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For as long as I can remember, I have the feeling I need to create stuff. It used to be drawings and from puberty onwards also paintings and songs. In that time, the urge to create turned into an absolute need to do so.

I have this rage of restlessness streaming through my body and the only way to calm that storm down is to turn it into creative energy. It doesn't really matter if it's a painting, a sculpture, a movie or whatever. I just need to express myself.

After I got my bachelor in fine arts and education I turned towards photography pretty quickly because it easy to share, not as time consuming as painting and I can let others benefit from it better, faster and more. When I found out what could be done with Photoshop, I realised that photography was a tool with no limits towards my needs and wishes.

I get a kick out of working on assignments as well as making conceptual pictures. The fact that people hire me motivates me to get the the best out of myself. And I make the conceptual work because I have to. Simple as that.

What you also might want to know:
- I am a husband and a dad
- I am a cat person
- I have my second degree black belt in a martial art called Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen
- I have a masters degree in education
- I live in Amsterdam
- in order to learn you must be willing to fail
- life is what you make it