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I’ve been taking photos since around 1950, starting in my early teens with a box camera taking 8 photos 6x9 cm on 120 roll film. As a scientist I have always been fascinated by what photography can do, as much from the technical side as by the pictorial results.  Freezing action with flash, speeding time with time-lapse, slowing time with high-speed cinephotography, micro- and electron micro-photography, as examples.

I photograph anything and everthing that interests me, seeking to capture forever a memorable visual (and even unsuccessfully because there is no sound) musical experience.

My objective is to create pictures which appeal to everyone and not the more “artistic” and, as I see it, experimental photography nurtured by the Foto Bond Nederland, which leaves me cold.

I like the work of the contemporary Dutch master,Martin Kers; the romantic pictures of David Hamilton; the low key portraits of Karsh from 50 years ago.

On early retirement, I started giving photography courses at a beginners’ level, explaining both technicalities which influence quality and the pictorial content which influence the successfulness of a picture.  With teaching the importance of composition in photography in my courses, I now consciously concentrate on incorporating a strong compositional element in my own pictures.

The cursisten from the courses, who wanted to go further with photography, provided the basis for membership of this Fotoworkshop which I set up in 1998.