I am Mayli Sterkendries,
a photographer born and raised in Ostend.

After graduating from the Art School of Bruges, where I studied Video and Photography, I moved to Ghent to continue my studies in Photography at Sint Lucas School of Arts.

I work with both 35mm and 120 film, alongside digital when the story calls for it.

Always with the intention of capturing people as they truly are.

Portraits, lifestyle, events & commissioned photography.
Digital & Analog

Available anywhere.

Client List

Hedgren

Deloitte

City of Antwerp

Mixmag

Pukkelpop

Vice

NMBS

MIVB / STIB

exhibitions

Entrepot TANK, Bruges 2012
Artist of the month, Ghent 2012
Urban Outfitters, Antwerp 2013
Notebook,NVT Gallery, Ghent 2013
Cultural Heritage,La Vitrine, Jette 2018
Vesche Vis, O666, Ostend 2019
From the archives, Chienandalou, Brussels 2025
Life as you see it, in collaboration with Fujifilm, Asiatpark - Vilvoorde 2025
Asian Heritage, Zinnema - Brussels 2025
Fresh eyes, The hungry eye fair- Amsterdam 2025
LOVE, Art-Icon- Paris 2026
Static Cinema, ART BIENNALE – Venice 2026