"I’m
a young freelance photographer based in Belgium. I decided to dedicate
my life to show with my camera the stories life has written. In the
end, it’s all about trying to recognize the beauty of things and, at
the same time, trying to capture the cruelties the human race has to
deal with. I want to touch people’s feelings without shocking them to
provoke a reaction as a result."
"Philip Jones Griffiths
taught me we all have a choice in life. “You can cover a hell of a lot
wide and shallow or you can cover a small number of things narrow and
deep. Both are valid. But those who decide to do narrow and deep
produce something that ultimately lasts."
Let’s shoot “real
pictures for real people”.
Contact:
e-mail: alice.smeets(at)googlemail.com
fon: +32 498136291
Worked with or for:
Noor (intern)
Philip Jones Griffiths (assistant)
NGO’s:
Haiti Care
Nos Petits Orphelins (Belgium)
Objectif Tiers Monde (Luxemburg)
Amnesty International (Germany)
Red Cross (Eastbelgium)
Images published in:
Geo Magazine
Sunday Times
Spiegel online
Stern online
Days Japan
Marianne
Profifoto
View
FAZ
etc.
Awards:
Unicef photo of the year 2008
Canon Profifoto Förderpreis 01/08
Finalist Inge Morath Award 08
Selected for the Eddie Adams Workshop XXI
Exhibitions:
Images projected at Visa pour l’image 08, Perpignan
Photokina 08, Cologne
Haiti exists, Eupen, Belgium
Haiti existe (Objectif Tiers monde), Luxemburg
Amnesty International (end of 2009)
Press:
