Being an art historian Belgian photographer Ellen Goovaerts (°1969) has a fine feeling for aesthetics but it is her streetwise character and genuine interest in people that makes her work standing out. In her portraits s he focuses on personality and in her reportages and documentaries she waits for that perfect moment and detail that captures it all. Whether it’s the everlasting tragic situation of pregnant women in Chad, the pose of a girl becoming a woman, the awkwardness of two political enemies meeting or just a tagged wall, her images will always tell the story that matters and touch the heart.
Ellen Goovaerts’ work was published in magazines like Knack, Feeling and Goed Gevoel. She also works for advertising and communication agencies.
Frank Willemse - journalist