{"id":9478,"date":"2018-08-21T23:37:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T21:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rafaelbalrak-photography.com\/my-story\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T09:03:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T07:03:52","slug":"my-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rafaelbalrak-photography.com\/en\/my-story\/","title":{"rendered":"My story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9478\" class=\"elementor elementor-9478 elementor-509\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-acd6e09 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-full elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"acd6e09\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;slideshow&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_gallery&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:9381,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/rafaelbalrak-photography.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/\\u00a9rafael-balrak-self-portrait-0008.jpg&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7774,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/rafaelbalrak-photography.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/mvp-overleeft2018-bts-3868.jpg&quot;}],&quot;background_slideshow_loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_duration&quot;:5000,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_transition_duration&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d4f2d0\" data-id=\"6d4f2d0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f00f531 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f00f531\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">My story<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-406c7b9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"406c7b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I&#8217;m Rafa\u00ebl, a portrait and documentary photographer based in Antwerp.<\/p><p>I&#8217;ve been taking photos for as long as I can remember, but it took a while for me to understand what truly interests me: people. Not the posed version, but the moment just before. Or just after.  <\/p><p>My style is full of character and timeless. I&#8217;m inspired by the masters of portrait and fashion photography\u2014people who aren&#8217;t afraid of silence in an image. But I&#8217;m just as inspired by the people who stand in front of my lens.  <\/p><p>Besides portrait work, I shoot for companies that want their story to look authentic. No stock photo aesthetics, no forced smiles.<br>Street photography is my way of slowing down. 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