Nature nominee

Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world with an area of 184 000 hectares and 123 kilometres in length and 15 kilometres wide. Fraser Island rainforests are surprising as this is the only place in the world where tall rainforests and associated flora and fauna can be found growing on sand dunes at heights of over 200 metres.

I am an amateur photographer based in Amsterdam. I graduated from the Stichting de Nederlandse Fotovakschool / University of applied photography in Amsterdam in 2017.

My passion for photography and images in general started when I initiated travelling at the age of 18. After I bought my first camera in 2000 I started exploring the relationship between people and their environment following light.

My inspiration comes from photographers Ansel Adams, Philippe Halsman, Anton Corbijn, Ed van der Elsken, Jimmy Nelson and Marc Lagrange.

I love to capture people, in their emotions and their environment. Investigating the relationship between people and environment following light. I like to interpret the atmosphere of people and their surroundings in an unique and exciting photograph. Feelings, fantasy and aesthetics are important elements in the story behind my photography.

Special Photographer of the Year - International Photography Awards 2018 Non- Professional