Nick Somers (1993, Belgium) is a documentary photographer based in Ghent, Belgium.

He works as a freelance photographer and editor for the Belgian newspaper De Standaard.

Contact information

nicksomers93@gmail.com

+32 475 51 39 16

Education

2015 - Bachelor Audiovisual Techniques: Photography, KdG Antwerp (BEL)

2021 - MA in Visual Arts, KASK Ghent (BEL)

Exhibitions

2022 - ‘One Eye Sees, The Other Feels’, Daste, Bergamo (ITA)

2021 - Photobook Week Aarhus, Aarhus School of Architecture, Aarhus (DEN)

2021 - PhotoTWENS, CC Romaanse Poort, Leuven (BEL)

2021 - Charta Dummy Award, The Paper Room, Rome (ITA)

2021 - MAP#121, Glazen Gang (KASK), Ghent (BEL)

2021 - DO IT, Master Expo curated by Sofie Crabbé, Zwarte Zaal (KASK), Ghent (BEL)

2020 - Nomaden@FOMU, FOMU-Fotomuseum Antwerpen, Antwerp (BEL)

2019 - Religious Diversity in Indonesia w/ Boris Vermeersch, Belgian Federal Parliament,

Brussels (BEL)

2019 - Grote Prijs Sociale Fotografie, Ons Huis, Ghent (BEL)

2019 - The Boring Artist Convention, Ontsteking, Ghent (BEL)

2016 - Bolivia Out of Sight: Postcards from the Unreported, Ciclick, La Paz (BOL)

2015 - LOCO15, Designcentrum De Winkelhaak, Antwerp (BEL)

Awards & selections

2022 - Belgian Photobooks in Arles, Kusntenpunt/Flemish Art Institute (FRA)

2022 - Fresh Eyes 2022 Talent (NLD)

2022 - Urbanautica Institute Awards 2021 (ITA)

2021 - Kassel Dummy Award, shortlisted (GER)

2021 - Charta Dummy Award, shortlisted (ITA)

2021 - KASK Legacies, De Leu Legacy (BEL)