BIOGRAPHY

2024
FEP European Photo Book Award Winner Category Portraits, Watch Me, NO
Group Exhibition Été Des Portraits, Bourbon Lancy, FR
Group Exhibition, In Beweging, Lucasgezellen, Zwijgershoek Museum, St.Niklaas, BE
Judge International FEP Awards 2024 Fashion, Beauty, Illustration, Fine Art, NO
President of the Jury, Den Hof Van Reynaert, Toerisme Temse, BE

2023
Jury Member, Swedish Championship in Photography,  SE
President of the Jury, Kleurrijk Temse Toerisme Temse, BE
Group Exhibition ' Kwetsbaar ' Lucasgezellen, De Stem Swijgershoek Museum, St.Niklaas, BE

2022
Jury Member, International FEP Awards 2022 EU, Fashion, Beauty, Illustration, Fine Art NO
Jury Member, Swedish Championship in Photography, SE
Group Exhibition 'Warme Winter' Lucas Gezellen, De Stem Swijgershoekmuseum, St.Niklaas, BE

2021
Group Exhibition'Wintertentoonstelling' ,Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, BE
Judging Team Belgium WPC, World Photographic Cup 2022
Group Exhibition Lens op de Mens, Pelt, Belgium
Group Exhibition Été Des Portraits, Bourbon Lancy, France
Jury Member, CAP Colour Art, Velje, Denmark
President of the Jury, Anders Belicht,Temse, Belgium

2020
Member of the Worldwide jury, WPC World Photographic Cup,  Rome, Italy
Individual Exhibition, POLAROID[‘eseis], Gallery Pim De Rudder, Assenede, E
President of the Jury, Verborgen Parels,Temse, BE

2019
Group Exhibition, KOTK  Rotary Beveren, Belgium
Selected works Splitographys for Verbeke Foundation, Stekene, BE
Lifetime Achievement Award, Studio, Belgium
Group Exhibition, L'Eté Indien, Sanary Sur Mer, France

2018
Group Exhibition, K.W.K. 97@vierkantezaal, St.Niklaas, Belgium
Group Exhibition, L’Eté des Portraits, Bourbon Lancy, France
Group Exhibition, WIND#7, Museum, Temse, Belgium
Lecture After 4, Temse, Belgium
Selected Photographer Foodprint 1718, Expo Gent, Belgium
Jury Member, Toerisme Temse,  Belgium

2017
Group Exhibition, K.W.K. 96@vierkantezaal, St.Niklaas, Belgium
Jury Member, Masters Photographers Network DIPP-CAP, Helmond, The Netherlands
Group Exhibition, Velata, C.C. De Ververij, Guest Exhibitor 50 years Ronse Photoclub, 
Jury Member, P.D.F. Portraitiste De France, Sanarys Sur Mer, France
Jury Member, Silken Door Award, Brussels, Belgium
Nominee in Nude, Black and White Spider Award, California, USA
2016
Group Exhibition, K.W.K.95@Vierkantezaal, St.Niklaas, Belgium
Group Exhibition, L'Eté des Portraits, Bourbon Lancy, France
Selected Photographer, Foodprint 1516, Expo Gent, Belgium
Individual Exhibition, Watch Me, Gemeente Museum, Temse, Belgium
Nominee Fashion, Black and White Spider Award, California, USA

2015
Group Exhibition, Lucht K.W.K. Vierkante Zaal, St.Niklaas, Belgium
Lecture, MQEP, Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands
Group Exhibition, Ver-SIER-me, ID-Art Gallery, Hamme, Belgium
Group Exhibition, Op Stap Met Vincent, Van Gogh Route , Aardenburg, The Netherlands
Group Exhibition, De Mythe In Mij, Durmetuin, Tielrode, Belgium
Nominee Fashion, International Color Award Masters Cup, California, USA
Lecture Vrouwen en Talent, Amazone, Stadhuis, St.Niklaas, Belgium
Selected Photographer Foodprint 1415, Expo Gent, Belgium

2014
Group Exhibition, Sabotage, St.Niklaas, Belgium
Individual Exhibition Watch Me, Perron 87, St.Niklaas, Belgium
Release Photobook Watch Me, Belgium, The Netherlands, UK, USA
Group Exhibition, L’été des Portraits, Bourbon Lancy, France
Lecture Markant, Watch Me, Temse, Belgium
President of the jury L'Eté des Portraits, Bourbon-Lancy, France
Cover Photographer Foodprint 1314, Expo Gent, Belgium

2013
Jury Member, Master Photographers Network, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Member of the jury, 4th.Digital Photographic Art Contest, Cipdae, Lishui, China
Member of the jury, Objectif D'Or, Tours, France
Selected Photographer Foodprint 1213, Steenhuffel, Belgium
Jury Member, European Photographer of the Year, Gmunden, Austria
Nominee Fine Art, International Color Award Masters Cup, California, USA
Nominee Nude, International Color Award Masters Cup, California, USA
Group Exhibition, Eén K.W.K. Kunstacademie, St.Niklaas, Belgium
2012
Duo Nomination Monochrome, CIPDAE, Lishui, China
Member of the jury, FEP Photographer of the Year, Londen,
UK Bronze Medal, L’été des Portraits, Bourbon Lancy, France
Masterclass Glamour avec effets spéciaux, Mouille, France
Member  of the jury, QEP & Master QEP, Brussels, Belgium
Selected Photographer Foodprint 1112, Steenhuffel, Belgium
Group Exhibition, Confrontatie, K.W.K. Kunstacademie, St.Niklaas, Belgium

2011
Member of the jury, QEP & Master QEP, Brussels, Belgium
Nominee Fashion, International Color Award Masters Cup, California, USA
Masterclass Glamour avec effets spéciaux, St.Rambert D’Albon, France
Masterclass Glamour avec effets spéciaux, Nieul, France
Gold medal, Social Reportage, FEP , Lyon, France
Selected Photographer Foodprint 1012, Steenhuffel, Belgium
Guest speaker opening exhibition De Stem, St.Niklaas, Belgium
Group Exhibition Lof Der Zotheid, Sweigershoekmuseum, St.Niklaas, Belgium
Individual Exhibition, Velata, Zoom Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Member of the jury Doors Award, Brussels, Belgium
Group Exhibition, K.W.K. Kunstacademie, St.Niklaas, Belgium
2010
Winner Silken Photo Award, Hotel Silken Berlaymont, Brussels, Belgium
Group Exhibition, K.W.K. Kunstacademie, St.Niklaas, Belgium
Nominee Fashion International Color Award Masters Cup, California, USA
Nominee Silhouette, International Color Award Masters Cup, California, USA
Group Exhibition, L’été des Portraits, Bourbon Lancy, France
Member of the jury, QEP & Master QEP, Brussels, Belgium
Group Exhibition, Lof Der Zotheid, Sweigershoek Museum, St.Niklaas, Belgium
Curator, Exhibition Between Black & White, Dacca Loft, Temse, Belgium
Lecture at CVO Waas en Dender Lokeren, Belgium
Masterclass Exhibitions Overview, Lisbon, Portugal
Group Exhibition Artistieke Portretten, C.C., Aalst, Belgium

2009
Group Exhibition, K.W.K.Kunstacademie, St.Niklaas, Belgium
Member of the jury, European Photographer of the Year, London, UK
Brons Award European Photographer of the Year, FoMu, Antwerp, Belgium
Lecture at CVO  Pixeltalk,  Temse, Belgium
Masterclass Exhibitions Overview, Congres National du GNPP, Montpellier, France
Member of the Jury, Objectif D'Or, Montpellier, France
Group Exhibition,Homage Paul Huf ,Spijkenisse, The Netherlands
Individual Exhibition, Velata, Flanders Center, Osaka, Japan
Masterclass Portrait, Gmundner Fototage, Austria
Masterclass Junior Portrait, Toscana Congress, Gmunden, Austria
Masterclass Focus on Female, Orvieto Fotografia , Italy
Nominee International Color Award Masters Cup, California,USA
2008
Masterclass Inspiring Photography, Billund, Denmark
Member of the Jury 60 Jaar Vrouwenstemrecht, Senaat , Brussel, Belgium
Group Exhibition Int.Contemporary Photography, Shanddong University, Jinan,China
Portfolio in Hiposulfido Photomagazin, Palencia, Spain
Group Exhibition Impresionitische Impressies, St.Martens-Latem, België
Group Exhibition Made In Flanders, Pipphoto Festival, Pingyao, China
Group Exhibition De Vrouw door de bril van de Temsese Kunstenaar, Dacca Loft, Temse, Belgium
Individual Exhibition Velata, Belgian Pavilion, Expo 2008, Zaragoza,Spain
Group Exhibition Musée Eglise St.Nazaire, Bourbon-Lancy, France
Member of the Jury QEP Londen, UK
Member of the jury L'Eté des Portraits, Bourbon-Lancy, France
Elected Press Personality 2007 Waasland, Kieldrecht, Belgium
Group Exhibition, K.W.K. Kunstacademie , St.Niklaas, Belgium
2007
Titel Master Qualified European Photographer, Antwerp, Belgium
Group Exhibition De Mens, Sweigershoek Museum, St.Niklaas, Belgium
Nominee International Masters Cup, California,USA
Masterclass Oxygen Photography, Trondheim, Norway
Lecture Talking Hats, Gent, Belgium
Individual Exhibition Talking Hats, Cultuurkapel St.Vincent, Gent, Belgium
Member of the Jury Baekeland Contest, Gent, Belgium
Group Exhibition Gekoesterd, K.W.K. St.Niklaas, Belgium

2006
Exhibition Homage Paul Huf, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Group Exhibition G.P.Foundation, Naarden, The Netherlands
Group Exhibition Photo Festival, Pingyao , China
Group Exhibition L'été des Portraits,Mention Speciale Nu Artistique, Bourbon-Lancy, France
Individual Exhibition Salve Mater Fotofestival, Lovenjoel, Belgium
Group Exhibition Perception de la Femme, Spa, Belgium
Group Exhibition Pas de Deux, Wase Kunstkring , St.Niklaas, Belgium

2005
Lecture From Fashion Hats to Fine Art Photography, Flanders Center, Osaka, Japan
Group Exhibition Photo Festival, Pingyao, China
Individual Exhibition Talking Hats, Flanders Center, Osaka, Japan
Group Exhibition Photo Festival, Arles, France
Individual Exhibition Talking Hats, Cultural Center, Nagakute, Japan
Individual Exhibition Talking Hats, Belgian Pavillion, Aichi 2005, Japan
Masterclass Portrait en Studio, Les Languedociennes, Montpelier, France
Group Exhibition K.W.K. St.Niklaas, Belgium

2004
Bronze Medal CAP competition People and Water, Gent, Belgium
Belgian Bronze Medal CAP International Contest RED, Köln, Germany
Individual Exhibition Fotocreaties, St.Niklaas, Belgium
Group Exhibition K.W.K. St.Niklaas, Belgium

2003
Individual Exhibition Talking Hats, Kodak Photo Salon, Tokyo, Japan
Public Silver Award Cap contest Couple, Ghent, Belgium
Nomination Wie is Wie in Vlaanderen, 10.000 most well-known people, Belgium
Individual Exhibitions in number of 8 Body Visions, Fotografie-Circuit Flanders, Belgium
Masterclass Erfolg mit Fingerspitzengefühl, Willingen, CAP Germany
Masterclass Erotische Fotografie, Rust, Germany ,APPI Germany, CAP Switserland
Group Exhibition Liefhebber, Antwerp, Belgium
Group Exhibition Meesterklasse, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Group Exhibition De Min, St.Niklaas, Belgium
Group Exhibition K.W.K. St.Niklaas, Belgium
2002
Portfolio at Playboy magazine, December edition, The Netherlands
Masterclass Free Creations, BIPP Dutch Region, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Silver Medal International CAP competition My Best Portrait, Köln, Germany
Individual Exhibition Talking Hats, Paterspand, Ghent, Belgium
Individual Exhibition Talking Hats, 4th Intn. Photo Festival, Turnhout, Belgium
Individual Exhibitions in number of 8 Body Visions , Fotografie-Circuit VL., Belgium
Portfolio in FOTO magazine, The Netherlands
Portfolio in Grain and Pixel magazine, Belgium
Masterclass Libre Creación, Asociasion Profesional de Valencia, Spain

2001
Portfolio Yimage@net, The Netherlands
Public Gold Award Cap contest Subtile, Oostende, Belgium
Portfolio De Fotograaf  magazine, The Netherlands
Individual Exhibition  Timeless Pictures, Dacca Loft, Temse, Belgium
Portfolio Photonet magazine, Seoul, Korea
Portfolio in  Hasselblad Forum magazine, Sweden
2000
Member of the International jury, DIPP, Lochem , The Netherlands
Nude Seminars in Studio , Temse , Belgium
Mini Seminars Contemporary Lighting, for Hensel , Photokina , Köln , Germany
Masterclass Contemporary Portraits, Istanbul, Turkye
Masterclass Portrait and Wedding , GNPP, Amboise, France
Individual Exhibition Talking Hats, Fashion Museum, Hasselt, Belgium
First Price Portrait Award, Agfa, Kontich, Belgium
European Qualification FEPAward, Portrait and Wedding, Dijon, France

1999
Member of the International Jury DIPP, Roermond, The Netherlands
Group Exhibition Le Plat Pays, Arles , France
Individual Exhibition  NUDES, Moerzeke Belgium
Winner Kodak Professional Portrait Award Children, Brussels, Belgium
Honorable mention, Kodak Portrait Award Groups, Brussels, Belgium
Portfolio in Photomagazin, Moscow, Russia
Individual Exhibition 21 st. Interl. Photo Festival, Knokke, Belgium
Professional Portfolio Agfaphoto.com , Leverkusen, Germany
Masterclass Classical Portrait, Willingen, Germany
Member of the international jury DIPP, Tiel, The Netherlands
First Belgian CAP Silver Master, Oslo, Norway
1998
Masterclass Portraits , DIPP, Roermond, the Netherlands
Silver medal CAP competition Contrast, Oostende, Belgium
Individual exhibition NUDES, Antwerp , Belgium
Honorable Mention, Intern. CAP competition Cool, Köln, Germany
Group exhibition, Photokina, Köln, Germany
Masterclass Illumination in Portrait, Brühl, Germany
Member of the International jury DIPP, Tiel,The Netherlands
Masterclass Modern and Classical Portrait, Füsen, Germany
Member of the International jury Kodak Gold Award, London , U.K.

1997
Bronze medal CAP competition Mr.De Buck, Oostende, Belgium
Masterclass Modern and Classical Portrait, Madrid, Spain
Masterclass Teenage Group Portrait, Chemnitz, Germany
Classification Polaroid Collection, Cambridge, USA
Member of the international jury Kodak Gold Award, Stuttgart, Germany
Individual exhibition True the eye of a woman, Museum Temse, Belgium
Masterclass Wedding and Portrait, Bangkok, Thailand
Masterclass Front projection, Guangzhou, China
Masterclass Classical Portrait, Hong Kong, China
Group exhibition Museum Saint Georges, Liège, Belgium
Member of the international jury Kodak Gold Award, Munchen, Germany
Masterclass Teenage Portrait, Aarhus, Denmark
Masterclass Classical Portrait, Dublin, Ireland
1996
Silver medal CAP competition Classical Portrait Brussels, Belgium
First Belgian Colour Art Photo Master, Lillehammer, Norway
Individual exhibition, Lillehammer, 25th anniversary Colour Art Norway
Matserclass Wedding and Glamour, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Masterclass Wedding and Glamour, Jakarta, Bandung, Sorabaya, Indonesia

1995
Edition Nude Transfer  Portfolio in number of 25 Anniversary exhibition
Individual Exhibition Twenty-Five, Temse, Belgium
Masterclass Industrial Portrait CAP Winterswijk, The Netherlands
Member of the Jury of the CAP competition Winterswijk, The Netherlands.
Silver medal CAP competition Group portrait Gent, Belgium

1994
Member of the Jury of the CAP competition Willingen, Germany
Bronze medal CAP competition Young Girl  Genk, Belgium

1993
Golden medal CAP competition People and Culture  Antwerp, Belgium
Member of the Jury of the CAP competition Adelboden, Switzerland
Group exhibition Antwerp, Belgium
1992
Member of the Jury of the CAP competition Zemmering, Austria
Member of the Jury of the CAP competition Winterswijk, The Netherlands
Group exhibition Knokke, Belgium
Masterclass Seminar Confirmation Photography, Brugge, Belgium

1991
Founding co-president of CAP,Colour Art Photo, Belgium
Group Exhibition, Paris, France
Member of the Jury of the CAP competition Davos, Switzerland

1990
Sinar Certificate, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Lecture Portrait ,Hasselblad, Temse, Belgium

1989
Individual Exhibition,Timeless Pictures, Brussels, Belgium
Group Exhibition, Nagoya, Japan
Laser Performance Europalia, Brussels, Belgium
Lecture Portrait, Hasselt, Belgium

1988
Individual Exhibition, Antwerp, Belgium
1987
Individual Exhibition Naga,Genk, Belgium
Individual Exhibition Naga, Strasbourg, France

1986
Gold Medal UNO Year of the Woman, New York, USA
Individual Exhibition Naga, Temse, Belgium
Individual Exhibition Naga, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Group Exhibition, Köln, Germany
Group Exhibition, Harrogade, England
Group Exhibition, New York, USA
Individual Exhibition Spiltographys, Temse, Belgium

1985
Group Exhibition, Brussels, Belgium
Group Exhibition, Paris, France
Group Exhibition, Beograd, Yougoslavia

1984
Portrait Certificate Kodak, Brussels, Belgium
Individual Exhibition, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Group Exhibition, Koln, Germany

1983
Group Exhibition, Brussels, Belgium
Group Exhibition, Paris, France
1982
Group Exhibition, Koln, Germany
Lecture Portrait, Helsinki, Finland

1981
Certificate Europhot, Las Palma, Spain
Individual Exhibition, Temse, Belgium
Group Exhibition, Paris, France
Lecture Portrait , Dusseldorf, Germany
Vice-president National Federation Belgian Professional Photographers, Brussels, Belgium

1980
Certificate Victor Hasselblad, Goteborg, Sweden
Opening Photographic Daylight Studio 90m2, Temse, Belgium
Opening Photographic Gallery, Temse, Belgium
Group Exhibition, Antwerp, Belgium
Group Exhibition, Köln, Germany

1979
Certificate Europhot, Hammamet, Tunisia
Individual Exhibition, Gent, Belgium
Group Exhibition, Paris, France

1978
Portrait Certificate Kodak, Brussels, Belgium
Group Exhibition, Köln, Germany

1977
Certificate Europhot, Beograd, Yugoslavia
Group Exhibition, Beograd, Yugoslavia
Group Exhibition, Paris, France

1975
Opening Photographic Studio 20 m2, Temse, Belgium

1972
Degree of Professional Photographer, Antwerp, Belgium
Degree of Professional Model, Antwerp, Belgium
Certificate Sensitometry Agfa-Gevaert, Mortsel, Belgium

1970
Certificate Color Photography Agfa-Gevaert, Mortsel, Belgium
Certificate Leica School, Wetzlar, Germany
Certificate Photography, Antwerp, Belgium

1966
Certificate Oil Painting, Temse, Belgium

1950
Born in Temse, Belgium
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