Teun Voeten studied cultural anthropology and philosophy at Leiden university. As a war photographer, he covered conflicts worldwide since 1990, such as former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Colombia, Afghanistan and Syria. Voeten wrote books on the underground homeless in New York, the civil war in Sierra Leone, drug related crime in Belgium/Netherlands and obtained a PhD with a dissertation called ‘Mexican Drug Violence. Hybrid Warfare, Predatory Capitalism and the Logic of Cruelty.’ He is specialized in obtaining the insiders point of view by closely observing and interacting with actors on the streets and front lines. Voeten is fellow of Small Wars Journal and is currently writing a book on global trends in the world of crystal meth.
