Roland Minnaert
Roland Minnaert | |
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| Born | 12 July 1939 Antwerp, Belgium |
| Died | 23 January 2025 (aged 85) Mechelen, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation | photographer |
Roland Minnaert (12 July 1939 – 23 January 2025) was a Belgian art photographer.
Biography
[change | change source]Minnaert was born in Antwerp on 12 July 1939.[1] He studied at the University and became an ingineer. He started in 1963 as a self-taught photographer. During the 1960s he started a photo shop in Antwerp. He photographed artists, writers and actors and his photographs were published in among others Libelle and Penthouse. His, often erotic, photography has been exhibited in among others Paris, New York and Chicago.[2] In 2021, several professors and academics of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel "rediscovered" him and organized a photo exhibition of his works.[3]
Minnaert was married to Bea and had a son from a previous relationship. Living most part of his life in Antwerp, he lived the last two decades of his life in Mechelen. He died at home on 23 January 2025, at the age of 85 from a heart artery rupture.[4][5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Kunstfotograaf Roland Minnaert overleden: "Hij hield ervan om heilige huisjes te slopen"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 29 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- ↑ "Roland Minnaert". minnaert-photography.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- ↑ "Roland Minnaert toont fotografische momentopname van jaren van de vrijheid: "Naakt was toen de normaalste zaak"". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). 15 December 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- ↑ "PORTRET. Afscheid van 'beroepsvoyeur' Roland Minnaert (85), die zowel voor Libelle als Penthouse werkte: "Al mijn vriendinnen moesten naakt poseren"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 29 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- ↑ "'Fotograaf van de vrijheid' Roland Minnaert (85) thuis overleden aan hartaderbreuk". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 29 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Story of Minnaert via humanistischverbond.be
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