I graduated on the Academy for photography in Amsterdam in 2000.
Organizations such as UNICEF, CARE and AIDS fonds have sent me abroad around 40 times to photograph their projects and campaigns, mostly in Africa, Asia and Middle East.
In 2006 I had the honor of becoming one of the twelve participants in World Press Photo's annual Joop Swart Masterclass. I have taken part in exhibitions and won several awards in the Netherlands (4x Zilveren Camera).
In recent years I've focused more on self initiated projects, in a combination of photography, interviews and film. Some examples are Baghdad Today (Iraq), A Monday in Kabul (Afghanistan), Outside Syria (Lebanon), The Island of All Together (Greece) and 'Letters to Joep' (Greece).
All of them got published in global media like LENS Blog New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, and so on.
