Alphen aan den Rijn, South Holland, Netherlands
I love travel, new flavours and smells, people who live with passion and love raw beauty. I love dancing, preferably in the summer rain, the morning fog over the fields, de smell of pine trees and wild flowers. I love the brawling city, the old brick walls and centuries of history they harbour. I love tea and fresh strawberries from the farden and panna cotta and sparkling wine. I want to make pure and soulful and poetic images. A bit melancholic and at the same time filled with joy. Artistic storytelling with a love for beautiful details.
I photograph love. Your love for each other. Love for life. Love for your job/craft. - weddings/engagements - fine art family portraits - editorial - product photography - visual branding
Photography and styling workshops for creative entrepreneurs.
As a researcher for the Centre for Urban History at the University of Antwerp I focus on sumptuary laws and the consumption of textiles, especially silks, in the late medieval and early modern Southern Low Countries.
PhD titled: "All together respectably dressed. Fashion and clothing in Bruges during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries" Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Bruno Blondé and Prof. Dr. Bert De Munck To be defended on March 11, 2016.
Medieval Silkwork is a blog dedicated to my ongoing research into various subjects relating to Medieval and Early Modern textiles and dress, as well as the recreation of historical accessories and clothes.