Early work
Early work:
Kurdistan, Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997-2006)
In 1997 I graduated from the art academy with a master project on the Kurds, called Forbidden People. In the following years I repeatedly returned to the Kurdish areas in Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq to denounce the unenviable living conditions of the Kurdish people. Central to this series is the annual celebration of Newroz on March 21. This traditional spring festival, which is celebrated by several peoples, has a distinctly political significance for the Kurds. On that day, the call for respect for human rights, cultural autonomy and independence rings loudest. The resilience of this troubled people made a deep impression on me.
As my interest in the Middle East grew, I widened my scope to Palestine and in Saddam Hussein's Iraq in 2002. One year later, the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant sent me again to Baghdad to photograph the aftermath of the American invasion.
Other early black-and-white reportage work shown here was made in war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina (1997) and in the Kosovo refugee camps in northern Albania (1999).
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Fotografie is een leugenachtig medium
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Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art
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A small voice. Conversations with photographers, Ben Smith podcast, 2021
Striking photos capture Dubai’s artificial universes, Connect the World, CCN, 2018
Interview 100% Cultuur, ATV, 2018
Zeiss Photography Award reportage, 2018
Interview, Krolop & Gerst, 2018
Interview, Shifter Media, 2016
Interview, De Afspraak, Canvas, 2015
Interview, 100% Cultuur, ATV, 2014
Diyarbakir, Kurdistan - Turkey, March 2001
Newroz celebration in Diyarbakir, Kurdistan - Turkey, March 21, 1998
Newroz celebration in Diyarbakir, Kurdistan - Turkey, March 21, 1998
Newroz celebration in Diyarbakir, Kurdistan - Turkey, March 21, 2001
Newroz celebration in Terbespi, Qamishli, Kurdistan - Syria, March 21, 2005
Newroz celebration in Diyarbakir, Kurdistan - Turkey, March 21, 1998
Newroz celebration in Kagithane, Istanbul, Turkey, March 21, 1997
Newroz celebration in Kagithane, Istanbul, Turkey, March 21, 1997
Diyarbakir, Kurdistan - Turkey, March 1997
Military checkpoint near Cizre, Kurdistan - Turkey, March 1998
Hakkari, Kurdistan - Turkey, March 2000
Diyarbakir, Kurdistan - Turkey, March 1997
Diyarbakir, Kurdistan - Turkey, March 2006
Diyarbakir, Kurdistan - Turkey, March 2006
Kurdish IDP’s in Küçükçekmece, Istanbul, Turkey, December 2006
Mardin, Kurdistan - Turkey, March 2006
Lake Dukan, Kurdistan – Iraq, January 2002
PUK-peshmergas near Halabja, Kurdistan – Iraq, January 2002
Suleimaniya, Kurdistan – Iraq, January 2002
Halabja, Kurdistan – Iraq, January 2002
Kermanshah, Iran, March 2003
Kurdish village near Kobani, Kurdistan – Syria, March 2006
Dogubeyazit, Kurdistan - Turkey, January 2007
Road between Van and Hakkari, Kurdistan - Turkey, March 2000
Training camp of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party PKK in the Qandil Mountains, Kurdistan – Iraq, March 2004
Training camp of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party PKK in the Qandil Mountains, Kurdistan – Iraq, March 2004
Training camp of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party PKK in the Qandil Mountains, Kurdistan – Iraq, March 2004
Training camp of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party PKK in the Qandil Mountains, Kurdistan – Iraq, March 2004
Training camp of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party PKK in the Qandil Mountains, Kurdistan – Iraq, March 2004
Kurdish wedding near Chamchamal, Kurdistan – Iraq, January 2002
Refugee camp for Kurdish IDP’s near Chamchamal, Kurdistan – Iraq, January 2002
Frontline near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 1997
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 1997
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 1997
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 1997
Shengjin, Albania, June 1999
Food distribution point for Kosovo refugees. Shengjin, Albania, June 1999
A humanitarian worker consoling a newly arrived Kosovo refugee. Shengjin, Albania, June 1999
Kosovo refugees in Pllana refugee camp. Albania, 1999
Jenin refugee camp after the Battle of Jenin. Palestine, 2002
Saddam’s monuments, Baghdad, Iraq, July 2002 (statue of Saddam Hussein; Victory Arch; Martyrs’ Monument; Monument to the Unknown Soldier)
Portraits of Saddam Hussein at the Museum of Modern Art, Baghdad, Iraq, July 2002
Tea house, Baghdad, Iraq, July 2002
Baghdad, Iraq, July 2002
Funeral in Najaf, Iraq, July 2002
Al-Rawabi school, Baghdad, Iraq, July 2002
Portrait of Saddam at the Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad, Iraq, July 2002
American soldiers at the military base near Martyrs’ Monument, Baghdad, Iraq, September 15, 2003
Joint American-Kurdish checkpoint near Kirkuk, Iraq, September 13, 2003
Shi’a pilgrims praying in front of the holy shrine of Emam Ali in Najaf,
Oil pipeline attack near Tikrit, Iraq, September 18, 2003
Destroyed lobby of Mount Lebanon Hotel in Baghdad, the morning after a car bomb attack. March 18, 2004
Damascus, Syria, March 30, 2005
Movie theatre in Baron Street, Aleppo, Syria, March 2005
Tehran, Iran, January 10, 2007
Erzurum, Turkey, December 26, 2006
Camlica park in Uskudar, Istanbul, December 3, 2006
Levent business district, Istanbul, December 8, 2006
Butcher, Kars, Turkey, December 31, 2006
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