Allow me to introduce myself: my name is Bert Verstrepen, I was born on april 16th, 1977 in Dendermonde, Belgium.

During travels with my parents, I made my first images of cities and landscapes.

Before my passion started developing, I drew pencil drawings, but that didn't go as smoothly as the on the shutter release button of a photo camera.

At the early age of 9 I became fascinated by photography, back then I quickly realized that it would become my greatest passion.

A beautiful world opened up for me, so I taught myself the required skills to make images of how I see the world through a lens.

Over the years I have developed my own style and got specialized in low-light and portrait photography.

Photography was already present in the family on my father's side. My dad's godmother from Brussels was a professional photographer in the 40s, 50s and 60s, she mainly worked with Leica and Zeiss Ikon.

While I was working on location there were passersby who were curious about what I was doing.

I was told that my works should be on display in art galleries, so that everyone could see them, because it would be wrong just to leave them on a computer or in a photo album.

In September 2017 I made an attempt at the Saatchi Art Gallery in London. 12 Hours later I was informed that my work 'The Thames Barrier' would be displayed there within 24 hours.

During the pandemic in 2020, I was stuck like almost every photographer, you were not allowed to travel abroad and social contacts were forbidden. Public buildings were not accessible and everyone was obliged to wear a mask. Someone brought me the idea of processing architecture and portrait in an artistic way, a new project was launched: street photography in my own style.