetersphotography/copyright.jpg|url-status= dead}}</ref> *''Contrasts & Visions'', Frank Peeters, 1983 ''Introduction by B.Coe, I.Leijerzapf, D.Bohm, K.Van Deuren, R.Lassam '' <ref>{{cite web|url= https://library.rijksmuseum.nl/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=30801|title= Rijks Contrasts and visions copynumber h1699 | publisher= Rijksmuseum}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://s15.postimg.org/gxy57moex/BYBBijloke.jpg|title= BYB Bijlokcampus}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * ''Selection of Work by Frank Peeters'' (monography) 1987 Royal Photographic Society, Bath, United Kingdom )<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/uk6.jpg|title= Royal Photographic Society ARPS }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.frankpeetersphotography.com/rps2.jpg|title= RPS Pictorial Group Selection of works Frank Peeters Produced:Orion Print Services }}</ref> * ''Frank Peeters – Photographs 1970–1990'', 2008, (''13×11 in, 33×28 cm'') <ref>{{cite web|url= http://users.telenet.be/frankpeetersphotography/19701990.jpg|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170403110635/http://users.telenet.be/frankpeetersphotography/19701990.jpg|url-status= dead|archive-date= 3 April 2017|title= Frank Peeters – Photographs 1970–1990}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Belgium|Biography|Photography}} * List of people from Antwerp * List of photographers

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== * {{URL|frankpeetersphotography.com}}, the official website of Frank Peeters * Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Online Portfolio ''Visions'' http://sammlungonline.mkg-hamburg.de/de/search?s=Frank%20Peeters&h=0&sort=scoreDesc * Frank Peeters, works by the artist in Danish museums Portfolio ''Visions'' On Line =https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/SoegKunstnerVaerker.do?kunstnerId=16131

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peeters, Frank}} Category:Date of birth missing (living people) Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century Belgian male artists Category:20th-century Belgian photographers Category:21st-century Belgian male artists Category:21st-century Belgian photographers Category:Fine art photographers Category:Monochrome photography Category:Photographers from Antwerp