{"id":993,"date":"2017-05-31T19:05:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T19:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eddyvangestel.com\/site\/?page_id=993"},"modified":"2026-09-03T11:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T11:56:52","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eddyvangestel.com\/site\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"317\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-733 \" title=\"Eddy Van Gestel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eddyvangestel.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/portrait_eddy2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"370\" \/><br \/><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a9 Axelle Degrave<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"407\">Photographer Eddy Van Gestel lives and works in Belgium and Africa. He gained international fame through his coffee table books \u201cA Continent in the Picture\u201d, \u201cTo the Rhythm of the Sun\u201d, \u201cAfrica XL\u201d, \u201cTerra Africana\u201d, \u201cAfrican Queen\u201d, &#8220;Just Imagine&#8221; and &#8220;Pure Black&#8221;.<br \/><br \/>Over the years his style has become more serene and restrained, stripped of any excess, complex perspectives and difficult angles. The portraits he is shooting have one thing in common: they draw their graphic strength from their simplicity. To him photography is a quest for a magical and mysterious world, where there\u2019s a very fine line between reality and impression. This is certainly true for this collection of photographs, which highlights the unsurpassed beauty of African women.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<br>\n<iframe width=\"100%\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 16 \/ 9; width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VFs6jz5RQ7E?autoplay=1&#038;mute=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br><br><br>\n<p><strong>LINKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Met de gewaardeerde hulp van Milo Profi<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/637248981\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/637248981<\/a><br \/><br \/>\n<p>Making off:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LtaZ3C1D1tY&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LtaZ3C1D1tY&amp;feature=youtu.be<\/a><br \/><br \/>Interview Ianka Fleerackers \u2013 Kanaal Z<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TRJ1whrXQvY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TRJ1whrXQvY<\/a><br \/><br \/>Interview Eddy Van Gestel\/Ajuma Nasanyana ATV<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaltura.com\/p\/1829061\/sp\/182906100\/embedIframeJs\/uiconf_id\/28598371\/partner_id\/1829061?iframeembed=true&amp;playerId=tvl_embedplayer&amp;entry_id=1_tjo5zhby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.kaltura.com\/p\/1829061\/sp\/182906100\/embedIframeJs\/uiconf_id\/28598371\/partner_id\/1829061?iframeembed=true&amp;playerId=tvl_embedplayer&amp;entry_id=1_tjo5zhby<\/a><br \/><br \/>Website designed by TripelV.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripelv.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.tripelv.be<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a9 Axelle Degrave \u00a0 Photographer Eddy Van Gestel lives and works in Belgium and Africa. He gained international fame through his coffee table books \u201cA Continent in the Picture\u201d, \u201cTo the Rhythm of the Sun\u201d, \u201cAfrica XL\u201d, \u201cTerra Africana\u201d, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eddyvangestel.com\/site\/biography\/\">Lees verder <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-993","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eddyvangestel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eddyvangestel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eddyvangestel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eddyvangestel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eddyvangestel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=993"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/www.eddyvangestel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2792,"href":"https:\/\/www.eddyvangestel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/993\/revisions\/2792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eddyvangestel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}