Morad Bouchakour was born in Brussels on 8 November 1965, the son of an Algerian father and a Dutch mother.
He spent his formative years in Amsterdam. In 1995 he graduated from the Royal Academy of Art (Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten) in The Hague. He then relocated to New York to work as a freelance photographer. In 1996 he became the first Dutch photographer selected to take part in the World Press Photo Masterclass. The Netherlands Foundation for Visuel Arts, Design and Architecture (Stichting Fonds voor de Beeldende Kunsten) awarded him an incentive grant un 1997.
Bouchakour's work brings together a variety of disciplines. Both his independant photography and his commissions for international magazines and advertising agencies are characterized by the proximity he maintauns between the camera and his subject, to create strikingly spontaneous and intimate images.
Gallery Cultural Speech functions as the epicenter of the Pop-up Pride 2013. The Pop-up Pride photo-route shows images from various photographers, who each include the LGBT theme (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) in their work in their own way. This selection of photos are a small part of a wider stage where this photographers are working on.
In the gallery you can see photographs by Jacquie Maria Wessels, Morad Bouchakour, Wendelien Daan, Paul D. Scott, and Sander Marsman.
© Wendelien Daan - Jos Kwakkel #2
© Jacquie Maria Wessels - Living Space #7 Family on the rooftop terrace of their canal house. Amsterdam 2009
© Morad Bouchakour Bears&Chasers #2, Walibi
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