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 [...]
Streetfood: Teatime!
Tweet I have been working on a project called streetfood for several years now: 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 my [...]
An Indian lovestory
Tweet Although I usually say ‘no’ to wedding photogaphy, I made an exception for Jyoti and Rajeev and their families. Right there on the banks of river Ganga in Varanasi city (India), I spent a few days photographing the wedding ceremony of a beautiful love marriage. After the haldi (turmeric) cleansing ceremony was photographed and [...]
Arranged marriage
Tweet In a new series, I will combine photos and short sound clips. In this first contribution a fragment of a women’s song, recorded in Varanasi (India). Local women sing about a young bride who doesn’t want to leave for her husband’s parents’ house (in the song ‘sasural‘) for she fears many problems … [mp3player [...]
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 [...]
Streetfood: Pho gà (chicken noodle 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 [...]
Alan’s soup delivery programme
Tweet 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 [...]
A Bhopa girl grows older …
Tweet 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 [...]
First, spring in The Neherlands with fields full of 
I am selling postcard through 