This image was shot in an abandoned hospital for the mentally ill.
This corridor is lined with the rooms where the patients lived.
In 2012, I quit as director at Unilever, to focus on my passion: photography.
I realised that although I made pictures since my early youth I lacked some of the skills required to create the fine-art images I envisioned. So I went ‘back to school’ and graduated top of my class from the Fotovakschool, Rotterdam in 2015.
I try to create tantalising images that capture the viewer’s attention for more than a quick glance. My images mostly show an incomplete story or an unexpected twist that invites the viewer to think and wonder about what she/he is actually seeing and what it means.
Awards 2015 International photography awards (IPA Lucies): 2 honourable mentions
2016 International Color Awards: 1 honourable mention and 1 nomination.
2016 Moscow International Foto Awards (MIFA): Bronze medal and 6 honourable mentions.
2016 Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3): Silver medal.
2016 Photographers forum: Finalist
2016 International photography awards (IPA Lucies): honourable mention.
2016 ND Awards: 5 honourable mentions
2016 Tokyo International Foto Awards: 4 honourable mentions.
2017 London International Creativity Contest (LICC); 1 honourable mention and 1 finalist.
2017 International Color Awards: 2nd place; 1 honourable mention and 6 nominations
2017 PX3 (France): 2 Honourable mentions
2017 Fine Art Photography Awards: 5 Nominations
2017 Sienna International Photography Awards: Finalist
2017 Photographers Forum: Finalist
2017 ND Awards (UK): Honourable mention
2018 Fine Art Photography Awards: 6 Nominations
2018 ND Awards (UK(: 2 Honourable mentions
2018 Tokyo International Foto Awards: Gold Award
2018 International photography awards (IPA Lucies): 2 honourable mentions.
2019 12th International Color Awards: 2nd Place & 2 hon. mensions.
2019 Prix de la Photography Paris (PX3); Hon mention.
2019 Int. photography awards: 2 hon. Mentions
2019 Spider B&W Awards: 1 Nomination
2019 ND Awards 7 Hon. Mentions.
2020 13th Int. Color Awards (US) 1 hon. Mention, 5 Nominations.
2020 Seeingwomen 2020. 2nd place in category Egality
