Artist Statement

I photograph to create images that imprint themselves upon your memory to preserve a situation exactly as I find it, so that it may be shown forever. What I capture is reality. My subjects must be socially relevant while also possessing beauty an aesthetic function.
In my work, I explore apparent trivialities and cultural phenomena (both within the Netherlands and abroad). I am particularly fascinated by those trivialities and cultural phenomena that are slowly fading away, becoming increasingly less common in society. What is the social significance of certain situations disappearing from our society? At what point, for instance, does something become “outdated”? Where does the tipping point lie? Through my work, I seek to determine, at least for myself, where that tipping point occurs.
Another major theme in my work is architecture. I use the cultural and social significance as well as the functionality of architecture as a backdrop for my subjects. In my view, society, human movement, and architecture are inextricably linked. A human being is nothing without a space in which to live or work; conversely, a space cannot truly “live” without the people connected to it.
Through my composition and execution, I amplify the aesthetic element I perceive within a subject. By categorizing and employing repetition, I immerse the viewer in a wealth of details and impressions. This clarifies the underlying message, which resurfaces in each individual image through recurring elements. By systematically developing my subjects much like Bernd and Hilla Becher did with their industrial typologies a clear, consistent thread emerges in my approach to presentation.

Collections

National Maritime Museum, Amsterdam
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
LAM museum, Lisse
Van den Broek Foundation
Achmea art collection
Generali art collection
Link Art artcollection
Eneco art collection
KPMG art collection
DTZ Zadelhoff art collection
Jan des Bouvrie
Chabotmuseum
Meijers assurantiën
several private collectioneurs

Exhibitions

2022 – 2023
Kwaadaardig mooi — an exhibition exploring artists’ perspectives on cancer, Museum Tot Zover, Amsterdam

2016 – 2017
Drijfveer: 100 Years of Collecting, Het Scheepvaartmuseum (National Maritime Museum), Amsterdam, featuring the series Inland Shipping

2016
Shot on Location, group exhibition, Galerie Bart

2015
Oud Nieuws Festival, Nijmegen
Naarden Photo Festival, featuring the series Inland Shipping

2014
PAN Amsterdam, featuring the series Hafabra and Shopkeepers
KPMG building, Amstelveen — permanent exhibition of Shopkeepers

2013
Group exhibition, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam
Buren Art Route

2012
Travelling exhibition accompanying Klandizie, a play inspired by the photography series Shopkeepers
Galerie Bart fifth-anniversary group exhibition
Duo exhibition with Erik Klein Wolterink, Foto 21, Bredevoort
Shopkeepers, Focus, Arnhem

2011
Wegens persoonlijke omstandigheden, GBK, Arnhem
Let’s Face It, Naarden Photo Festival
Art Amsterdam, represented by Galerie Bart
Group exhibition, Bartkunstinhuis, Nijmegen
Slideluck Potshow, Amsterdam, USA
Testicular Carcinoma, exhibition at Radboud University Medical Center

2010
Presentation of Hafabra, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam
Shopkeepers, Nieuwspoort Press Centre, The Hague, in collaboration with the Achmea Art Collection
Group exhibition, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam
Realisme Art Fair, Amsterdam

2008
Shopkeepers, book launch and solo exhibition, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam

2007
Dredgers and Shopkeepers, solo exhibition, Radboud University
Shopkeepers, LUX Cinema

2006
Dredgers and Shopkeepers, group exhibition, Bartkunstinhuis

2002
Group exhibition with Geralt Ploegstra, Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy