Biography

Maxim Vanheertum is a known Belgian photographer, mainly for his reportages of Antwerps Nightlife and his unique “off-limits” travel photography. A desire for the unknown, sparked by solo-travelling to places like India, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Australia.. To show the world what else is out there, educating people about customs of other cultures. Over the past 5 years Maxim started covering conflict, humanitarian crisis and cultural (in)differences all over Asia and Eastern-Europe. Recently he dedicated himself to cover the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Maxim uses photography to freeze moments in time, his work stands for ‘reality’. He does not back away from travelling to places that are perceived as “bad” or “dangerous” by the general population. As for his future projects, he will be working closely with multiple ngo’s to investigate the results of climate change in South America and Africa.

In 2022 his first Exhibition and photo book “War zone” were published by Artisjok Gallery.




Contact:

Maxim Vanheertum
IG: @becotte1
maxim@becotte.eu
+32 494 98 31 21