At an early age I came in contact with photography, and ever since it has been in my life. My parents had a subscription to the National Geographic magazine, and as a child I remember using the photo's for projects I made in school. At the age of 11 I made my first photo's. Nine years later I volunteered for the United Nations to go to Lebanon with the UNIFIL peacekeeping forces. For 6 month I served in Lebanon. It was 1985, and the only camera I had was a Kodak Disc camera. After returning from Lebanon I decided to go to Australia for a year. Before I left, I bought a Pentax SLR camera. Worked in a brickyard for 6 month and travelled around the country. Back in The Netherlands I got in contact with a photographer in Amsterdam, who did commercial work and I assisted him for over a year. Then in 1990 I became involved in television and started working as a cameraman. As a cameraman I was sent out on assignment to lots of countries and always took my still camera. In May 2005 I took part in a workshop with Gary Knight from the photo agency VII.