Brian Van Lau is a self-taught photographer currently in Seattle, WA.
His work is about finding fictitious evidence.
He is available for editorials, commissions, and tests.
Founder of arcanite-pictures.
Selected Interviews/Features:
Aperture Foundation, Der Greif, The Washington Post, Booooooom, It's Nice That, Palm Studios, Humble Arts Foundation, Transference, Nowhere Diary, Anywhere Boulevard, The Heavy Collective, PCNW, Lenscratch, Aviary Gallery, Mull it Over, From Here on Out, Fotoroom, C-41
Selected Exhibitions/Shows:
Arcanite Pictures, The Community, curator, online exhibition
Review:
New York Times Portfolio Review 2023
Select Awards:
Aperture Portfolio Prize (Shortlisted), Urbanautica Institute Awards (Winner), Critical Mass, Photolucida (Finalist), Open Doors Photo Prize (Shortlist), Lucie Foundation, ChromaXLuxe Fine Arts Scholarship, (Shortlisted)
Artist Books:
The Skull-Sized Kingdom, self-published zine (edition of 20)
Olympic, self-published zine (edition of 30)
We Shared the Same Color That Evening, self-published (edition of 15)
A New Hope, self-published (edition of 20)
Commissions:
2023: