I am a Dutch photographer working in portrait and editorial. Much of my work is built rather than found: I start from a concept or a narrative and shape the image toward it, often working with models to construct a scene. Alongside that, I make quieter studio portraits, where the aim is the opposite: to hold still and let the person come forward without performing.

I look to photographers like Herb Ritts, Bruce Weber, and Erwin Olaf: work that is clean, physical, and unafraid of the body, or of staging a moment and letting the tension sit.

I prepare carefully, usually with a mood board as a starting point, but I leave room for what the moment gives back. Next year, I am beginning a long-term documentary strand on human stories close to me, work that will live separately from the constructed images.