HISTORY PAINTINGS is a large project by Carl de Keyzer,exhibited at the Centre National de la Photographie in Paris, May 1997.
Through giant color prints he investigates the concept of "power" referring to a heritage of classical paintings: thus with new icones to worship or fear.

The catalogue of the CNP carries detailed information and analysis of this work qualified by Jan Hoet as:

" Carl de Keyzer's images are not illustrations of events: they provide no answer,unlike true reportage photographs.The important thing seems to be not so much the representation of a specific event,but instead...