Luc Praet BE, b. 1966

Luc Praet (BE, 1966) started in photography at the age of 16 as an assistant and opened his studio in 1988, specializing in fashion photography. He shot major campaigns for numerous renowned brands before turning to a more personal approach to photography.

Since 2010, he has primarily focused on his artistic projects such as the Landslag Project and his series ALTERED, which he began in 2016. This multifaceted ongoing project questions the position of the artist in relation to their peers, as well as the conscious or unconscious influence, whether acknowledged or not, of older works on their own creation. 

Consisting of an endless series of photographs captured in museums around the world, primarily working from works dating from the Renaissance to the early 20th century, Luc Praet then moves away from the standard reproduction process, each image undergoing deliberate alterations. This approach goes beyond conventional norms of photographic editing, creating works where each image transcends the simple notion of a copy to become a unique and singular piece.

Several chapters from the ALTERED series have been exhibited in Brussels since 2020, notably at ELEVENSTEENS (Brussels) in 2020 and 2023, as well as at the 7th edition of the PhotoBrussels Festival, at the Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach (Brussels) in 2022 and at the Hangar in 2024.

Luc Praet presented his new series ALTERED/Flowers at Art Rotterdam/Unseen 2026.