Winner of a World Press Photo Award, Dirven defines his works as Karkas (Carcass), a search for the essence of existence, portraying no-nonsense people trying to find balance in an often insecure context.
Since 1996 Tim Dirven has balanced working for the Belgian newspaper De Morgen with pursuing personal projects, in which his photographs tell intimate stories about the lives of ordinary people. He won the Fuji press award in 1999 for his feature on the Yemen and a World Press Photo award for his work in Afghanistan in 2002.