Frederik Buyckx (°1984) is a Belgian photographer.
Frederik Buyckx was born in 1984 in Antwerp, Belgium. He received a Master’s Degree in Advertising Design at St-Lucas Antwerp and studied photography until 2013 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent.
In 2010 he became a freelance photographer and started working for national and international media. Until 2016 Frederik combined working on assignments and personal projects such as ‘Moving Albania’ and ‘Jesus, Make-up and Football’. Since 2017 he mainly focused on long-term documentary projects, ‘Horse Head’ and ‘WOLF’, in which he investigates the relationship between humans and nature.
Buyckx’ work won several awards, including the SONY Photographer Of The Year Award 2017, World Press Photo Award, ANI PixPalace Award, Paule Pia Prize and LimaPhoto Prize.
His work has been published in various newspapers and magazines worldwide and has been exhibited internationally. The book 'Jesus, Make-up and Football’ was published by Lannoo. His most recent works ‘WOLF’ and ‘Horse Head’ are published by Hannibal Books.
