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Bart Deseyn was born in Ghent in 1969. At age 19 he took up photography studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) in Ghent, where he graduated in 1992.
As an emerging photographer he reported on post-communist Romania and Albania and documented the rehabilitation and restoration of the Ghent opera house. Later he contributed as a photographer and co-author to a number of publications by Belgian publishers. Amongst these projects are a cultural and historical portrait of the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige, a comprehensive edition on Flemish chapels, and a book on 15 renowned Champagne houses. Following 40 years of Turkish immigration, in 2004 he made a series of portraits of the Turkish community of his hometown, Mol.
In 2002 he launched Assarag, his project on the Imazighen (also known as Berbers) and their habitat in rural Morocco. Fonds Mercator published the first part of this extensive photographic essay in 2006, Amazigh, Habitats et habitants berbères au sud du Maroc. A selection of 30 large format photographs was exhibited at the World Cultures Center Zuiderpershuis in Antwerp. The completion of the project is planned for 2014.
In 2006 he founded the Bonsai Publication Agency, which specializes in the creation of high quality publications for publishers, cultural institutions, governmental organizations and companies.