{{Short description |Belgian photographer and novelist(born 20th century}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} thumb|Naudts '''Filip Naudts''' (born 20th century) is a photographer and photography reviewer based in Belgium.
==Biography== In 1992, Naudts began his career working for the Belgian national television and press. The following year, he was employed by the Fotomuseum Antwerp, where he remained until 2002. From 2002 to 2006, he became photo editor of the Dutch photo magazine ''Foto''. After that, he started his career as a full-time freelance photographer. In 1993, he founded his own photo studio, Guarda La Fotografia, in Lochristi, where he developed his own poetic style, often referring to the portrait paintings of the Flemish primitives.
In 2000, the National Technical Museum in Prague held a solo exhibition of his work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntm.cz/data/vyrocni-zpravy/rok-2000.pdf|website=ntm.cz|title=Exhibition information|accessdate=28 September 2009|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029075243/http://www.ntm.cz/data/vyrocni-zpravy/rok-2000.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Ivo|last=Janousek|url=http://www.guardalafotografia.be/index-auromatic-text.htm|website=guardalafotografia.be|title=Review|accessdate=28 September 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112105149/http://www.guardalafotografia.be/index-auromatic-text.htm|archivedate=12 November 2010}}</ref> This show resulted in the development and publication of his first book ''Auromatic''.
His work gets published weekly in several magazines in Belgium like ''P-Magazine, Knack and Ché.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stichtingkunstboek.com/nl/boek/detail/734/guarda-la-fotografia|title=Guarda la Fotografia|website=Stichting Kunstboek|access-date=28 March 2019|archive-date=12 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112020124/http://www.stichtingkunstboek.com/nl/boek/detail/734/guarda-la-fotografia|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On the twentieth anniversary of his studio ''Guarda La Fotografia'' in 2013, an eponymous book was published, in which photographic portraits of Belgian celebrities, female nudity and humor play an important role.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exhibitionsinternational.be/documents/catalog/9789058564498.xml?lang=fr&open=NAV%5CT%5CPHOTO%5CBELG|title = Filip Naudts – Photographic portraiture - 9789058564498|website=exhibitionsinternational.be}}</ref>
In 2014 and 2017 in the city center of Ghent, Naudts founded Studio Guarda La Fotografia and Paparazzo, two tourist guesthouses inspired by photography, and wherein some of his photographs are shown.
Together with Dutch writer Julie O'Yang, Naudts released ''The Picture of Dorya Glenn'', edited October 2017 by Stichting Kunstboek (Belgium) and Declare Press (Singapore). It is a dark surrealistic science-fiction photo novel in which the authors play the main characters: O'Yang in the shape of the extraterrestrial Dorya Glenn, and Naudts as himself. The photo shoots took place in Plomion, a commune in northern France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exhibitionsinternational.be/documents/catalog/9789058565778.xml?lang=en& |title = The Picture of Dorya Glenn – Filip Naudts & Julie O'Yang - 9789058565778|website=exhibitionsinternational.be}}</ref>
In 2018 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of ''Guarda La Fotografia'', Stadsmuseum Lokeren brought a retrospective exhibition of Naudts's photographic work.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lokeren.be/vrije-tijd/stadsmuseum-lokeren/25jaarfilipnaudts|title=Stad Lokeren|website=www.lokeren.be|access-date=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328193247/https://www.lokeren.be/vrije-tijd/stadsmuseum-lokeren/25jaarfilipnaudts|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Croo, among others, visited this exhibition.
Since 2019, Naudts has made cameo appearances in films, and television series, including ''Familie'' (B, 2019, episode 6335), ''Undercover (2019 TV series)'' (B, 2020, episode 14 'Trojan Horse Power'),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20200928_96042919|title = Ook Filip Naudts ging 'Undercover'| date=28 September 2020|website=nieuwsblad.be}}</ref> ''Grond'' (B, 2021, episode 7 'Diwan Awards'), ''Net als in de film'' (NL, 2023), ''La Graine'' (F, 2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senscritique.com/film/la_graine/55585089/details#casting-section|title = Casting de 'La Graine'|website=senscritique.com}}</ref> and ''Chantal'' (B, 2024, episode 4 'Vreemde Vogel').<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmvandaag.nl/zoek?categorie=alles&zoekterm=Filip+Naudts&veld=cast|title = Alle films en series met Filip Naudts|website=filmvandaag.nl}}</ref>
Naudts's work is represented by Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus in Antwerp and Knokke.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.focus-wtv.be/nieuws/paparazzo-van-fotograaf-filip-naudts-knokke-heist|title=Paparazzo van fotograaf Filip Naudts in Knokke-Heist|website=focus-wtv.be}}</ref>
==Books by Naudts== *''Auromatic: Emotional Portraits of Female Alter Egos''. Brugge: Foto Art, 2000. {{ISBN|90-76001-25-1}}. *''Guarda La Fotografia''. Oostkamp: Stichting Kunstboek, 2013. {{ISBN|978-90-5856-449-8}} *''Paparazzo.'' Oostkamp: Stichting Kunstboek, 2015. {{ISBN|978-90-5856-535-8}} *''The Picture of Dorya Glenn''. Oostkamp: Stichting Kunstboek, 2017. With Julie O'yang. {{ISBN|978-9058565778}}. English and Dutch edition.
==Gallery (selection)== <gallery heights="200" widths ="200"> File:Michal-borremans-1358435279.jpg|Michaël Borremans File:Marie-vinck-1392044242.jpg |Marie Vinck File:Boudewijn de Groot - Filip Naudts.jpg|Boudewijn de Groot File:Louis Tobback - Filip Naudts.jpg|Louis Tobback File:EllenVonUnwerth - FilipNaudts.jpg|Ellen von Unwerth File:Herman Brusselmans - Filip Naudts.jpg|Herman Brusselmans File:Daniel-termont.jpg|Daniël Termont File:Willy Claes - Filip Naudts.jpg|Willy Claes File:Fons_verplaetse-1602852523.jpg|Fons Verplaetse </gallery>
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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *{{Official website|www.guardalafotografia.be}}
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