Photo of the Month: February
Tweet An elderly Red Yao (Son Dao in Vietnamese: ‘the red waxed heads’) woman is being helped wearing her turban: three layers of red cotton decorated with pompons (or French 20-cent silver coins, when for ceremonial use). Women in this community shave off their eyebrows and foreheads, traditionally a sign of beauty. The women in [...]
Busy building online Vietnam archive
Tweet Working really hard to have my Vietnam archive online soon. Combining my activities for Duniya Foundation and photographing in several ethnic minority communities, resulted in a rather unique collection. All images will be available for publications, as prints etc. and part of the profit will be used to set up a medical fund for [...]
Goodgoods products available at festivals
Tweet Soon, I will be present at two festivals with my Goodgoods (fairtrade) selection. There will be products from Vietnam (handmade by ethnic minority women) and products from the Indian Thar desert (handmade by village women from remote settlements), as well as unique posters! I will soon show you more products and tell you more [...]
Streetfood: Cháo gà (chicken rice soup) from Vietnam
Tweet One of the projects I am working on for several years now, is streetfood, a collection of photos and recipes 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 [...]
Photo of the Month: July
Tweet Two Flower H’Mong (Hmong Lenh) women wait while their children are screened for surgery (see Duniya Foundation). The H’Mong who live in the northern mountainous villages of Vietnam emigrated directly from the Chinese provinces of Guizhou, Guangxi and Yunnan. The traditionally colourful H’Mong skirts are made of an indigo-dyed cloth with decorations made by [...]
First, spring in The Neherlands with fields full of 
I am selling postcard through 