People nominee

For this series I photographed the world of the craftsmen. Hardworking people with incredible passion and dedication to their work. People with knowledge and expertise that has developed and formed over many generations. The craft sector has a huge cultural, social, economic, and environmental impact on their society.

But it is a sector threatened with extinction. Many crafts are already on the edge of disappearing.

The aim of the series is to enthuse the new generation about this sector in order to save it from extinction and help the world on its way to sustainability.

The images of the Dutch photographer are romanticized scenes in which individuals, cultures, stories or thoughts are elevated. At the same time, a critical note is taken at the acts of humanity and contemporary society. The images establish a symbolic relationship between form and content. The aesthetic beauty of the images creates a visual stimulus with an eye for composition, colour palette, interplay of lines and expressive eyes that invite you into the photographer’s created world.