Moments before the flood
Work in progress. 2012What if the Mayas were right and the world would end in 2012? Wouldn't it be a good idea to photograph the historic coastline of Europe for the last time?
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Congo (Belge)
2009Belgium exported its very own surrealism to Africa. Congo, the most mythical country of the dark continent. 50 years after Congo's independence and colonialism, what's left?
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Trinity
2007Trinity is a triptych on the theme of the omnipresence of power and violence. Tableaux d'Histoire, Tableaux de Guerre, Tableaux Politiques.
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ZONA
2003Imagine my surprise when I discovered in 2000 that most of the former gulags where still in function, only now as ordinary prisons.
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EVROPA
2000Celebrating the 500th birthday of Emperor Charles V.
The official itinerary of the emperor revisited in 1999, thinking in my head I was walking in the 16th century Europe.
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East of Eden
1996East of Eden explores the border area between two ideologies. In Eastern Europe's current transitional phase, not all traces of communism have yet been erased.
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God, Inc.
1992How religious is America? 3600 officially registered churches in 1991. 50.000 km, 250 church visits, 1 year and 32 states later : God, Inc.
And Gulf war I of course.
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Homo Sovieticus
1989November 9, 1989. Who could have dreamed that on the night of the presentation of my book 'Homo Sovieticus' someone would shout : 'They are tearing down the Berlin wall!'
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India
1987India, my first love. I swore I would never leave my house again after my first trip. So far I have visited India at least 10 times. India could be my last love.
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Oogspanning
1984'Eyetension'. A collection of images from my academy of fine arts years and a few trips along the European coastline. Self published book, 120 copies, 15 sold the first year.
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Madrid
2006Cultural assignment for Canal Isabel in Madrid. Group project with Magnum photographers. 'Immigration in Madrid'. I photographed the Chinese community.
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Bouake
2005Hospital St Camille. Bouake.
The Saint Camille Association is a catholic charity that offers care for psychologically ill people in the north of the Ivory Coast.
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Jan Fabre choreographer
1990 - 1998Collaboration with Belgian choreographer Jan Fabre.
Opera's 'Das Glass im Kopf' and 'Difficult dreams, silent screams'. Solo's.
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Ladakh, Kashmir (India)
1993War in Kashmir.
The 7 oracles of Ladakh. Healings, exorcisms in the Himalaya.
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Jerusalem
1997The old city, the month leading up to Easter 1997. Religion, tradition, history and tourism.
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Filmstills
Filmstills from 2 movies.'A couch in New York' by Chantal Akerman featuring Juliette Binoche and William Hurt. 1995.
'Altiplano' by Jessica Woodworth and Peter Brosens. 2008.
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Early work
1977 - 1981Academy of fine arts years. Experiments, influences, slowly moving towards documentary photography.
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Belgium - Flanders
1982-2000Collection of images and projects about Flanders and Belgium. Between 1982 and 1988 I prepared a book about Flanders, international projects kept me from publishing it.
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God, Inc. extras
1992Outtakes from the book project 'God, Inc.'.
Mardi Gras, Bike Week, KKK, evangelism, Gulf War I homecomings ...
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Homo Sovieticus extras
1989Outtakes of the book project 'Homo Sovieticus', 'USSR-1989-CCCP'.
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India extras
1985 - 2007Outtakes from the 1987 India book and images from later trips.
'Mehta' wedding in Bombay 1989.
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