A curated selection of images from my award-winning* photographic series, Café Society, which I shoot on assignment for Belgian Smaak. Café Society celebrates the spaces at the heart of Belgian beer culture.

Stools at a wooden bar at Belgian beer café, De Bascule in Pepingen, Belgium.
A man serves a Mort Subite Oude Geuze to a customer at Belgian beer café A La Mort Subite in Brussels.
Peter Van Gehuchten pours an Oude Geuze at his Belgian beer café, Den Herberg in Waasmunster.
A bartender pours Stella Artois into Belgian beer glasses at De Blauwe Kater in Leuven.
A man sits inside café Poechenellekelder in Brussels, Belgium.
Men sit at a wooden table in Belgian beer café In de Oude Smis van Mekingen.
Stools and tile floor at Belgian beer café De Tramstatie.
Annie Stiens serves an Oude Geuze to customers at Belgian beer café In de Oude Smis van Mekingen.
A man sits inside Belgian beer café In de Oude Smis van Mekingen.
A man pours a Stella Artois beer at Belgian beer café De Tramstatie.
A man pours an OMER blonde beer at Belgian beer café De Bascule in Pepingen, Belgium.
A man stands inside Belgian beer café Brasserie Verscheuren in Saint-Gilles, Belgium.
Wooden stools at the bar of Belgian beer café De Tramstatie.
Wooden stools at the bar of Café Botteltje in Oostende, Belgium.
A man serves beer to customers inside Belgian beer café A La Mort Subite in Brussels, Belgium.
A woman walks outside of Belgian beer café A La Mort Subite in Brussels, Belgium.
Two men sit inside Belgian beer café De Hanekeef in Mechelen, Belgium.
A painting hangs inside Belgian beer café La Fleur en Papier Doré in Brussels, Belgium.

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 *recognition

North American Guild of Beer Writers | Best Short Form Writing 2024

British Guild of Beer Writers | Best Regional Beer Communicator 2023