Roland Minnaert

Roland Minnaert (12 July 1939 – 23 January 2025) was a Belgian art photographer.

Biography
Minnaert was born in Antwerp on 12 July 1939. He studied at the University and became an ingineer. He started in 1963 as a self-taught photographer. During the 1960s he started a photo shop in Antwerp. He photographed artists, writers and actors and his photographs were published in among others Libelle and Penthouse. His, often erotic, photography has been exhibited in among others Paris, New York and Chicago. In 2021, several professors and academics of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel "rediscovered" him and organized a photo exhibition of his works. 

Minnaert was married to Bea and had a son from a previous relationship. Living most part of his life in Antwerp, he lived the last two decades of his life in Mechelen. He died at home on 23 January 2025, at the age of 85 from a heart artery rupture.

References

Other websites
 Story of Minnaert via humanistischverbond.be

Category:Belgian people
Category:Photographers
Category:1939 births
Category:2025 deaths
Category:People from Antwerp