Im a photographer from Antwerp, Belgium.
Here you can find a selection of my work.

For questions or collaborations:
contact@eliasderboven.com
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2025 - Yes, I'm still around.
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Happy to announce I will be showing work at The Wunderwall in Gallery Sofie Van de Velde from 10 May – 22 June 2025. The work will also be on display during Antwerp Art Weekend , which runs from 29 May – 1 June 2025. You are very welcome to join us on the opening day for a drink (10/05)!

On view will be a selection of work from my archive, depicting my current view and feelings about things surrounding me, a reflection on the past years as well as a look into the near future.

Next up at The Wunderwall: Elias Derboven

Elias Derboven presents an intimate world where the familiar and the unexpected come together. His work reveals these subtle, personal interactions that often go unnoticed in daily life. With a camera as a constant companion, he explores his surroundings in search of new perspectives and meanings.

His archive, an ever-evolving collection of images, provides no answers but instead raises questions about how we perceive reality. He experiments with texture, light, and composition, drawing inspiration from both photography and painting.

Though his work touches on universal themes, it remains rooted in his immediate, personal world, where friends and strangers alike open up through the lens. What emerges is a quiet sense of vulnerability and authenticity.

Visit the exhibition from 10.05.2025 - 15.06.2025

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You Are Here expo at Het Bos NOV 7 - 16, 2024. Opening 07.11, 6-9 PM

You Are Here is a reminder to be in this moment, to be fully present. It’s an invitation to pause, observe, and acknowledge both your existence and the space you inhabit. Whether you're contemplating where you are or where you're headed, this exhibition encourages you to see and be seen, to engage with your surroundings and yourself. It’s about awareness, reflection, and looking deeper—to look away, and then look again.

In You Are Here, a question is posed and answered. The work invites you to consider how we see, and whether what we perceive is real. Neither the senses nor the camera perfectly capture reality. Thoughtful viewers—critical onlookers and thinkers—are needed. This exhibition aims to spark reflection, calling you to intently look and be present.

Elias Derboven will present a selection of photographs from his vast archive. As a professional photographer alongside his autonomous practice, Elias combines diverse work from still life, street life to nightlife photography. Join us at the opening on Thursday, November 7th, from 6 to 9 PM.

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Work on view at Misera -2023.

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Studio view, nov 2022.

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How does the subbacultcha community define the everyday, the extraordinary, and everything in between? For the ABC of Subbacultcha, we were invited to join in creating a collective encyclopedia of the past 12 months. Together, we share a glimpse of our world: our most treasured visual definitions and the stories behind them.

Dickie, 2021

‘My good friend Joe’s father, Dickie, is pointing to a picture of the farmhouse he stands in. Buried deep in Louisiana’s Cajun country, it shows how the place was growing up there with his dad many years ago.’

On view in S.M.AK. until 02 June.

Take this visual encyclopedia home with you! You can buy The ABC of Subbacultcha publication in the S.M.A.K. bookshop for €8, all proceeds go to tajovzw.

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Hi! Ive put out some music I have been working on the last couple of years under the moniker Ellis Daisy. The music is accompanied by film; footage made during the last couple of months while finishing all of this. xx

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A couple of images are printed in several PIX magazines.
PIX is a magazine by Pete Voelker and is based in New York City. It asks photographers from around the world to react to an image, with an image. Go to Spotz.Club to get a copy, or even better, to participate!

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  1. Euphoria I, 2021, Inkjet print on paper 150 x 220 cm
  2. Exhibition 'Horst Ateliers' during Horst Arts & Music Festival, Brussels, BE
  3. Exhibition 'Horst Ateliers' during Horst Arts & Music Festival, Brussels, BE
  4. Images made for and used by Horst Arts & Music Festival
  5. Studio view, Antwerp, BE
  6. Dickie, 2021, Inkjet print on paper, 29,7 x 42 cm. - My good friend Joe’s father, Dickie, is pointing to a picture of the farmhouse he stands in, showing how the place was growing up there with his dad. This image was on view in S.M.A.K. as part of the group exhibition ‘The ABC of subbacultcha’
  7. Exhibition S.M.A.K — Group exhibition, the ABC of subbacultcha, Ghent, BE
  8. Studio view, Antwerp, BE
  9. Dansers in Het Bos
  10. Images made during an assignment when I was a teacher at KDG Sint Lucas Antwerp. The project is still up on their website.
  11. Publication in PIX magazine, NY, US
  12. border I, 1200x1600cm, pasted in the city of Antwerp
  13. border I, 1200x1600cm, pasted in the city of Antwerp
  14. Details of border I, 1200x1600cm, pasted in the city of Antwerp
  15. City Park for Der Greif guestroom selection by Catherine Troiano
  16. Several Images used and shown on a very large LED screen during Us By Night (UBN), Antwerp, BE
  17. Still life in grocery store, 2021, Inkjet print on paper, various formats
  18. Studio view, Antwerp, BE
  19. Exhibition in 't Werkhuys, Antwerp, BE
  20. werf, 2022, also published in PIX magazine, NY, US
    22-23. Images selected for and used by Kiosk and SFIC (Souvenirs From Imaginary Cities), An Antwerp based label hosting a show on the Brussels Based online radio community that is Kiosk Radio
  21. Summer Fair, 2022, also published in PIX magazine, NY, US
  22. Publication in PIX magazine, NY, US
  23. Studio view, Antwerp, BE
  24. Various images made for het HEM
  25. Images used by Karel Bursens to highlight one of his stagedesigns
  26. Images used newspapers De Standaard & DeMorgen
  27. Images used by A+ magazine
  28. Images used by Metropolis M magazine
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10/09/2021
Brussels
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Euphoria II
10/11/2021
Brooklyn
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Window seat (Joe's place)
19/07/2021
Antwerp
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12/11/2021
Brooklyn
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Held fast
14/08/2021
Brussels
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Accidental encounter I
24/07/2019
Antwerp
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Car I
05/08/2022
France
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A girl (sleeping)
17/11/2021
Louisiana
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The farmhouse
29/04/2022
Brussels
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light patch
09/03/2022
Antwerp
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Droogdokkenpark, playing
21/05/2020
Antwerp
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Still life (in grocery store)
11/03/2022
Antwerp
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Jean, I
22/07/2022
Louisiana
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Dickie
02/05/2022
Antwerp
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Albert Park I
22/05/2022
Ardennes
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Ardennes
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Louisiana
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27/04/2022
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Man, waiting
30/10/2021
Antwerp
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Car II
05/07/2022
Antwerp
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Summer Fair
28/05/2022
Antwerp
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05/07/2021
France
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Paris hotel room
30/07/2022
France
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caught
16/10/2022
Antwerp
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palmate maple
14/07/2021
Antwerp
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Movement II
01/07/2022
Ardennes
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10/11/2021
New York City
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street view
21/05/2022
Ardennes
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Soft containment (House I)
17/07/2021
Antwerp
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State of being (Bus stop)
12/11/2021
Brooklyn
citymoonparkopeneveningtreesskyfallhuman
McCarren Park and Moon
13/11/2021
Brooklyn
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Joe looking back
02/07/2022
Ardennes
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Four men
09/11/2021
Brooklyn
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taking flight
24/10/2021
Antwerp
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Free I
09/11/2021
Brooklyn
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while walking
13/11/2021
Brooklyn
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Movement I
16/10/2022
Antwerp
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fighter jet, billboard
17/07/2021
Antwerp
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self portrait with flowers
03/04/2022
Antwerp
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Lovers I
10/11/2021
Brooklyn
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resilient
17/04/2022
Antwerp
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Dansers in Het Bos
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