There is a Belgian Getty images photographer whose works have been making the rounds in the Internet (noticed by Shanghaiist here and here as well). Introducing Seppe Van Grieken, a Beijing-based photographer who is in Europe at the moment but will be back in China mid-July for more fabulous art (we hear it has something to do with a TV channel for an hour episode on the Expo–but it’s all hush-hush for now).

Seppe Van Grieken

Even if Seppe is in Europe, Expotia had the chance to get to know this talented artist and just snoop around on his goings ons and thoughts on the Expo.

Expotia: Who are you? And what do you do?

Seppe Van Grieken: I am a Belgian Photographer, based in Beijing, who works mainly for Getty images. I combine shooting news with video and timelapse.

Expotia: Why did you decide to make the videos?

Seppe: I’ve gone to the Expo initially for news, and then met two Peruvians who were making bubble photography to present to the pavilions after they were done. (It is a technique in which you make pictures with fisheye lens in all directions from one point and then stitch them up so they become a globe.) They gave me the idea to use what I have been doing elsewhere–timelapses–on the Expo.

Expotia: What is your impression of the Expo?

Seppe: The Expo is a great place to get to know how a people see themselves and like to present themselves. The typical national attitudes a people can have become so apparent in a mass event like this. Although very tiring and intense at tines, I really enjoy the way the world and China–quite often very rural or local China–meet in such a full way.

Expotia: What are your tips for those heading out to the Expo?

Seppe: As a tip, I would say go when the weather is bad, start after noon, and save some energy for the last couple of hours when there is fewer people.

Expotia: What are your plans in the future?

Seppe: The Expo is a very unique event in time, and as a sinologist, my larger plan is to document China’s developments in this era full of change and challenge.

Self-taught, Seppe Van Grieken is certainly going places. The Danish video was not commissioned, but they still bought it afterwards. We’re looking forward to the German and EU videos which are soon to come!

Picture take from DSLR News Shooter. Technical info on the videos can also be found in the same blog.