I have always found myself to be welcomed in countries and cultures far from my own. Born in 1961 and  schooled in  civil engineering, I started to explore photography with a  SLR in 1980 and got hooked......

After a year as a UN peacekeeper in Southern Lebanon I honed my skills at ICP in New York City where "concerned photography" was a corner stone. Tutored by Gilles Peres,  Inge Morath, Mary-Ellen Mark, Chris Morris to name but a few to which the added inspiration of James Nachtwey, the Turnley brothers and many more left a lasting impression and a desire to continue pursuing  the many untold stories. I found myself in Baghdad in the early-mid 90ies  documenting the dismantling of Iraq's WMD programs under the auspices of UNSCOM.  The streets of Baghdad where food, fragrance and  ferments mixed lead to my own  "A day in the life of..." project which lasted for five years. I returned to Europe in 1997 and is since based in The Netherlands. Us humans and the lives we live continue to fascinate me and the challenge to record and convey the pulse of our time remain the reason for me to release the shutter. Time, Newsweek, New York Times, NY Daily News News, Stern, CNN, BBC, Jane’s Defense weekly, Volkskrant, HP/De Tijd, Vrij Nederland, Vi, ETC have liked my pictures I hope you will too.

2008 Winner of Px3 prize in the categories "Photojournalism" and "Peoples Choice" awards for the  entry titled, " Beetween Wars - Iraq ."