Whois

My passion for imagery began at an early age. My grandfather, an artist who once painted in the iconic Tuschinski Theater in Amsterdam, taught me how to draw and introduced me to the darkroom, where I learned to develop photos. He gave me the tools and the vision to see details, understand light and shadow, and tell stories through images.

When I received my first paycheck during my military service, I knew exactly what I would spend it on: my first camera. From that moment on, I was hooked. My early experiments were simple—I cut images from the TV screen, pieced them together, and developed them in the darkroom. What started as playful collages grew into a deep obsession with imagery and composition.

My career took me into the world of glamour and fashion photography. I captured rising stars like Jolanthe Cabau, Froukje de Both, and Beertje Beers before they became household names. I worked with magazines such as Playboy, Panorama, FHM, Beau Monde, Glossy, and Maxim, contributing to the creation of iconic images that are still remembered today.

But glamour photography wasn’t enough. My work is my adrenaline, my outlet. This is who I am. My heart lies in visual art—a dynamic fusion of photography, painting, and mixed media. I print my work on aluminum, paint over it, and finish it with liquid gloss. No piece is ever the same—the artist’s hand is always present.

Voyeurism and tension play a major role in my work. Like the old masters—Rembrandt, Rubens, Egon Schiele—I believe nudity can be art. Not vulgar, but sensual and powerful. It’s not the nudity itself that intrigues, but the suggestion, the layers. A glance, a posture, a shadow in just the right place. My art is meant to provoke questions, trigger emotions, and stimulate the senses.

I see myself as an ambassador of eroticism. The world revolves around attraction. It can be toward the opposite or the same sex—it doesn’t matter. That feeling of admiration, desire, or being desired makes you feel alive. It motivates you to take care of yourself, to make the world around you more beautiful. Without this attraction, life becomes dull. Just look at what happens with excessive remote work—people start neglecting themselves, losing energy.

I want to brighten up the spaces you live in. My work should inspire, challenge, and seduce you to go outside again, to fall in love with life. To rediscover that energy and excitement, to reignite that fire.

My free time? Riding motorcycles. My passion? Freedom. After fifty, time flies. You have to do what sets your heart on fire. In five years? Exhibitions in New York and Los Angeles. A gallery in Ibiza where I create, shoot, and live. And always pushing the boundaries. Art should shock, fascinate, and most of all, linger.

And if someone asks whether it’s ‘appropriate’? Fuck that. Art is meant to provoke. Art is meant to wake you up.