In an ever‑changing world, capturing the fleeting yet profound nuances of human existence has been this artist’s relentless pursuit, whether journeying across continents or turning the lens inward on personal reflection. Over thirty‑five years and countless miles, he has built a distinguished career as a social documentary photographer, chronicling the resilience of communities from bustling metropolises to remote villages.
But alongside his extensive reportage, he has developed a parallel body of fine‑art personal projects, delving into themes of identity, memory, and the passage of time. Through self‑portrait series, he explores how our inner landscapes echo outward, using carefully composed imagery to trace the footsteps of past selves and the subtle transformations that shape who we are today. These intimate studies—rendered in the tactile beauty of black‑and‑white large‑format processes—invite viewers to contemplate their own histories and the universal experience of change.
More than a photographer, he is a storyteller and cultural bridge: with each image, he crafts a visual dialogue that transcends borders and unites disparate worlds. His documentary work offers deep empathy and understanding, while his fine‑art explorations illuminate the personal narratives we all carry. Whether documenting festival rituals or framing the quiet ripples of memory in a single portrait, his lens becomes a gateway into our shared humanity.
Through a lifetime of work woven with narratives of love, loss, triumph, and remembrance, this artist beckons us not only to bear witness but to engage with the profound connections that bind us. His photographs stand as both a testament to the richness of human culture and an invitation to pause, reflect, and honor the subtle currents of time that shape every life.
In esoteric fine art photography, ‘rules’ are merely maps of the familiar. I prefer to work in the unknown, as only beyond those rigid boundaries of convention does true evolution exist and the Self explores its boundless potential. That is my Ikigai.
2025 Photo Lucida, Top 200 Award, Echoes of Self portfolio.
2025 The Artist Gallery, Portrait 2025, Honorable Mention, Echoes of Self -Impermanence.
2025 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2025, PX3 2025, Bronze Prize, Portraiture/Self-Portrait, Echoes of Self portfolio.
2025 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2025, PX3 2025, Honorable Mention, Portraiture/Culture, Balance and Blessing: Balinese Harmony.
2025 The Artist Gallery, Travel 2025, Honorable Mention, Sacred Union.
2025 European Photography Awards, Winner, Fine Art Photography – Portrait, Echoes of Self -Withering Ties.
2025 European Photography Awards, Winner, People Photography – Fine Art, Echoes of Self – Withering Ties.
2025 European Photography Awards, Winner, Black & White Photography – Portrait, Echoes of Self – Withering Ties.
2025 London Photography Awards, Gold Winner, People Photography – Self-Portrait, Echoes of Self – Whispers of Dreams portfolio.
2025 London Photography Awards, Gold Winner, Fine Art – Portrait, Echoes of Self -Whispers of Dreams portfolio.
2025 London Photography Awards, Gold Winner, Black and White – Portrait, Echoes of Self – Whispers of Dreams.
2025 Academy of Art University, Spring Exhibition, 1st place for Body of Work, Whispers of Dreams.
2025 11th Fine Art Photography Awards, Nominee, Portraits, Whispers of Dreams.
2025 MUSE Photography Awards 2025, Silver Winner, People Photography – Portrait, Echoes of Self.
2025 MUSE Photography Awards 2025, Gold Winner, Fine Art Photography – Portrait, Echoes of Self.
2025 MUSE Photography Awards 2025, Silver Winner, Black & White Photography – Portrait, Echoes of Self.
2024 Fine Art Photography Awards, Nominee, Homesteads.
2024 Rome Art Fair 2024, Selected – Honorable Mention, IKIGAI.
2023 The Independent Photographer, Travel Award, Heartbeat of Florence portfolio.
2023 London Contemporary Art Exhibition 2023, Selected, Heartbeat of Florence portfolio
2023 New York Photography Awards, Honorable Mentions – Portrait, Heartbeat of Florence.
2023 Venice Contemporary Art Exhibition 2023, Selected, Heartbeat of Florence.
2021 Fine Art Photography Awards, Nominee, Rhapsody in Green.
2022 London Photography Awards, Gold Winner, Drought.
2021 Fine Art Photography Awards, Nominee, Soft Whisper.
2020 Group Exhibition, Chromatic Photo Awards 2020, honorable mention, Birth.
2025 Center for Photographic Art, CfPA, Carmel, CA, juror Cig Harvey, Echoes of Self – Traces of Belonging, Nestled.
2025 Soho Photo Gallery, New York, International Alternative Processes 2025 show, Echoes of Self – Silent Horizons, Illuminated Reflection.
2025 Dama Gallery, FOTO 2025, online exhibition, Echoes of Self – Traces of Belonging, Listening and Reclaiming Silence.
2025 2025 SPE West Chapter Conference – f-stop Gallery, Echoes of Self portfolio.
2025 A Photographers Place, Raleigh, NC, Monochrome Exhibition, Echoes of Self – Whispers of Dreams, Impermanence and Echoes of Self – Silent Horizons, Illuminated Reflection.
2025 The Coastal Landscape, PhotoPlace Gallery, Online Exhibition, Feeding Ground and Out for a Swim.
2025 Art Through The Lens 2025, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY. Echoes of Self – Whispers of Dreams, Fertile Ground.
2025 APA LA, Off the Clock Exhibition, Echoes of Self – Whispers of Dreams, Impermanence.
2025 7th AIMPE Awagami Miniprint Exhibition, Yoshinogawa, Tokushima, Japan, Echoes of Self – Whispers of Dreams, Impermanence and Fertile Ground.
2025 Spring Exhibition, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA. Echoes of Self – Whispers of Dreams, Fertile Ground, Echoes of Self – Ties that Bind, Withered Ties, Shared Journeys, Frosted Echoes, and Vestige.
2025 PhotoPlace Gallery, Dreams and Imagined Realities, online gallery, Echoes of Self – Silent Horizons, Illuminated Reflection.
2025 APA Chicago, Chicago, IL. Echoes of Self – Whispers of Dreams, Potential and Impermanence.
2025 Cleveland Photo Fest “Through the Lens: A Portrait Show,” The Brownhoist Gallery, Cleveland, OH. Echoes of Self – Whispers of Dreams, Fertile Ground, and Impermanence.
2025 The Glasgow Gallery of Photography CIC, Glasgow, Scotland. Echoes of Self – Whispers of Dreams, Fertile Ground.
2024 Rome Art Fair, Rome, Italy, IKIGAI.
2023 London Contemporary 2023, London, UK, Heartbeat of Florence.
2023 Venice Contemporary 12th Edition, Venice, Italy, Heartbeat of Florence.
2023 Social Documentary Network, online exhibition, Heartbeat of Florence.
2023 Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy, Heartbeat of Florence.
2022 Philip J Steele Gallery, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, Lakewood, CO, USA, Colors of the Southwest.
2025 Dama Gallery, FOTO 2025 magazine, Echoes of Self – Listening and Reclaiming Silence.
2025 Unique southern Utah museum highlights conservation through thousands of taxidermy animals, Interview by Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com, Utah.
2025 Bryce Canyon Wildlife Conservation Museum Celebrates 30 years in Garfield County with the Wildlife Conservation Book Release, editorial, The Insider newspaper, Garfield and Wayne counties, Utah.
Books
2025 Echoes of Self, ISBN: 979-8-9866224-9-1
Echoes of Self-Travel Memories, ISBN: 979-8-9866224-3-9.
Echoes of Self – Whispers of Dreams, ISBN: 979-8-9866224-4-6.
Echoes of Self-Ties that Bind, ISBN: 979-8-9866224-5-3.
Echoes of Self – Silent Horizons, ISBN: 979-8-9866224-6-0.
Echoes of Self – Traces of Belonging, ISBN: 979-8-9866224-7-7.
2024 Wildlife Conservation – Bryce Canyon Wildlife Conservation Museum, a 358-page, 20”x 10” two-volume lay-flat book, ISBN: 979-8-9866224-1-5 and 979-8-9866224-2-2.
2022 Painting with Light, a 38-spread, 24 x 12” portfolio lay-flat book, ISBN: 979-8-9866224-0-8.
2021 Pauze, SchlessArt, Bergen, NH, The Netherlands.
2021 Transparent Spaciality, SchlessArt, Bergen, NH, The Netherlands.
1984 Nederland Waterland, Kunstgalerie Ginneken, Breda, The Netherlands.
1984 Nederland Waterland, Photo Club Leur, Etten-Leur, The Netherlands.
1983 Steden in Kleur, Photo Club Leur, Etten-Leur, The Netherlands.
1983 Paarden, Kunstgalerie Ginneken, Breda, The Netherlands.
1982 Nederland Waterland, Photo Club Leur, Etten-Leur, The Netherlands.
1981 Landschappen in Zwart-Wit, Photo Club Leur, Etten-Leur, The Netherlands.
1980 Vogels en Bloemen, Photo Club Leur, Etten-Leur, The Netherlands.
2024 Landscape Photography Workshop Bryce Canyon and the US Southwest, a recurring 3-day workshop in May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
2023 Lecture, Alternative Processes, Santa Reparata International School of Art, SRISA, Florence, Italy, July 31.
2023 Lecture, White Balance in Photography and Videography, Santa Reparata International School of Art, SRISA, Florence, Italy, July 24.
2023 Lecture, Photographing High Dynamic Range Scenes – HDR Photography, Santa Reparata International School of Art, SRISA, Florence, Italy, July 11.
2022 Lecture, From an Idea to a Presentation, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, Lakewood, CO, USA, August 22.
2021 Landscape Photography Workshop Water and Ice, 5-days, Iceland.
1994 Lecture, The Exposure, The Photo, The Presentation, Rotary International, Etten-Leur, The Netherlands, August 4.
1993 Workshop, Landscape Photography, Rotary International, Etten-Leur, The Netherlands, June 19.
1984 Workshop, Photography Techniques II, Norbertus College, Roosendaal, The Netherlands, April 12.
1984 Workshop, Photography Techniques I, Norbertus College, Roosendaal, The Netherlands, March 2.
1983 Lecture, Ultra-High-Speed Photography, School Voor Fotografie en Fototechniek, The Hague, The Netherlands, November 11.