About
Every time I step into a new landscape, I feel as I imagine early explorers felt as they first arrived in unknown lands: feasting their eyes on the new world and looking at how civilizations have adapted to the environment around them. From the bustling streets of New York to the Swiss Alps and Dutch flatlands, every place is a wonderous world with its own story to tell.
My work focuses on the intersection of the natural and built environment, intertwining and layering naturally present and manmade subjects. I look for the marks left by humanity on our world, I seek out sites and regions that show how we “conquered” territories.
I am often drawn to the ordinary and even mundane: the grey matter between the visual planes. To compensate, I choose scale and technique that highlight the glory and romance of a landscape. I try to take a neutral perspective in my images, creating geospatial visualizations without deciding what is allowed or supposed to be beautiful and what is not. I leave that decision up to the viewer.
Education
Fotovakschool
MBO-4 Photography
2009
School of arts Utrecht
Bachelor of Design / Photography
2009 2013
Scott Conarroe
Intership
2012
Publications
Uitzicht
Utrecht School of the Arts Photography Graduation Catalogue
2013
ILOVETHATPHOTO
Interview
2013
The Lost Prairie
Interview
2013
La Piña
Feature
2014
Vrij Nederland issue #
Project feature
2017
Observations of the Ordinary
Feature
2019
Group Exhibtions
Uitzicht
Graduation Exhibition Utrecht School of Arts
2013
Pitch Your Art Exhibition
The Mixtup Project
2014
Virtueel Museum Anniversary Exhibition
Seelevel Gallery
2015
Solo Exhibitions
Foreign Fields
Cafe van Velzen
2015
Awards
Vrij Nederland Photostory of 2016
2016