Marianne Hommersom studied photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Art (KASK) in Ghent and Film Studies & Visual Culture at the University of Antwerp. She has worked at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Cinema Zuid in Antwerp and has undertaken various commissions and participated in numerous exhibitions as a photographer. Since 2011 she has been working at deBuren, where she is in charge of the Paris writing residency as coordinator and editor of this talent development project. Additionally she is responsible for the production side of the international literary project citybooks and manages deBuren’s art collection and coordinates (loan) exhibitions.