In 1963, at the age of fourteen,

I "discovered" photography,

using my first camera, a simple

"Agfa Clack" boxcamera.

At the age of sixteen I started

working as a photographer at a

printing company giving me the

opportunity to discover the medium.

Crystallization
1969

In the late sixties I found a way to

construct "my own universe" by taking

photographs of crystallizing photo-

graphic chemicals: My first portfolio.

These photographs were published

in several photo magazines. One of the

images was published in the 1971

Annual Photography Book "Photo-

graphy of the World" from Japan.

Tri-X
Sixties / seventies

In that time 35 mm camera’s were

very popular, as was the Kodak

Tri X black-and-white film.

A high sensitive film with which

very contrasty and grainy negatives

could be created.

These negatives could result in

quite dramatic images, as was

fashonable at the time.

Kodachrome
1969-1985

From the late ‘60s to the early

’80’s I travelled quite a lot in

Europe, the Far East, Northern

Africa and the U.S.A. I loved land-

scape photography. My favourite

film at the time was Kodachrome II

(the later Kodachrome 25), resul-

ting in high definition images.

During these years I developed my

love for natural forms and struc-

tures but also for the more formal

and geometric shapes of the

manmade environment.