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Geert Vanden Wijngaert was born in Leuven, Belgium, on April 19, 1974 and lives in Brussels. He studied photography in Mechelen, Belgium.
On April 1, 1995 he started working as a freelance photographer for local newspapers and magazines. After traveling to Pakistan in September 1996 he became fulltime freelancer for Belga Press Agency in Brussels. He also made several socially inspired travel documentaries for belgian weekly P-Magazine and published picturesin different national and international newspapers and magazines.
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In 2001, Geert left Belga Press Agency to start working for The Associated Press in Brussels now covering mostly international politics (european institutions, Nato,...) and sports (football, tennis, cycling...) as well as daily news.
In 2002 and 2003, Geert won the Nikon Photo Press Award for best “News Photo".
Today, he also freelances on a regular base for Belgium’s biggest daily Het Laatste Nieuws, Brussels ' photo agency Photo News, and is member of the Imagedesk, a platform for independent belgian photographers. Furthermore he accepts assignments from national and international newspapers and magazines as well as corporate jobs.
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