Philippe Thys
Photographer
Street
Visual impressions from the pavement. This gallery captures Philippe's spontaneous encounters and wanderings through the city grid—offering an intimate look at local faces, changing city sights, and the raw energy of urban art.
Landscape
These images serve as a traveler's visual journal, where natural landscapes are filtered through the eye and mindset of the photographer. Each photograph is less about documenting a place and more about capturing how a moment felt.
Concert
A great concert leaves an undeniable mark on the crowd, freezing moments that stay with you long after the music ends. These photographs capture that energy in its rawest form, spanning across massive arena stages to the gritty depths of the underground scene.
abstract
Driven by a desire to convey internal emotional states through visual poetry, these images mark a distinct shift in Philippe's portfolio. By moving away from traditional photographic constraints, this project explores a bolder, more graphic aesthetic.
NOVEMBER 2026
ExhibitioN
Join us in celebrating 20 years of Chatleroi, Antwerp South's coolest hotspot where young and old mingle and enjoy local and international underground bands.
Philippe Thys photographed the crowd and the bands over a period spanning 2011 to today.
In this exhibition he wants to share a selection of his favourite pictures out of over 30.000 photographs that he made over the years.
The exhibition takes place during the month of November at Café Chatleroi, Graaf Van Hoornestraat 1, Antwerp
Portfolio
Coming Soon
Street
Close encounters of the weird, and fascinating kind on the street.
Landscape
Natural landscapes , viewed through the eye of a traveller who's destination is the journey.
Road
So many destinations, so many roads that lead to them.
City
The city never sleeps, the city is alive, the city shapes us.
Concert
Rock and roll forever.
Night
Life between dusk and dawn. The creatures of the night.
Abstract
Painting sensory experiences with images.
Exhibition
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"You don't take a picture, you make it."
- Ansel Adams
"Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst."
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
About Philippe
Though he has been holding a camera since childhood, it was the dawn of digital photography and the creative freedom of modern editing that truly inspired Philippe to start drawing outside the lines.
For Philippe, a photograph is rarely a mere documentation of a place or a subject. It is a reflection of a moment fully lived—where what is seen merges intimately with what is felt. The atmosphere, the energy of the crowd, the quiet solitude of a landscape, or the brief connection with a stranger all leave an imprint. Ultimately, it is this sensory experience, just as much as the visual framing, that shapes the final image.