Foto-actie online (Dutch)
Speciale foto-actie ter ondersteuning van het werk van Stichting Duniya in India en Vietnam! VERSPREIDEN VAN DIT BERICHT – BIJVOORBEELD VIA TWITTER HIERNAAST – WORDT ZEER GEWAARDEERD! Duniya is voor haar werk in India en Vietnam volledig afhankelijk van donaties. En soms moet je dan iets bedenken om mensen over de streep te trekken. Zodat [...]
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Foto-actie! [Dutch only!]
SPECIALE FOTO-ACTIE VOOR STICHTING DUNIYA Doneer een bedrag van € 50,- aan Stichting Duniya >>> en ontvang een foto naar keuze op posterformaat (40 x 60 cm) kado! Thuisgestuurd in stevige koker. LET OP: Deze actie gaat pas op zaterdag 4 september in! Je kunt dan online kiezen uit maar liefst 50 foto’s. Geen extra [...]
Photo of the Month: August
Plural this time, for I want to show you more than just one photo. We (Dong An, our Hanoi based Vietnamese counterpart, our surgeons and Duniya Foundation) are planning the surgery of another 100 children by the end of November. Preparations are already being made and local health workers try to list and organize the [...]
Cambodia: Duch found guilty
In the news today: Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch has been found guilty of crimes against humanity by Cambodia’s UN-backed war crimes tribunal. Duch, 67, whose full name is Kaing Guek Eav, was sentenced to 35 years in prison. However Duch will not serve the full 35 allotted years as judges reduced the sentence [...]
World Cup South Africa: they forgot to send me!
Yes, I admit, when I see the world press gathered for the World Cup 2010 in South Africa, all those photographers with their huge zoom lenses and equipment, I am a bit jealous. I would have loved to photograph there as well. I am experienced, you know! Shot two ‘alternative championships’ in the past and [...]
Streetfood: Pho gà (chicken noodle soup) from Vietnam
One of the projects I am working on for several years now, is streetfood, a collection of photos and recipees of food prepared by the ‘common man and woman’ I meet during my travels. Simple food I eat in the homes I have been invited to, or at the small road stalls when on my [...]
Alan’s soup delivery programme
Aids Concern in Hong Kong is a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) running a wide range of sexual health intervention programmes to combat AIDS. The stigma attached to HIV/AIDS acts as a barrier between people living with HIV/AIDS and service providers. Aids Concern’s soup delivery service aims to break that barrier by delivering free, homemade soup [...]
Donkey Dust
An afternoon in May. Just me and our donkeys… And our donkeys can do a lot more! They can smile, yawn, show their big ears and… Curious? Have a look at these then >>>
Work in progress…
Working on a confronting series in black&white. Facing poverty. Those portrayed are people I know for many years. Who have names and personal histories and who have such a hard time making ends meet (in fact, they often don’t meet, those ends). Will keep you posted.
The Steve McCurry Effect?
A few years ago, I took part in an exhibition with the triptych below. Three photos of the same Bhopa woman from Rajasthan (India). She is never veiled like in the photo in the middle, but when we were caught in a wind that flew up a lot of desert sand, she borrowed my black [...]
Desolate Chateau Concley: France
One of the things I really enjoy when I visit my parents who live in France, is the fact that my father always outlines long walks in a stunning environment (the Morvan). Never less than 2 hours and most of the time much longer. A backpack with provisions (‘walking cookies’!) and – of course – [...]
A Bhopa girl grows older …
I know Mamtu, a young Bhopa girl, for many years now. Met her mother before she was born and I keep visiting (and photographing) the family every year. Mamtu is growing into a stunning young girl, and looks more and more like her mother. The collection of her photos forms an interesting document in time. [...]
Photo of the Month: April
A young father carries his son into the very basic operation room where Dr. Hung is waiting to perform the surgery. Duniya Foundation is financially supporting these operations, organized by Dong An from the Hanoi based NGO Center II, Direct Support for Disabled Children. As a photographer and member of Duniya Foundation, I spent many [...]
Starting all over…
After a serious problem with my previous server, I transferred my website and lost all of it’s contents in the process… I took a deep breath, a glass of wine, and am rebuilding the whole website. Please bear with me, I need some time!
FOOD!
India’s vegetarian food is my absolute favourite. Not only to eat, but as photographer I especially enjoy ‘streetfood’, the colourful, tasty, lifely foodculture. This is my first video using Nikon D3s. I am working on bigger productions – and not only about streetfood – and I was happy with the quality of the camera. A [...]
Makar Sankranti (India)
Published a photostory about Makar Sankranti, a popular festival in India. The full PDF can be seen here >>> and you can read more about the festival here >>>. During this festival, a lot of food is prepared and distributed to the poor for free. You can also see a short video >>> I shot. [...]
Coverphoto
This summer, publisher De Bezige Bij will publish a ‘summer series’ of novels at a cheap rate. One of them (‘Nedjma: Reis van Zintuigen’) will have one of my photos as a cover.
