Filip Claus

Quick Facts

Full Name	Filip Claus
Occupation	Photographer
Date Of Birth	Mar 17, 1957(1957-03-17)
Age	67
Birthplace	Aalst
Country	Belgium
Birth City	Flemish Region
Horoscope	Pisces

Filip Claus Biography

Filip Claus is one of the most popular and richest Photographer who was born on March 17, 1957 in Aalst, Flemish Region, Belgium.

At age 18 Claus left school to travel and explore the world for several years. When he returned in 1980, he attended a photography course at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. Dissatisfied with the approach of some teachers, he left after half a year. In May 1981 he received his first assignment from the Socialist Flemish newspaper De Morgen (Dutch for The Morning). Claus spent almost three decades as a photojournalist on assignment for De Morgen. He specialised in Belgian politics and conflicts in Africa, the Middle-East and south eastern Europe. Claus documented the revolution in Romania in 1989, the AIDS problem in South Africa and the genocide in Rwanda. He also made portraits of Belgian politicians such as former Prime Ministers of Belgium Jean-Luc Dehaene and Guy Verhofstadt. He is renowned for his photographs are of ordinary daily life, such as Ronse. In 2009 Claus won the Dexia Press Award for his outstanding contributions to photojournalism.

Since 2009 he has worked as a freelance photographer for diverse media, aiming to use photography in the service of humanity. To this end he has collaborated on many human documentary projects. Since 2009 he has worked with Belgian photographers (Yann Bertrand, Tim Dirven, Jimmy Kets, Jonas Lampens and Bob Van Mol) on the project Lijn 3, a social and human document of a specific neighbourhood De Brugse Poort in Ghent, Belgium. In 2010 an overview book of his work Een reisgids voor het land der blinden (Dutch for A guidebook for the country of the blinds) was published by Ludion. In 2011 and 2012 he documented the culture, traditions, religion, education and sport of the Flemish city and municipality of Aalst, resulting in the photo book Vlaanderen in Aalst (Dutch for Flanders in Aalst), published by Snoeck. This work shows a sequence of narrative Flemish images, captured with irony. This project was exhibited at the Stedelijk Museum (Dutch for Municipal Museum) in Aalst in 2013.

Filip Claus Net Worth

Filip Claus is one of the richest Photographer from Belgium. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Filip Claus 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Filip Claus (born March 17, 1957) is a Belgian photojournalist. He focuses on street photography and ‘life reportage’ style.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

Filotas Ranked on the list of most popular Photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Belgium. Filip Claus celebrates birthday on March 17 of every year.