Photographer Ron Paolo Gilman (Belgium) Can you tell us a little about you? I’m 45 year old Belgian born in Manila Philippines, raised in Antwerp, Belgium. (I call myself a coconut, white inside and brown outside :-) I consider myself a true wanderer that loves to travel and to discover different cultures in all its aspects of beauty. I look the world through my lens. How and when did you get into photography? From a young age I’ve always been fascinated with photography due to my father that was a journalist photographer during his first career. Later I followed his footsteps in becoming a freelance video cameraman for various news channels. After some time I got into the medical world where I started to work with plastic surgeons, to film and photograph surgical procedures for educational purposes like breast reconstruction of women that have endured breast cancer. Shortly after the procedure, some of the women asked me if I could take some pictures in boudoir style due to the fact that they feel “a true woman” again. This has inspired me in pursuing and developing a new style of photography for myself. What does photography mean to you? It’s a way of life, I’m constantly framing in my mind my surroundings. I try to tell a story through my own eyes and to immortalise that fraction of a moment of someone’s life or event. Please briefly describe your photography style for our readers. I believe that my style and goal is definitely to inspire women to be more confident about themselves and their sensuality, to emphasise women empowerment and sensual femininity in its their aspects. Where do you get inspiration from? I see myself as someone who is wild at heart and needs constant impulses. I find a lot of my inspiration in anything that has to do with travel, cultures, beauty and passionate people. Anything that could trigger my senses at any given moment.
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