photography

work in progress 2026

the disappearance of letters Once, writing a letter was an act of intimacy and anticipation. Letters connected lovers, friends and families across distances, and each one was eagerly awaited. As handwritten correspondence fades, so too will the postboxes and post offices that have long served as places of connection. This...

Dutch Traditional Costume, 2002

In this series, I portray six elderly people wearing traditional Dutch costume. I photographed them with a medium-format Bronica camera on 6 × 6 cm black-and-white film. The negatives were later scanned and printed on heavyweight photographic paper. In the Netherlands, traditional dress varies from one region to another, and...

The Hague Nights, 2001

The series The Hague Nights consists of five photographs taken in my hometown of The Hague in 2001. They were photographed with a medium-format Bronica camera on 6 × 6 cm black-and-white negative film and printed by hand on baryta paper in my own darkroom. The distinctive colour tone is...