I discovered the possibilities of photography at a relatively late age and followed part-time art education until 2006. My original passion is street photography, but gradually the attention also turned to photographic essays, new documentary and conceptual photography. Photography is a fascinating medium to investigate social and cultural reality and to give it new meanings. I mainly observe the surreal and the mystery of everyday reality. GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2022, AIR Biekorf 6.0, Antwoordtentoonstelling op werk van Sylvie Crutelle, Poortersloge, Brugge 2021, AIR Biekorf 5.0, Antwoordtentoonstelling op werk van Sylvie De Meerleer, Cultuurcentrum, Brugge 2017, Turn/Return Brugge Foto, Bogardenkapel, Brugge 2015, Promenades Photographiques en Condroz, Centre Culturel, Marchin 2014-2015, Brugge Foto 14 Asia Express, Former Police Office, Brugge 2014-2015, Belgian Street Photography, BELvue museum, Brussels 2014, 2016, 2017, L. Baekeland Tentoonstelling, Kerk Groot Begijnhof, Gent 2014, Belgian Street Photohgraphy, Poortersloge, Brugge 2013, ART WALL 6, Gent 2011, Suspicious Landscapes, Genthof 2011, Brugge 2010, Perception meets Reality, Brugge Centraal, Brugge 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 Photo View, travelling exhibition 2003, Logo ! No Logo ? Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen, Brugge 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 Kunstensalon SANT, Brugge SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2023, Unpredictable Meanings, Fototeca, Siracusa Sicily 2016, Why should I Leave You, De Schipperskapel, Brugge 2016, Toerism Imagery, Volkskundemuseum, Brugge 2012, Heilig Bloedprocessie achter de schermen, Biekorf Cultuurcafé, Brugge 2009, We are Human, Dansaert Gallery, Brussel 2008, Ages of Consolation, Raamgalerie Vitrine, Brugge 2007, Faces from the Street, Studio 72, Aardenburg, The Netherlands 2006, Timescapes, Galerie Beylemans, Brugge DIRECTOR former 44 Gallery for Contemporary Photography & ORGANISER/CURATOR of photography events. I always followed photography closely and with great attention, to such an extent that the need to show it became increasingly greater. I organised exhibitions and events and built 44 Gallery for 10 years, a gallery and centre that helped put contemporary photography on the map, presenting work until 2020 by Belgian and international well known photographers with an unconventional, intriguing and uncomfortable oeuvre, which invites us to look attentively and questions our culture, touching the viewer, emotionally and intellectually. The knowledge and experience gained from this also led me to a circuit of coaching and portfolio reviewing for, among others, BIP Liège, KASK Ghent, Bozar Brussels, Breedbeeld and Musée de la Photographie Charleroi. 44 GALLERY SHOWS & OUT DOOR EVENTS PRESENTATIONS Gerry Johansson, Gunnar Smoliansky, Mimi Plumb, John Divola, John Vink, Ian Berry, Bernard Plossu, Martin Parr, Wolfgang Zurborn, Harvey Benge, Jens Juul, Albert Grøndahl, Aaron McElroy, Stephane Charpentier, Jean-François Lepage, Tim Richmond, Cédric Gerbehaye, Bieke Depoorter, Frederik Buyckx, Isabelle Wenzel, Karel Fonteyne, Etienne Courtois, Max Pinckers, Sanne De Wilde, Nick Hannes, Alexandre Christiaens, Arno Roncada, Wouter Vande Voorde, Paul D`Haese, Bert Danckaert, Filip Dujardin, Gert Jochems, Franky Verdickt, Herman Van den Boom, Julie Van der Vaart, Titus Simoens, Isabel Pateer, Maroesjka Lavigne, Nathalie Nijs, Marloes van der Sloot, Patricia van de Camp, Tom Callemin, Athos Burez, Annelies De Mey, Isabel Devos, Dieter De Lathauwer, Aurore Dal Mas, Enric Montes, Jean-Marc Chapa, Peter Henri Waterschooot, Thomas Vandenberghe, Tom Callemin, Kurt Stockman, Bernd Kleinheisterkamp, Rem Van den Bosch, Danielle Van Zadelhoff, Trees De Mits, Wim Maes, Gianina Urmeneta Ottiker, Dries Segers, Michel Mazonni, Sybren Vanoverberghe, Peter De Bruyne, Koen Broos, Christel Mukeba, Lionel Jusseret, Anne-Sophie Costenoble, Rafa Tanaka Monzo, Marc Schepers, Maarten Marchau, Wim Maes, Ria Verhaeghe, Griet Van de Velde, Dries Segers, Michel Mazonni, Sara Aue Sobol, Marie Sordat, Marine Dricot, David Denil, Nele Van Canneyt, Lieven Herreman and many more.