Bieke Depoorter (born 1986) received her master's degree in photography from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) in Ghent in 2009. She works mostly on autonomous projects. In 2009, she travelled through Russia, photographing people in whose homes she had spent a single night for her series
Ou Menya, which won several prizes, including the Magnum Expression Award. Originally a member of the Paris-based photo agency/collective Tendance Floue, Bieke Depoorter is now an associate member at
Magnum Photos.