Artist statement on the series.

Rear Window

Architects often pay great attention to the design of a building's front, while the rear is often overlooked in urban planning. The rear views of homes in old cities often evolve in a more organic manner, sometimes with a neat layout disrupted by the encroachment of greenery.

One balcony might host a large satellite dish, while the adjacent landing serves as a storage space. In Southeast Asia, air conditioning units form their own facade, while in Northern Europe, a Christmas tree planted in the courtyard has grown into a massive obstacle. This series explores the rear sides of buildings in metropolises worldwide, capturing international differences and the resulting global chaos.

Outline

In the 1950's and 60's an area that is now known as the province of Flevoland in The Netherlands, was reclaimed from the IJsselmeer. A large dyke surrounds this polder, which lies fives meters below water level. The dyke forms an elevated outline, protecting the land from flooding. This series portrays Flevoland and its essential outline. It shows how life, infrastructure and nature got implemented after this part of the former Zuiderzee was reclaimed and land was created.

Going Elsewhere

Lots of trees and skies, water in different forms, some buildings, a cat and a drying rack. Intuition guided me while capturing these subjects and again whilst putting together this selection as a whole. All taken on different times and different sites while going elsewhere, and being anywhere.

Close, but not really

Almere Poort is the newest part of the fastest growing city of The Netherlands, Almere. Situated about 20 km from Amsterdam, Almere Poort will be home to about 25.000 people in the near future. This on-going documentary shows the development of the suburb from early 2008.