After a traditional education, Pascal Baetens chose to develop his artistic creativity by becoming a photographer. Over his career, he has created portraits, fashion, nudes as well as travel and touristic assignments for editorial, commercial and private clients. 

His collection of subtle black & white nudes have been published in several art books 'The Fragile Touch', 'Allegro Sensibile' ('The Art of Nude Photography' USA-edition), 'Heavenly Girls' ('Heavenly Beauties' USA-edition), 'A Pocketful of Nudes', and the how-to book 'Nude Photography, the Art and the Craft'. His work has also been published in numerous magazines and exhibited throughout Europe and North America.

Pascal has interviewed photographers such as Avedon, Bitesnich, Dunas, Lindbergh, Maroon and Witkin and has curated various exhibitions. His work has been featured in various notable books on modern photography. In 2008, Pascal received the title of Master Qualified European Photographer, the highest recognition given by the Federation of European Professional Photographers (FEP).

Pascal Baetens has an extensive program of lectures and workshops concerning different aspects of nude photography.
He lives and works at Salve Mater, the former psychiatric hospital-monastery in Lovenjoel, Belgium.


Individual and collective exhibitions:
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Magazines: articles and portfolios (selection)
2009: 'Nudo artistico: come ti spoglio una donna', La Sicilia, Italy, 25 May.
           ‘Nudes by Pascal Baetens’, Penthouse, The Netherlands, August.
 2008: 'De naakte emoties van Pascal Baetens', Het Nieuwsblad, Belgium, 10 January.
2007: 'Zo maak je mooie naaktfoto's', Het Nieuwsblad, Belgium, 30 December. 
          ‘Helemaal gek van het gekkenhuis’, Niveau, The Netherlands, December.
          'The sixth sense in Lovenjoel', Steps, Belgium, September. 
          'FHM Erotica', FHM, Hungary, March.
2006: ‘Lumière de Flandres’, FHM, France, November.
             'Sinnliche Visionen’, Schwarz-Weiss, Germany, August. 
         'Pascal Baetens', DeFotograaf, The Netherlands, October.
         ‘Die nackte Wahrheit’, Men’s Health, Germany, July.
          ‘Genios del desnudo: Pascal Baetens’, Maxim, Spain, July.
2005: 'Pascal Baetens' Heavenly Girls', Niveau, The Netherlands, March.
2004: 'Vrouwen vangen met licht en liefde', Menzo, Belgium, April.
          'Pascal Baetens: Allegro sensibile', The International Journal of Erotica, UK, Spring. 
          ‘FHM Erotique, Si es arte, carino!’, FHM, Spain, October.
          'Pascal Baetens', Fotografie, The Netherlands, October.
          'Pascal Baetens', Black+White, Australia, December.
          'Fragiele schoonheid', BO, Belgium, December.  
2003: 'El arte del desnudo, fotografias de Pascal Baetens', DT, Spain, 
          monographic supplement, April.
          'Top-Tipps für Top-Akte', Photographie, Germany, July.
          'Akt im Herbst', Fine Art Foto, Germany, October.
2002: 'Hoe krijg je mooie meisjes uit de kleren?', Menzo, Belgium, April.
          'Changing places', Amateur Photographer, UK, Erotica Special, June.
          'Portfolio Pascal Baetens', Akt & Foto, D, July.
          'Sensualité', Réponses Photo, F, August.
          'Pascal Baetens', Photographie, Germany, September.
2001: 'Beach babes', Amateur Photographer, UK, Erotica Special, June.
          'Pascal Baetens', Zoom, Italy, The Magic Body, July.
          'Photo Gallery: Pascal Baetens', Photographos, Greece, November.
2000: 'I apoplanisi ton aisthiseon', Photographos, Greece, January.
          'Industrial light and magic', Amateur Photographer, UK, Erotica Special, June.
          'Emoties in woord en beeld, Pascal Baetens: kwetsbaarheid', Feeling, Belgium, April.
          'Portfolio Pascal Baetens', Menzo, Belgium, September.
          'Prostorno uredenje', XL, Croatia, February.
          'Portfolio Pascal Baetens', Photographie, Germany, Spezial 1/2000.
1999: 'Het oog van Pascal Baetens', Penthouse, The Netherlands, October.
          'Arles, over fotografie, Van Gogh en het licht', Kontakt, Belgium, November.
          'Ode aan de kwetsbaarheid', 'Eloge de la fragilité', Grain & Pixel, Belgium, September.
          'Tchuvstvjenni obraz vnje vrjemeni', PhotoMagazin, Russia, April.
          'Pascal Baetens' Fragile Touch', The Erotic Review, UK, December,
           photographic supplement, 8 pages.
          'Sensuele naakten van Pascal Baetens', De Gentenaar, Belgium, August.
          'Portfolio Pascal Baetens', Photographie, Germany, April.
1997: 'Pascal Baetens: spelen met licht', Foto + Doka, The Netherlands, October.
          'Pascal Baetens: eikones apo tin kathimeri zoi tis Kinas', Opticon, Greece, September.
          'Pascal Baetens, van jurist tot publicist', De Fotograaf, The Netherlands, April.
1995: 'Passie voor perfektie', 'La passion de la perfection', Photoscoop, Belgium, June.
          'Pascal Baetens, pathos gia teleiotita', Opticon, Greece, November.
          'Double page: de tango, een beheerste passie', Foto, The Netherlands, September.
1994: 'Oneiriki Syllipsi', Opticon, Greece, September.
1993: 'Leitourgikos Aisthisiasmos', Opticon, Greece, January.
          'Een sfeer uitdrukken: romantische foto's van Pascal Baetens', Foto + Doka,
          The Netherlands, October.
          'Photo Gallery: Pascal Baetens', Photographos, Greece, May.
1992: 'Functional Aesthetism', Opticon, UK, October.

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Books and catalogues:

2009: 'Nude photography, the art and the craft', Chinese edition, DK, China, 256 p.
2008: 'A Pocketful of nudes', Images Publishing, Australia, 256 p.
          'Aktfotografie, Kunst und Praxis', DK-Germany, Germany, 256 p.
          'Aktfotografering, kunsten og handverket, Cappelen-Damm, Norway, 256 p.
2007: 'Instant de mort', Chez Higgins, France, limited edition portfolio with 15 original prints.
          'Nude photography, the art and the craft', DK, UK, 256 p.
2005: 'Heavenly Beauties', Amphoto Books, USA, 192 p.
2004: 'Heavenly Girls', Edition Skylight, Switzerland, 192 p
2003: 'The Art of Nude Photography', Amphoto Books, USA, 144 p
2002: 'Allegro Sensibile', Weingarten Kunstverlag, Germany, 144 p
2001: 'Pascal Baetens', Galerie Pascal Polar, Belgium, 16 p
1999: 'The Fragile Touch', Foto-Art, Brugge, Belgium, and
              The Erotic Print Society, London, UK, 144 p


Book portfolios:

2009: 'Nudes 2', Feierabend-Uniquebooks, Germany.
2005: 'Look 2005', Belgium.
          'The Mammoth Book of Illustrated Erotic Women’, Carroll&Graf, USA and co-editions.
2004: 'Naked', Feierabend, Germany.
          'Bathroom Manners', Edition Jannink, France. 
2003: 'Hot nylons', Edition Skylight', Switzerland.
          'Hot cheeks', Edition Skylight, Switzerland.
2002: 'Blonde', Carlton, UK and co-editions.
          'Lighting for Nude Photography', Rotovision, UK and co-editions.
          'Nudes indexxi', Feierabend, Germany and co-editions.
2001: 'Better picture guide to photographing nudes', Rotovision, UK and co-editions.
          'The Mammoth Book of Illustrated Erotica', Carroll & Graf, USA and co-editions.
2000: 'Desnudos Contemporaneos III', Udyat S.L. Ediciones, Spain and co-editions.
          'Pro Lighting: Provokative Shots', Rotovision SA, UK and co-editions.
          'Nudes Index I', Könemann, Cologne, Germany.
1999: 'Airbrush and Make-up', Kryolan, Berlin, Germany.
          'Pro Photo: People in the Environment', Rotovision, UK and co-editions.
          'Desnudos Contemporaneos II', Artual S.L. Ediciones, Spain and co-editions.
1998: 'Benelux fotografie jaarboek 1999', Foto Art, Bruges, Belgium.

Editorial clients

Amateur Photographer (UK)
B4Life (HR)
Christliches Zeugnis (CH)
Cover Magazine (B)
De Fotograaf (NL)
De Standaard Magazine (B)
DT (E)
ELLE (B)
Exclusief (B)
Feeling (B)
FHM (E, F, H)
Fine Art Tv (F)
Foto (NL)
Foto + Doka (NL)
Fotografi (S)
Grande (B)
Het Nieuwsblad (B)
Imago (B)
Infotravel (B)
Karaat (B)
Knack (B)
Le Soir Illustré (B)
Le Soir Victor (B)
Look (B)
Max (D)
Maxim (E)
Men's Health (D)
 		Menzo (B)
Newlook (F)
Niveau (NL)
Opticon (GR)
Out-Side (B)
Passport Sabena (B)
Penthouse (D, GR, NL)
P/F (NL)Photographie (D)
Photoscoop (B)
ProfiFoto (D)
RedHot (UK)
Réponses Photo (F)
Sampel (B)
Sensu (USA)
Shutterbug (USA)
Style (B)
Teek (B)
The Bulletin (B)
Travel 2 (B)
Trends (B)
Trends-Tendances (B)
VRT (B)
WDR 2 (D)
Weekend Knack (B)
Wintersportmagazine (B)
Woon- en Verhuismagazine (B)
XL (HR)


Commercial clients (selection)

Axe
Bibliothèque Solvay
CAE
Capilla Flamenca
CESA
Chess Café
Coffre-Fort
Cunard Lines
Edison
Ericsson
European Social Fund
FDR Resorts
G.I.T.S. Jewellery
Girab
Membeso		 Omnium Tours
Orange
Oxygen
Panasonic
Praga Khan
Rom Coffee
Sabena
Silverspoon
Telenet
Tourismus Leukerbad
Tourismus Südlicher Schwarzwald
Virgin Express
VTM
Wijn-Annts
3M


Interviews and articles

Pascal Baetens has interviewed and profiled over 25 photographers for the world's photographic press. Click here for a complete listing.


Lectures (selection)

2010: National Congress AFP, Portuguese Federation of Professional Photographers (P)
          Rencontres de la photographie, Art'lon (B)
2009: Orvieto Fotografia (I)
          Sikanie Center of Photography (I)
          National Congress GNPP, French Federation of Professional Photographers (F)
          Provinciaal Centrum voor Volwassenenonderwijs Waas en Durme (B)
2007: Arca (NL)
2006: CAP (Colour Art Photo, B)
2004: NVBF, Belgian Federation of Professional Photographers (B)
2003: Biennale de la Photographie, Seneffe (B) 
          NVBF, Belgian Federation of Professional Photographers (B)
          Nikonians convention
2002: Zw/Art
2001: Provinciaal Centrum voor Volwassenenonderwijs Waas en Durme (B)
2000: NVBF, Belgian Federation of Professional Photographers (B)
          De Ronde Tafel (B)
1999: Biennale de la Photographie, Seneffe (B)
1999-2009: fotoclubs: 't Lenske Tongerlo, Asse, Gamma Leuven, Ontspanner Lebbeke, 
         Viewfinders Brussel, Klik-Klak Zaventem, Morgana Heultje,...


Workshops (selection)

2009: Orvieto Fotografia (I)
          The Hague (NL), Perugia (I), Arles (F), Berlin (D)
          Salve Mater (B), Catania (I), Antwerp (B),...
          NVBF, Belgian Federation of Professional Photographers (B)        
2008: Nikonians - Photokina (D)
          Salve Mater (B)
          Groupement National des Photographes Professionnels GNPP (F)
          Goupement des Photographes Professionels de Martinique GPPM (F)
          Ericsson (B)
2007: Salve Mater (B)
          CAP (Colour Art Photo) (NL)
2006: Salve Mater (B) 
          Photokina (D)
          Smethwick Photograhic Society (GB) 
2005: Salve Mater Photo Festival (B)
          SFNK (B)
2004: Salve Mater (B)
          Viewfinders (B) 
2003: Salve Mater (B)
2002: Galerie Pascal Polar (B)
          Provinciaal Centrum voor Volwassenenonderwijs Waas en Durme (B)
          Photokina (D)
2000: Colour Art Photo (B)
          NVBF, Belgian Federation of Professional Photographers (B)
          Festival Focales Coudekerque (F)


Juries (selection)

2009: Objectif d'Or, GNPP (F)
          Towergate European Photograph of the Year Award (FEP)
2008: Orvieto Photo Prize (I)
2007-2009: QEP, Federation of European Professional Photographers FEP
2006: Colour Art Photo Holland
2002: Karel de Grote Hogeschool, Antwerpen (B)    
          Nikonians.org 
1999-2003: portfolio readings at the Rencontres
          Internationales de la Photographie, Arles (F)
1997-2008: Epica (F) (European publicity awards)
1996-1999: Internationaal Fotofestival Knokke-Heist (B)
1996, 2006, 2007: Colour Art Photo Belgium


Adviser and curator of exhibitions (selection)

2008: Nikonians Fine Art Gallery
2006: Salve Mater Photo Festival (B)
2005: Salve Mater Photo Festival (B)
2004: Salve Mater Photo Festival (B)
2000: 'Retrospectieve', Leni Riefenstahl (D), 'Images of Women', Peter Lindbergh (D),
          Internationaal Fotofestival Knokke-Heist (B)
1999: 'Retrospectieve' Jeff Dunas (USA), 'Burning Man', Barbara Traub (USA),
          Internationaal Fotofestival Knokke-Heist (B)
1998: 'Retrospectieve', Günter Blum (D), Internationaal Fotofestival Knokke-Heist (B)
1997: 'Politics and Poetry', Fred J. Maroon (USA), Internationaal Fotofestival Knokke-Heist (B)


Awards
2008: 'Master-QEP': Master Qualified European photographer (by FEP)
          'Orvieto Book Prize', Category 'Art Books' with 'Nude photography, the Art & the Craft' (I)
2006: 'QEP': Qualified European Photographer (by FEP)


General

1963: born on 20 July in Louvain, Belgium
1980: Latin-Greek humanities (St-Albertuscollege, Haasrode)
1986: Master in Law (KU Leuven)
1989: Master in Political & Social Sciences, spec. International Relations &
          Peace Research (KU Leuven)
1990: Diplôme d'Etudes Européennes (UC Louvain-la-Neuve; Panteios Athens)
          A-Trainer Alpine Skiing
          studies photography with Stefanos Paschos (Athens, Greece)
1993: member of IFSI (International Federation of Ski Instructors)
1994: Practitioner in Advanced Psycho-Dynamic Systems (IHD, Gent)
          degree in Photography (Central Jury, Narafi)
          establishes himself as independent photographer
1998: Member of the NVBF (Nationale Vereniging van Beroepsfotografen)
2005: Getuigschrift Pedagogische Bekwaamheid (paedagogic degree)
2007-2008: Co-founder, co-developer & chief editor Fine Art Tv (left in 2009 for 
          management-ethical reasons)
2008: Board member of NVBF; board member of FEP (Federation of European
          Professional Photographers)


'Artist at work': click here      


Representation

Pascal Baetens' commercial work: 
      fashion - beauty - fine art nudes - portraits - travel 
      catalogues - books - reportages - publicity campaigns
      fine art prints
To receive further information, click here.

Collector's prints of Pascal Baetens' work 
are available through following galleries:
Galerie Pascal Polar, Brussels, Belgium 
ModernBook/Gallery 494, Palo Alto, CA, USA