(English below) Mijn nieuwe fotoboek Flowerscapes – Blik vanaf de bodem is in de media tot nu toe heel positief ontvangen. NRC spreekt in de weekendbijlage van 24 mei van een ‘fraai fotoboek’ en ‘feeërieke foto’s’ en ook de teksten van natuurjournaliste Kirsten Dorrestijn worden goed ontvangen: “hoewel de foto’s in principe op zichzelf staan,…
First of all, I want to sincerely thank everyone for the wonderful responses I received to the announcement of the Flowerscapes book, and of course for all the orders that have already come in! It’s always a bit nerve-wracking to see how a new project is received, and it remains quite exciting to suddenly make…
Pre-announcement new book project! It is with great pleasure that I hereby announce my new photo book Flowerscapes, A Bug’s Eye View (in Dutch the subtitle is ‘Blik vanaf de bodem’)! The book will be released around 15 June, with pre-sales starting early May and ending at June 1st (check the webshop!). Here is an…
Happy and proud to be among the winners of this year’s edition of Wildlife photographer of the year, one of the oldest and by far the most prestigious international nature photography contest with almost 60.000 images entered by photographers of more than 100 countries this year. Last week a sneak peek of 14 images was…
This year marks 10 years since I traded in my law career for a life as a full-time professional photographer. Time flies! Reason this year to look back in detail and, of course, to celebrate, because I am still very happy that I took the plunge. Yes, it is sometimes very hard work and the…
Very happy to share that I won the categorie Man and nature at the 2022 edition of European wildlife photographer of the year with my image of a long line of people with headlights walking back from a visit to the Fagradalsfjall in Iceland. The image won the Audience Award as well. I photographed the…
Net als afgelopen voorjaar, organiseer ik in november/december 2021 weer een reeks webinars samen met mijn gewaardeerde collega’s Bas Meelker en Bart Heirweg: Meesters in landschapsfotografie. Ik zal zelf spreken op maandagavond 29 november 2021, vanaf 20.00 uur, over Dynamische landschappen: ‘ Hoe kun je beweging in een landschap treffend vastleggen, zodat de kijker die…
Last week my solo exhibition Shaped by the sea was opened in Stadmuseum Schleswig (Germany) by the mayor (mr. Dose), in the presence of a small group of people. The fine art dibond prints (many in large format) look amazing and I am very happy with the way they are presented in the museum. A…
Shaped by the sea, winners announced! (NL tekst hieronder) As the chairman of the jury I hereby proudly present the 4 category winners and the highly commended imgaes of the Shaped by the sea photocontest! The jury has been very busy with reviewing the 466 submitted photos and selecting the winners, a challenging but also…
Many of you are probably forced to stay at home these days and are maybe feeling bored or anxious or insecure. Therefore I have decided to organise a brand new photo contest about beaches, the coast and the sea! It is inspired by this wonderful quote of Rainer Maria Rilke: “When anxious, uneasy and bad…