When I was a child I used to watch my father in the magical darkroom in the attic of our old house in Slikkerveer (the Netherlands - from the windows on the second floor you could look over the 'dijk' and imagine the large river and the windmills on the other side, one of the sounds I still hear in my dreams is the grave voice of the mist-horn the 'rijnaaks' used at night). In that attic darkroom every equipment was made by my father (not only the enlarger, but we made also a real working radio). I learned how to develop prints and got a lot of very critical (that at that time I didn't always appreciate ...) advices about my pictures.
My first camera was an Agfa click II, bought of my own saved pocket money.
Some years later I got my father's praktiflex,
I still cherish it.
From the time my father taught me, I never stopped taking photographs...

Recognitions:

• - an honorable mention "ArtTension Milan 2010" for the poject "Herenstraat 1"

• - finalist in the LPA Documentary competition "my backyard" 2009

• - finalist in the LPA competition  "Love, Pain & Beauty"  2009

• - a special mention in the 'premio fotografico Tau Visual 2008 (Italy)'

• - an honorable mention in the International Photographic Awards (IPA 2008)