This year I am "photographer in residence" at Fontys Academy of the Arts in Tilburg. A great assignment, where I will mainly focus on the life behind the scenes of this special academy. To be continued!

Zaanliefhebbers opgelet!

12 & 13 april verkopen Bert Verhoeff en ik alle overgebleven museale prints van onze tentoonstelling "Stroom. De Zaan in beweging" in galerie Zaansgroen.
25% van de opbrengt gaat naar een mooie culturele bestemming in Zaandam.

Meer info hieronder:

Je bent van harte uitgenodigd voor mijn expositie '2040. Landbouw in transitie' op 4 april om 16:00 in fotogalerie De Gang in Haarlem (inloop 15:30).

Ben jij erbij? Meld je dan aan via deze link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Sunday March 2nd at 14:30 is the opening of our exhibition with a selection of 15 portraits from the series "Stroom. De Zaan in beweging" in cinema De Fabriek in Zaandam (with:
@bertfoto.bsky.social). You are welcome! Address: Jan Sijbrandsteeg 12, Zaandam, Netherlands

Saturday, spring roll day!

‘Cybertruck Man’
a cartoon in defiance of Musk
#political #cartoonist #cybertruck #elon #musk #democracy #tiananmen

Sunday March 2nd at 14:30 is the opening of our exhibition with a selection of 15 portraits from the series "Stroom. De Zaan in beweging" in cinema De Fabriek in Zaandam (with: @bertfoto.bsky.social). You are welcome! Address: Jan Sijbrandsteeg 12, Zaandam, Netherlands

This is the perfect time to get your hands on a real Hornstra!

Couple holding hands. Tehran, Iran. From the series: Free time in Iran

Looking for a farewell picture for my old Facebook Concresco page, I stumbled on this photo. For this project I made a series of portraits of Albanians who had a connection to the 750,000 bunkers scattered throughout the country. The series was not included in the book & has never been shown before.

De ‘coup’ van Elon Musk in de VS bedreigt ook Europa. Wie vormt een tegenwicht tegen big tech?
decorrespondent.nl/15873/de-cou...

Farmer Wim Reus wants to make the conditions on his land as ideal as possible for meadow birds. However, he also has to protect his crops against the pigeon. I'm currently working on the annual documentary assignment of @provincienh.bsky.social about the transition of agriculture in North Holland.

Nu de trumpisten Musk en Zuckerberg desinformatie op hun socials niet meer actief bestrijden, moeten de gebruikers het onderling uitvechten. In dat gevecht werkt polarisatie ten faveure van de radicaal-rechtse minderheid.
https://buff.ly/4hESczz

Honderden miljoenen mensen gebruiken Signal, het privacyvriendelijke alternatief voor WhatsApp. Signal-baas Meredith Whittaker laat zien dat big tech fundamenteel anders kan.

Lees hier het interview met Whittaker door correspondent Maurits Martijn: corr.es/9791fb

Squatters waiting for the riot police (who didn't come, so everyone got bored...), Haarlem Netherlands 2005. I am finally sorting out my negatives. Every now and then I post a little gem

Check out this great list of international photographers, compiled by Andy Adams of
@flakphoto.news : bsky.app/profile/did:... A great starting point to find colleagues and great photos

Voor Nederlandse fotografen die nieuw zijn op Bluesky de volgende tip: @basdemeijer.bsky.social heeft een starter pack samengesteld met Nederlandse beroepsfotografen. Zoek en volg! Ben je zelf een Nederlandse beroepsfotograaf, stuur hem dan een chat dat je ook op de lijst wilt: go.bsky.app/29dcDsg

Walter Jansen in his larval breeding unit with 6 million houseflies. I am currently working on the annual documentary assignment of @provincienh.bsky.social and the North Holland Archive about the transition of agriculture in North Holland.

Haagse Ben, Haarlem 2002 . In this photo my old neighbor, Haagse Ben, has just pulled all the metal out of a bankrupt butcher shop. He gave me a meat hook as a present, which still hangs in my living room. I am finally sorting out my negatives. Every now and then I post a little gem