It takes a community to stop Child Labour. With this approach Hivos – an international organisation that seeks new solutions for persistent global issues – is supporting a great project in Rajasthan, India. We were happy to cover the personal success stories of the people changing their own lives for the best. Hivos uses those personal portraits and stories to bring the great results of the work they support to life.
This publication on Child Labour Free Zones is one of the examples where the photos are used. It always makes me happy to see how the combination of photography and great design makes a strong message.
The last months we had the opportunity to visit places you normally won’t visit on the average around-the-world-trip. For Mondiaal FNV – the international branch of the Dutch Labour Union – we visited places in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar, where people are striving for better work conditions. We saw some horrible situations: like the extremely hard and unhealthy work in the stone quarries in India, or the terrible conditions of the workers in the textile industry or at the landfills in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Sometimes we were shocked by the unfairness in the world. But overall we were surprised and amazed by the immense power and resilience of the people working there: to unite and fight for their own rights, to get an identity and to make the best of life!
It was great to make portraits of the people that are making a difference there. The portraits and interviews show the amazing story behind the numbers and the great work that is been done to change their lives for the best.
On a ridiculous detour in our old army ambulance, we will take the roads less travelled in search of an answer to a question that occupies our minds: how do we want to live our lives? Is a simple life – closer to nature and people – something for us? On a 40.000 km circumbendibus through time and cultures, we will circle the northern hemisphere. On this expedition we will visit remote places and experience communities that choose to live a life far from our modern day society, but close to each other. From the traditional and nomadic groups in Central Asia, to the off-grid-communities in for example Europe and South East Asia. By joining those people in their day-to-day lives, we hope to find an answer. A perfect alibi to get the camera out and play ;-)!
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Together with videographer Daan Huttinga we made this video:
Trying to explain what Burning Man is to someone who has never been to the event is a bit like trying to explain what a particular color looks like to someone who is blind. Everybody has his own different experience in this temporary Community. With this Exhibition we would like to share our experience with you.
From the 27th of April you are welcome to visit the exhibition in the smart-cafe State of Mind at Oudegracht 226 in Utrecht.
It has been very busy with a mixture of photography, my other job and planning my next trip (will be a very nice update in September!).
I have a lot of nice things to show you, but for now there is one update on my website.
Top notch Restaurant ‘t Veerhuys in Almere has asked me to do my thing for their new website. So without further ado please have a look at my latest portfolio category: Reportage.
I will participate in a very nice art & music festival in Rotterdam.
It will be taking place the 23rd of June at the Charloisse Kerksingel in Rotterdam.
During this festival the truck, with which we drove from Holland to India in ’10-’11, will be used as the exhibition background. Here you will find photographs of this journey through Europe, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and India. Furthermore there will be more recent work available in different sizes, ready to hang on your wall or frame yourself.
It has been quiet on my website for a while, but that’s a good thing!
Among other things I’ve been busy with several reportages for the FNV about the striking cleaners. The cleaners are on a strike for more than 9 weeks now, they demand improved working conditions and more respect. The creative minds behind the strike-activities is Take a Detour.
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