Self portrait in an empty car park during lockdown

Mania works as a neurosurgeon in the University Hospital in her hometown Antwerp, but discovered her passion for street photography during lockdown.

During her free time she strolls the streets looking for beautiful scenes, light and compositions. Solitude and minimalism are a recurring theme in her photography. A lot of her work is in black and white but she very much likes colour photography too and she’s a big Saul Leister fan.

Exhibitions

  • Women Street Photographers

    Artspace PS109 Gallery, New York City

    Group exhibition

    April 14th-28th, 2025

    Women Street Photographers

    Festival Foto Brasil San Paola

    Group exhibition

    April 25-27 and September 4-7, 2025

    DSPF Dublin Street photography Festival

    Charlemont Square, Dublin

    Part of Guest Photographers exhibition

    May 2nd-4th, 2025

    ImageNation Paris 2025

    Street Sans Frontières

    Galerie Joseph Le Palais, Paris France

    Group Exhibition

    November 14-16th, 2025

    Captured and Published Anwterpen

    Het Steen, Antwerpen, Belgium

    Group exhibition

    Summer 2025

  • BSPF Brussels Street Photography Festival

    Reset, Brussels, Belgium

    Group exhibiton

    May 30th-June 16nd , 2024

     

    Women Street Photographers

    Artspace PS109 Gallery, New York City

    Group exhibition

    April 12th -29th , 2024

     

    Belluno Photo Festival

    Palazzo Fulcis, Belluno, Italy

    Group exhibition

    April 27th-June 9th , 2024

     

    100 Years 100 Women

    A Street Photography Group Exhibition

    MVAC

    June 19-28th, Paris, France

  • Women Street Photographers for

    Indian Photo Festival

    Virtual exhibition

    Group exhibition

    June 2023

  • Women Street Photographers for

    Indian Photo Festival

    Hyderabad, India

    Group exhibition

    Nov 18th -Dec 19th 2022-2023

    Women Street Photographers

    Artspace PS109 Gallery, New York City

    Group exhibition

    April 8th -24th , 2022

    Treviso Photographic festival

    Treviso

    Group exhibition

    September -25th, 2022magazine

    Eyeshot photo exhibition (open call 2022)

    Galleria del Cembalo (Palazzo Borghese, Rome, Italy

    Group exhibition

    November 2022

Publications

  • Docu magazine B&W Macadam Awards, 2025

  • Captured and Published Antwerpen

    Docu magazine , special edition, Mania De Praeter

  • The art of Strideby

  • Eyeshot Magazine #10, Open Call Edition 2022

Talks

  • Invited speaker at The Rome Photo Lab, International Street Photo Festival, September 2025

  • Invited speaker at The Oslo Street Photo Festival, May 2024

Awards & Recognitions

  • Honorable Mention, Street Macadam,Awards, 2025

    Finalist, Women Street Photographers, NY, 2025

  • First prize, Single images, BSPF 2024

    First prize, category Culture, National Geographic Magazine, The Netherlands, 2024

    Finalist, Women Street Photographers, NY, 2024

  • Editor selection Lensculture in the Black& White Photography awards 2023

    Finalist, Indian Photo Festival (WSP), Hyderabad, 2023

  • Finalist, Women Street Photographers, NY, 2022

    Finalist Eyeshot Magazine Open Call, 2022