Morad Bouchakour
Born in Brussels on the 8th of November 1965, the son of an Algerian father and Dutch Mother. Bouchakour spent his formative years in Amsterdam. In 1995 he graduated from the Royal Academy of Art (Koninkijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten) in The Hague. Bouchakour then relocated to New York to work as a freelance photographer. In 1996 he became the first Dutch photographer selected to take part in the World Press Photo masterclass.
Bouchakour’s work brings together a variety of disciplines. Both his independent photography and his commissions for international magazines and advertising clients are characterised by the proximity he maintains between the camera and his subject to create strikingly spontaneous and intimate images.
