Blend Magazine asked me to write and illustrate a ten page article about The Hunt
for their international edition. See the entire article here, and a full text version here.
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“The world of hunting is one of contrasting and
seemingly incompatible  concepts. On one hand,
it involves peace, quiet, dedication, study, lots
of patience, and usually a sincere love of [...]

A reportage on the catholic tradition of first communions in southern Holland.
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Heidi was once the wife of a cruise ship captain. Now, her son manages one of Europe’s largest cruise ships.
Heidi enjoys traveling to sunny, faraway places and competitive ballroom dancing and owns a beautiful home,
decorated in cruise ship style down to the last detail.

This is my step dad Louis.
He got knocked off his racing bike and now he looks like this.
With my mom in Brazil for a few weeks I spent the easter days
taking care of him, making him lots of green juice. Family first!

This picture was taken on one of my first hunts.
Ever since On Loving Animals I’ve had a growing fascination for the subject.
One of my cousins, who owns a farm in the Hoeksche Waard, allowed me tag to along.
As you can probably see from the look on my face, this was a rather impressive experience for [...]

Kompotas is a project about Lithuanian canteen culture.
These are some of the portraits of the canteen’s employees.
Some of these ladies have been happily working here for fifty years.
For more information about the project, click here.

This is Marijke Helwegen. Marijke has claimed the title of ‘Ambassador of Plastic Surgery’,
so she’s something of a celebrity here in Holland. She is always happy, positive and energetic.
Once, I was photographing a bridal fair, just because it seemed like a nicely perverted place to go,
and I found her walking around with a film crew [...]