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About us<\/h1>\n

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How it all began, partners, volunteers, npo<\/p>\n

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In 2014 our festival president Carine Van Gerven, as a photographer, visited the international photography festival L\u2019Et\u00e9 des Portraits in Bourbon-Lancy, a small village in the French Burgundy region. This photo festival, which was first organized in 2004, has since built up a solid international reputation.<\/p>\n

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How it all began<\/h4>\n

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Carine
Van Gerven<\/h2>\n

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… visiting l’Et\u00e9 des Portraits
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Carine was so impressed by this beautiful event that she started dreaming \u201cThis must be possible in my home town too\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Back home, she gathered a group of enthusiastic colleagues and sympathisers, and with the support and cooperation of the Overpelt municipality and CC Palethe, Lens op de Mens – Poto Festival Pelt was born.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the 5th edition of what became the Intenational Photo Festival Lens op de Mens in the city of Pelt has come to an end.\u200b We are very grateful to L\u2019Et\u00e9 des Portraits for the inspiration we got from them and for everything we learned from them. We like to see them as a kind of \u201csister festival\u201d.<\/p>\n

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In recent years, photography has played an increasingly important role at Palethe cultural centre in Pelt. With in-house photographers, a monthly photography circle and several annual exhibitions on various themes, Palethe has built up a fine tradition. Palethe thus became the birthplace of Lens op de Mens – Photo Festival Pelt.<\/p>\n

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Our partners and staff<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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\u2018Lens op de Mens\u2019 unites nature<\/a> and culture<\/a> and, even in its first edition, thereby put Pelt on the Belgian and even European map. Lens op de Mens \u2013 Photo Festival Pelt npo is subsidised by the Flemish Government, the municipality of Pelt and the National Lottery. Together with CC Palethe, the npo beroepsfotografen.be, npo Studio, BREEDBEELD, Lensculture and many helping hands, we make Pelt the place to be for everyone involved with photography.<\/p>\n

The npo beroepsfotografen.be<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0vzw Studio<\/a>\u00a0(both national associations of professional photographers) have a large network at home and abroad. As a partner for amateur photographers in Flanders,\u00a0BREEDBEELD<\/a> can\u2019t be missing. The idea of launching an international photography festival in Pelt was enthusiastically received by them and many of their members. For the fifth edition, we are happy to welcome them as partners again.<\/p>\n

Big thanks also go to CVO Cursa, Qrios, GO Next Level X, WICO Campus Overpelt, npo De Klimroos, Dommelhof, Pelle Melle, Koor en stem Limburg, Province of Limburg, photo club Digipelt and Fotoclub Houthalen, Het Genootschap, Galerie Baudelaire, Aux Docks d\u2019Arles, Symfoon, Licht en Liefde, Integro for the collaborations in all kinds of fields.<\/p>\n

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Vizualizator<\/a> is an international photography festival in Belgrade, Serbia, focusing on professional photography with an emphasis on documentary photography. The festival is a multidisciplinary event that brings together institutions and individuals from different cultural, educational, media and art fields. Ahead of the third edition of Lens on Man in 2020, a close collaboration with Vizualizator emerged through the exchange of exhibitions. Our president Carine Van Gerven gave lectures there, participated in debates and acted as a jury member. She presented her \u201cTableaux vivants\u201d there in 2021. As part of Vizualizator 2023, board member Jos Verhoogen exhibited his internationally awarded series on birth photography in Belgrade. Vizualizator president Svezdan Mancic organised a discussion evening on Artificial Intelligence in Pelt 2023 and is a welcome guest of our festival.<\/p>\n

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In 2019 we were visited by Janet Haines from the Royal Photographic Society \u2013 RPS<\/a> from the UK. She was very impressed with our photo festival and was very interested in future collaboration. In 2020 she was succeeded by Carol Olerud and Jeroen Dorrestein as our contact persons within their Benelux Chapter. We are delighted that RPS became an important part of our festival since the 2021 edition. The RPS Benelux Chapter Print Exhibition was featured as one of our guest exhibitions in 2021 and 2023. On Sunday 21 September 2025 RPS will organise a lecture and workshop by Carla Kogelman.<\/p>\n

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The special exhibition They fight for us too<\/em> in 2023 could only come about thanks to the fantastic cooperation with the national professional associations of photographers of Ukraine and the Czech Republic, UAPP and APFCR. With our special thanks to Jan Pohribn\u00fd and Igor Malijevsk\u00fd (APFCR) and Olga Kovalova, senior project manager, and Mstyslav Chernov, general director of UAPP.<\/p>\n

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Lens op de Mens and the FEP – Federation of European Professional Photographers – have been working closely together for many years, exchanging know-how on the organisation of photography competitions and exhibitions.
Lens op de Mens selects photographers for guest exhibitions from among FEP members who have achieved the highest qualifications.
In 2025, we showed the MASTER QEP panel I am Tuva<\/em><\/strong> by Norwegian photographer Cecilie Hatl\u00f8y<\/a>.<\/p>\n

europeanphotographers.eu<\/a><\/p>\n

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For the 4th edition in 2023, we were allowed to use the premises and grounds of the Vakschool, the former site of TIO campus Wico. Our great thanks go to the company Custombuild<\/a> and Van Roey Vastgoed<\/a>\u00a0for this.<\/p>\n

All the buildings on the site have now been demolished and Custombuild have started their Wado project there. Only the oldest part of the school, the A-block, remains and will be renovated and given a new function.
Until then, under the impetus of Lens op de Mens, the A-block will become a creative hotspot for Pelt, where exhibitions, lectures, workshops and more can take place. In the summer of 2025, you will be able to admire the photographic work of British photographer Chloe Rosser at the A-block.<\/p>\n

We also thank the following companies for their special support and cooperation: Totch (photo prints, banners, canvases, etc.), Milo Profi (photo prints), Shoot Magazine, Guido Schepers from Zupp (designer of the website), Chris Tierney from Infrablue (competition module), DVV insurances Pelt-Lommel, Walth, Heras, Art Shop Evens and brewery M\u00f8lder and Co\u00f6p.<\/p>\n

The support of the local catering establishments was also very welcome: Banana Split, Het 8ste Sacrament, Tafeltijd and Peltri.<\/p>\n

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However, Lens op de Mens could not exist without the help of our many volunteers, who contribute to the festival with tasks large and small, but above all with great enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

Be sure to come back in 2027 for the 6th edition of Lens op de Mens. We welcome you to our beautiful city!<\/p>\n

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In 2025 Lens op de Mens – Fotofestival Pelt joined the IPFA – International Photography Festival Association.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The International Photography Festivals Association (IPFA)\u00a0aspires to be a global network uniting more than\u00a01.000 photography festivals existing in the world. The IPFA’s goal is to establish this association to foster collaboration, innovation, and professionalization within the photography festival community. <\/span>This initiative\u00a0aims to provide a platform where directors, curators, producers, and artists can elevate their festivals through networking, knowledge sharing and best practices. The IPVA wants\u00a0to create an inclusive and horizontal event where all photography and photobook festivals and fairs are invited to participate, from the most emerging to the most established and well-established.<\/span><\/p>\n

www.photographyfestivalsassociation.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Non-profit organisation<\/b><\/h3>\n

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On 14 july 2020 Lens op de Mens \u2013 Fotofestival Pelt was officially recognised as a non-profit organisation with company number 0750.633.312.<\/p>\n

The board of the non-profit organisation is composed as follows:<\/p>\n

Carine Van Gerven, president<\/i>
Johan Brouwers, vice-president and chairman of the competition jury<\/em>
Rudi Theunis, secretary<\/em>
Sonja Sleurs, treasurer<\/em>
Hilde Stevens, curator<\/em>
Jos Verhoogen, board member<\/em><\/p>\n

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