An-Sofie Kesteleyn

An-Sofie Kesteleyn was born in Oudenaarde, Belgium, and took up photography when she was 18.

In 2011 she gained a master’s degree in photography from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent (KASK). Immediately after that, An-Sofie moved to Amsterdam and started working as a freelance photographer for the Dutch daily De Volkskrant. She also works on independent photo-essays, focussing mainly on people and the ways they live.

An-Sofie won a first prize in the Dutch Zilveren Camera Awards in 2012, and in 2011 was a finalist for the Magnum Expression Award as well as the Ian Parry Scholarship. In 2013, she was a participant at the Joop Swart Masterclass of World Press Photo.