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