Conceptual nominee

"Re:Collect is a collaboration between Theo Deproost and Museum of the Home - the museum invited Theo to reinterpret objects from their costume and tool collections. This work also forms part of an on-going project in which the photographer has been exploring the stored collections held by museums. His aim is to bring the hidden into the light and to create new narratives around the objects. Theo wants to arrest our attention, to make us look again at these things. He wants to reveal them in all their detail, highlighting their core components of shape, texture and colour. But in creating these images he isn’t simply making an accurate representation of the object, he also wants to draw our attention to the strangeness and richness of the things that surround us." Dr. Paul Harper

Theo Deproost’s fine-art work displays a clear and unifying objective - to nurture a more exploratory, imaginative and gratifying approach to viewing the world around us; probing the liminal space between art, documentation and education. When producing photographic work, Deproost strives to combine a high level of technical ability with an inquisitive creativity.


+ Winner of Honourable Mention, ND Awards, 2023

+ Short-listed in the British Photography Awards, fine-art category, 2023

+ Awarded ‘Official Selection’, International Photography Awards, 2023

+ Winner of Honourable Mention, Paris Photo Prize, 2023

+ Short-listed for the Royal Photographic Society’s International Photography Exhibition, 2023

+ Lost In Time featured in an article by Aesthetica Magazine, 2023

+ Special guest on ‘Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe’ podcast, ep.133, available on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, 2023

+ Nominated for Fine Art Photography Awards, 2023

+ Unfamiliar featured in an article by the British Journal of Photography, 2023

+ Long-listed for the Aesthetica Art Prize, 2023

+ Unfamiliar featured in an article by The Hippocratic Post, 2023

+ Unfamiliar featured in an article by Wallpaper*, 2023

+ Solo exhibition, Unfamiliar, at the Royal College of Physicians, 2023