Portrait studio — Antwerp
Portraits inquiet light.
A fashion and editorial portrait studio. One light, long exposures, and a finish that stays on the paper.
LatestWinter Studio, No. 4 — eleven frames, filed in January 2026.
PrintsPaper proofs of every series, seen by appointment, Tuesday to Friday.
Contents — four series
Series index
Shot in the studio on Sint-Paulusplaats or on location within a day's drive. No series has ever run past twelve frames.
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01
Glasshouse Light
Winter sun through a glass roof, two hours before noon. One bounce card, no fill, and a model who agreed to stand still for the length of a cigarette.
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02
Table of Linen
Linen on a table, linen on a body, photographed at the end of a heatwave when there was no air left in the room and nobody wanted to move.
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03
The Long Second
Four-second exposures at f/2.8. The blur is not an accident; it is the sitter drifting back toward the light while the shutter is still open.
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04
Winter Studio, No. 4
A grey wall, a fur hat and the last frame of the day, made after everybody in the room had stopped performing for the camera.
Plates — a short edit
Twelve frames,
three rooms
Full sets are shown in person. The studio keeps a printed box of every series, filed by month, and it is more interesting than any screen.
A sitter has about ninety seconds before the face forgets it is being looked at. Everything after that is the photograph.Aline Fauvel, on set
Studio — Antwerp
Who is behind this
Two people, one room, a third floor near the Scheldt and a wall that has been repainted eleven times.
Fauvel photographs people for fashion houses, small labels and magazines, and prints the results in the same building.
Aline Fauvel assisted in Paris for six years before coming back to Antwerp in 2016. She shoots campaigns, lookbooks and the kind of portrait a magazine runs across a spread: one light, a scrim, and as much time as the sitter will give her.
Jonas Dekkers runs the darkroom downstairs and keeps the books. Every series is proofed on paper before it is proofed on a screen, which is slower, more expensive, and the reason the colour survives the year it was made in.
We take on around fourteen commissions a year, mostly in Belgium and the Netherlands, and travel for the rest. When a project needs a second unit, a stylist and four assistants we bring them in; the studio itself stays small on purpose.
- Founded2016, Antwerp
- TeamTwo, plus assistants on larger productions
- WorkCampaigns, lookbooks, editorial and artist portraits
- Formats6×7 film, 35mm, digital on request
- AddressSint-Paulusplaats 12, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
- ViewingsTuesday to Friday, by appointment
Contact
Write to the studio
We answer within two working days. The studio is closed for the second half of August, every year, without exception.
Commissions, print requests and portfolio viewings all begin with an email. Full sets and high-resolution frames are passed on once we have spoken, usually inside a week.
studio@fauvel.beInclude the brief, the date and the place. If you already have a mood board, send it — it saves a meeting. For press and image requests, write to the same address and put the publication in the subject line.
Privacy
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If you write to the studio, your email is kept for the length of the commission and for twelve months afterwards, then deleted. Addresses are never shared, rented or sold, and there is no mailing list to unsubscribe from.
Disclaimer
Fauvel is an independent photography studio in Antwerp, run by Aline Fauvel and Jonas Dekkers. What is shown here is an edit, not the archive; the full sets live in the studio and are seen in person.
Every person photographed is an adult and was photographed with a written release. Images remain the copyright of the studio and the credited team, and none may be reproduced without permission. Fees and availability quoted by email are valid for thirty days from the date of the message.