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Peter Staes
Visual Alchemist
Peter’s passions are food and photography. Since 2000, he has run a photographic agency and he also trained as a chef, which resulted in working with Michelin starred restaurants on the World’s Best Restaurants 2013. Peter’s clients include, El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain (No.1), Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark (No. 2), Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy (No.3), Arzak, San Sebastián, Spain (No.8) and Vendôme, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany (No.10).
His work has also appeared in high-profile coffee table books, such as ‘Gastronomic’s Toolbook’ and ‘Ikebana Ohara a Song of Flowers’, (providing the entire photographic content) and many international publications.
- Photographer
- Flemish, English, Spanish, French
- visual@redlinecompany.com
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STUDIES
- Master’s in Visual Arts from the Royal Academy of Arts (specialising in photography) in Antwerp
- Diploma in food preparation
SKILLS
- Photography
- Videography
- Making the best authentic pizza dough in town
- Food photography
FUN FACTS
- I love food so much, I trained as a chef
- Watch out for one of my hotly anticipated pop-up restaurants
- I am obsessed with finding the perfect pizza, and ate pizza for breakfast, lunch and dinner in Naples for 7 days
- My most profound quote: “Photography is the answer to things you cannot explain in word”