I was born in 1973 in a bit of a dull provincial town in Belgium. After my studies as a translator, I felt the need to study something creative. I enrolled in film school and that's where I first got in touch with photography.
After all that studying, life took me in many directions. I worked for TV, theater and advertising, started traveling, became a scuba instructor and that is when it happened...
I'd always been attracted to water, but only when I started diving the Waterlust was born. Waterlust is that irrepressible desire to constantly be in or near water.
At a certain point, I decided to start taking a professional camera down with me. My photography skills were a bit rusty and the whole setup was scary.
I got used to the appendage though.
When not underwater, I can aimlessly stroll shores, streets and river banks for hours, looking for shapes, patterns, colors and people that make me smile.
In general, be it underwater or on land, I don't look for big, spectacular things. It's the trivial that catches my attention and stir my mood.
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ONLINE PUBLICATIONS - theguardian.com, wired.com, hifructose.com, crossconnectmag.com
PRINT PUBLICATIONS - Natur, Popular Photography
EXHIBITS
APRIL 2016
Arts and Parts, Gent
AUGUST 2016
Tussenin. Oostende
A series of close-up photos of very diverse forms of hard coral that reveal fascinating, colorful graphical patterns—that double as colonies of tiny living organisms. In the words of the photographer: “The more we are aware, the more we will care.”
