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When people want to know more about me, they tend to ask me what I do. In my case, looking back at what I've done says a lot more about me than trying to explain how I'm currently navigating between my own family, my son's school, care for my parents, managing apartments in Amsterdam etc. I really hope to get back to doing professional photo work soon!
Because of how I am, starting something new can be a lot more appealing than finishing what I'm doing. Therefore I've turned my life around numerous times. Here are highlights from my teens to now with approximate dates:
Primary school and part of secondary school in the Netherlands
International school in Switzerland (American high school, 4 years)
Architecture in Haarlem (HTS) ('87)
Haarlem: about 15 different jobs through a job agency
Germany: (obligatory) military service ('88)
Courses in advertising and marketing (Brugopleiding reclame, NIMA-A en NIMA-B) ('90/'91/'92)
Amsterdam: college for marketing, public relations, advertising, journalism and photo-journalism (hbo communicatie) ('93 - '97)
Friesland: fixing an old sailing boat and preparing it for its trip around the world ('97)
Spain: (realisation that this is where the journey has ended and consequently:) work in bars and restaurants, gym, beach and nightlife
Brasil, hippy colony: selling sandwiches on the beach
Haarlem: work in bars and restaurants ('99)
Purchase of an apartment and rented it out to a friend
Haarlem: working as an independent contractor doing corporate design and design of websites (2000)
Brasil: study of Portuguese
Amsterdam: design, teaching Photoshop and working in a in a Spanish tapas bar ('02/'03)
Spain: teaching Photoshop, setting up and running an Apple store (APR) ('04/'05/'06)
Amsterdam: purchase, redecoration and styling of apartment ('07/'08)
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Amsterdam: professional photography ('08 and on)
Spain: purchase, redecoration and styling of apartment ('11/'12)
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Study of Italian ('12/'13)
Amsterdam: teaching photography ('14/'15)
Amsterdam: purchase, redecoration and styling of apartment ('14/'15)
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After moving here (check out the view), I started to rent out the other apartment (centre of Amsterdam, ‘08/’08).
After the tenant had finally left, I redecorated the apartment that I had bought in 1999 with help of a friend and rented that out for a more reasonable price.
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Study of Korean ('14/'15)
Birth of son (2018)
Pulled the plug on professional photography. I hope to start the up again soon.
Providing considerably more care for my parents. Currently still a considerable part of my life.
The Hague: purchase, redecoration and styling of a house for my family ('20/'21) (no good pictures yet)
currently actively participating in the very active community that surrounds the school of our son: De Vrije Ruimte
Update February 2024: During the last visit to my girlfriend's family in Seoul, I finally got a bit more serious about shooting some pictures again. Shot with my phone.