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Herman Selleslags was born in Antwerp in 1938. His father, [[Rik Selleslags]], was a photojournalist as well. Herman Selleslags started working as a photographer in the 1950s, first making commercial photos for companies, and later working as a photographer for Humo, where he portrayed many celebrities. This includes portraits of the Beatles, Mick Jagger, Ike and Tina Turner, and Diana Ross. His archive and that of his father are kept at the [[Fotomuseum Antwerp]].<ref name="VRT">{{cite news |last1=Sokol |first1=Kirsten |title="Herman was een pionier en onze sterfotograaf": Humo-fotograaf Herman Selleslags (86) is overleden |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/10/19/rip-herman-selleslags-overleden/ |access-date=21 October 2024 |publisher=VRT |date=19 October 2024 |language=Dutch}}</ref><ref name="FOMU">{{cite web |title=Herman Selleslags & the FOMU collection |url=https://fomu.be/en/watch-read/herman-selleslags |publisher=Fotomuseum Antwerpen |access-date=21 October 2024 |date=June 2022}}</ref>
In 1991, he received the State Award for Visual Arts from the Flemish Community. In 2007, the Fotomuseum Antwerpen dedicated a large retrospective to his work.<ref name="FOMU"/> In 2024, [[Aldine Reinink]] directed ''Life Will Give You Pictures'', an 80-minute documentary about Selleslags' live.<ref>{{cite web |title=Life Will Give You Pictures |url=https://www.filmfestival.nl/en/film/life-will-give-you-pictures |publisher=[[Netherlands Film Festival]] |access-date=21 October 2024}}</ref>
Selleslags was married to [[Sonja Cantré]], the daughter of sculptor [[Jozef Cantré]]. Sonja was a TV presenter. They had two children. Cantré died in 2014. Selleslags died in 2024 from [[euthanasia]].<ref name="VRT"/><ref>{{cite news |title=BRT-omroepster Sonja Cantré (72) overleden |url=https://www.hln.be/tv/brt-omroepster-sonja-cantre-72-overleden~a596fd2c/?cb=56ec23e1-7bf9-4bc5-bbda-4e1c23c0d569&auth_rd=1 |access-date=21 October 2024 |publisher=Het Laatste Nieuws |date=9 January 2014 |language=Dutch}}</ref>
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