For over three decades, Peter Casaer has intertwined a humanitarian career with a passion for visual storytelling.
His work across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East — through photography and documentary films — bears witness to conflict, famine, and epidemics, revealing not only human suffering but also the inner strength of individual people.
Today he continues to explore social and human issues — from local societal challenges to international crises, from stigmatisation of specific groups to breaches of international law.
In Brussels, embracing the city’s diversity, Casaer works with people he meets on the streets, exploring themes he cares deeply about.
In Random Encounters, he reflects on the importance of human connection in an increasingly polarised society. He captures anonymous portraits of strangers in Brussels—friends, lovers, and families—using the act of a hug as a defiant statement of human connection against division.
This exploration of shared humanity evolves into Silent Voices (2025), which confronts the iconography of dehumanization and the trauma of witnessing the genocide in Gaza.
The Disposable series, a work in progress, is a refusal to accept the "single-use" narrative of modern capitalism. A conscious act of defiance against the cycle of waste.
Thalassophilia, a longer term project, visualizes emotions of nostalgia and melancholy in individuals. It is shot along coastlines on different continents.
Through his personal and often participatory approach, Casaer invites viewers to pause, reflect, and engage with the fragile yet powerful threads that bind human experience.
Peter Casaer is based in the Brussels region. He is open for assignments in Belgium and abroad.
