The moment I discovered my mum’s Pentax-camera and dark room, was extremely joyful. I was 16 years old and had never seen something that interested me more. I later studied photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KABK) in The Hague. My photography can be described as a marriage of portrait and social documentary. My photos portray people intimately in their natural environment.
I am intrigued by relationships and traditions and inspired by Western-Australia, Vlieland, Patagonia, the giant ant-eater, Alec Soth, Bertien van Manen, Sally Mann, Sarah Carlier, Hans Holbein the Younger, Johan Mekkink, Roald Dahl, Louis Theroux, Bert Haanstra, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Richard Linklater, Bach, Le Petit Prince and many other creatures, places and people.
I’m working happily together with my problem solving producer and agent Monique Grondijs (www.mrs-robinson.nl ), with whom I gather the best suitable talents for small till large-scale productions for commercial shoots.
Clients:
van Gogh Museum, Nationale Politie, Nierstichting, Essent, NS International, NS, PvdA, Meldpunt Discriminatie Amsterdam, Kindergarden, CZ, VROM, Stadsdeel Osdorp, Nederlands Dagblad, KPN, ROC, Rabobank, I AMsterdam (Amsterdam Partners), Robeco, Hogeschool Zeeland, Shell, MVA, Ordina, Zuidas, Friesche Vlag, De Baak, Right to Play, Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Delta Lloyd, UWV, Bureau Inspectieraad, T-Mobile, Sociale Verzekeringsbank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Pleegzorg, XS4ALL, Ziggo, ABN Amro, Lindenhoff, Stichting Hendrick de Keyser
Magazines:
Humanitas, Onze Wereld, Dier (Dierenbescherming), Helder (Waternet), Elle Eten, DUF, AvantGarde, Dichterbij (Rabobank), Safe, VROM, NRC-Magazine, Volkskrant Magazine, BLVD, Marie Claire, Esquire, Quote, Elegance, UWV Perspectief, Nido
Participation in several exhibitions 1999/2020:
50 ontmoetingen, 10 jaar later, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag, Utrecht e.a.
Aan de Overkant, OBA, Amsterdam-Noord
Women Alone, NEL, Amsterdam
ExperimentaDesign / Groeten uit Noord, Amsterdam
Passie van Noord, Amsterdam
Fotofestival Noorderlicht / Boer en Boerenzoon, Groningen
Teen Facts, Nemo Amsterdam
Everyday is not like everyday, FOAM Amsterdam
I AMsterdam, FOAM Amsterdam
Art in Ads, Hoofddorp
50 most beautiful pictures, Amsterdam
PANL exhibition, Amsterdam
Past the Borders, Meppel
Australia, Utrecht
50 Ontmoetingen, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Groningen
Fotofestival Noorderlicht / Childhood, Groningen
Debuut, The Hague
I am intrigued by relationships and traditions and inspired by Western-Australia, Vlieland, Patagonia, the giant ant-eater, Alec Soth, Bertien van Manen, Sally Mann, Sarah Carlier, Hans Holbein the Younger, Johan Mekkink, Roald Dahl, Louis Theroux, Bert Haanstra, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Richard Linklater, Bach, Le Petit Prince and many other creatures, places and people.
I’m working happily together with my problem solving producer and agent Monique Grondijs (www.mrs-robinson.nl ), with whom I gather the best suitable talents for small till large-scale productions for commercial shoots.
Clients:
van Gogh Museum, Nationale Politie, Nierstichting, Essent, NS International, NS, PvdA, Meldpunt Discriminatie Amsterdam, Kindergarden, CZ, VROM, Stadsdeel Osdorp, Nederlands Dagblad, KPN, ROC, Rabobank, I AMsterdam (Amsterdam Partners), Robeco, Hogeschool Zeeland, Shell, MVA, Ordina, Zuidas, Friesche Vlag, De Baak, Right to Play, Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Delta Lloyd, UWV, Bureau Inspectieraad, T-Mobile, Sociale Verzekeringsbank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Pleegzorg, XS4ALL, Ziggo, ABN Amro, Lindenhoff, Stichting Hendrick de Keyser
Magazines:
Humanitas, Onze Wereld, Dier (Dierenbescherming), Helder (Waternet), Elle Eten, DUF, AvantGarde, Dichterbij (Rabobank), Safe, VROM, NRC-Magazine, Volkskrant Magazine, BLVD, Marie Claire, Esquire, Quote, Elegance, UWV Perspectief, Nido
Participation in several exhibitions 1999/2020:
50 ontmoetingen, 10 jaar later, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag, Utrecht e.a.
Aan de Overkant, OBA, Amsterdam-Noord
Women Alone, NEL, Amsterdam
ExperimentaDesign / Groeten uit Noord, Amsterdam
Passie van Noord, Amsterdam
Fotofestival Noorderlicht / Boer en Boerenzoon, Groningen
Teen Facts, Nemo Amsterdam
Everyday is not like everyday, FOAM Amsterdam
I AMsterdam, FOAM Amsterdam
Art in Ads, Hoofddorp
50 most beautiful pictures, Amsterdam
PANL exhibition, Amsterdam
Past the Borders, Meppel
Australia, Utrecht
50 Ontmoetingen, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Groningen
Fotofestival Noorderlicht / Childhood, Groningen
Debuut, The Hague