Photographic Print: « L’arbre à Palabres » Académie des Beaux Arts, Kinshasa, July 2014, Democratic Republic of the Congo

About the Photographer

Julien De Bock is a professional photographer and architect (and MCS parent!) whose diverse body of work reflects his commitment to global citizenship. His portraits of people of the diaspora often evoke a tenacity for life that stand paramount to the social conditions in the background. Born in Belgium, he has been taking photographs since the age of 11 and has traveled far and wide to the Americas (Guatemala, Brazil, Peru), the Caribbean (Cuba, Honduras), Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East (Iran), Central Asia (Russia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan), North Africa (Morocco, Egypt), and extreme places, such as the Arctic Circle.

He earned his degree in Architecture from the renowned London Architectural Association and later opened his own practice in Belgium, where his work focused on architecture, design and lighting, and photography.