Wildlife/Animals nominee

This little thai chicken was trying to get something to eat just in front of me. At this moment she seemed very satisfied with very little...

It was 2006 when I switched from being a lawyer into following a course in professional photography (School of Photography, Breda). After successfully ending this course, I work as an independent photographer. Being a portrait photographer I’m in search of distinctive aspects of the people I photograph. Everyone has a story, and from my interest in the stories behind people I like to make special documentary photos. Each photo moment provides in a healthy tension in anticipating on the desired result. The story behind the picture must be visible in each picture.

Since 2014 I worked on the series ‘Portraits of Contemporary Circus’. The portraits where exposed in a leading gallery in The Netherlands and have been published in a book. Being familiar with the world behind the curtains of performing arts, I saw the artists perform and encountered them in their human capacity during rehearsals and in the artist's entrances. Opting for a direct approach, I used a professional small-format camera to record my subjects, in black and white, in their working environments.

In 2010 I published my first book: 40+1, Portraits of Pinkpop Audience, in which visitors of this famous pop festival were presented in photos and interviews.