Gaël Turine

B. 1972- BELGIAN Based in Brussels

Gaël Turine was born in Belgium and studied photography in L’école des Arts Plastiques du 75 in Brussels, where he graduated in 1997. He is the author of many long-term photographic projects, several of which have culminated in published books such as: Aveuglément (Blindly), in the Photo Poche collection, a story on the cooperatives for the blind in West Africa; and after several journeys in Afghanistan, the 2004 publication of the book Being 20 in Kabul. Gaël’s long-term collaboration with the child cancer specialist Eric Sariban, led to the 2009 publication of the book Aujourd’hui c’est demain (Today is tomorrow) with Delpire Editions. In 2005, he started to work on voodoo rituals in Africa, Haiti and the United States. His book Voodoo came out in January 2011, published by Lannoo.

Between 2012 and 2014, Gaël turned his gaze on the Indian – Bangladesh border wall. His subsequent book of this subject, Le mur et la peur (The wall and the fear), was published in September 2014 in the Photo Poche series on the occasion of its exhibition in Visa pour l’Image festival. Between 2013 and 2017, Gael Turine produced personal work on the city of Port au Prince, Haiti. This series was published in the 2017 book En bas la ville, published by Le bec en l'air.

Gaël’s photography is exhibited in private galleries, museums, and during photo festivals. He is also committed to group photographic projects that he undertakes with other international photographers for collective books and exhibitions. Gaël leads workshops in various countries and teaches the Photojournalism and Documentary Photography programme at the Université libre de Bruxelles. His numerous commercial assignments and personal stories are published frequently in leading European, US and Asian magazines.

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Broken Pact

Gaël Turine

Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is on the verge of asphyxiation due to pollution. But it continues to swallow up rural populations in search of a better future. Gaël Turine and French writer Laurent Gaudé draw a portrait of a crowded, polluted metropolis and provide a glimpse of the working conditions of its inhabitants. "Every…