Born in 1966 in Almelo in The Netherlands, son of a vicar in a family with 4 sisters. At the end of the secondary school I decided to dedicate myself to graphic design, but after a year in the ‘Free Academy of Arts’ I finally was more attracted by photography. A training at a newspaper orientated me more towards ‘staged photography’.

In 1990, I had the opportunity to work for a studio called Picture Report, which were specialized in corporate photography. This experience made me realize I wanted to extend my horizons. So I went to London to take my chance. This period convinced myself to start as a freelance.

So, in 1991, I set up a studio with my friend and photographer Erno Wientjens in Rotterdam. For 5 years I was into studio photography while Erno was more doing the portraits.

In 1996 we split up to dedicate ourselves to our own specialties but more and more I became convinced about the fact I wanted to photograph people on location. I started to travel a lot and
nowadays I share myself between film and advertising and editorial photography.
Beside this commercial film and photography I like to explore more fields through my personal work.  

Unilever, Agfa, Senternovem, Shell, (former) Numico, Exact, Belastingdienst, Olympia, RET, Forbo, Stivoro, Sigma, Priva, SSP, Nestle, The city of Rotterdam, SNS bank, Unigarant, BAM, AGIS, Escales, Music theatre Amsterdam, NS, PUMA, SHANKS, KLM.

Personal projects;
2006; ‘Once we’re Heroes’ /  Homeless people photographed as models (outdoor exhibition)
2007; ‘Invisible’  /  portraits of dutch prisoners in Maroc
2008; ‘Fairy tales’ / ‘The Gross project’
2009; ‘Birds’ / ‘Just portraits’
2010; ‘Streetcorners’ / ‘Traffic light’
2011; Skaters MACBA Barcelona
2012; Cell City Hongkong'
            'A short film about Frank'


Representative Madrid;          www.capetona.com
Representative Barcelona;    www.entijuana.es
Representative Amsterdam:  www.artcore.nl

Exhibitions / Nominations
2006; ‘Once we’re Heroes’
(outdoor exhibition centre of Rotterdam)
2011; 'Fashion and Sports' Barcelona
(outdoor exhibition centre of Barcelona)
2010; Capetown 1
(exhibition Madrid)
2011; Capetown 2
(exhibition Madrid)
2012; "Street" Portraits
Groningen


2012;
Nomination PANL Award