Interview KMMagazine

'I have always dealt with photography in a fairly experimental way. Photography is an excellent medium in which this is possible. After I got a working grant from the BKVB fund, I took a series of photos 'The Origin of the World', in which I tried out all kinds of possibilities. For example, I put pieces of paper in the enlarger. That gave erratic shapes on the paper. I also made photographs by lying down on the paper myself. Some photos I have not developed on purpose, so you get stains. Or I first painted with fixation on the paper. I was especially fascinated by the possibilities of photography to capture the light, photography is a medium that you can expand just like painting. At one point I also wanted to work with color, but different from the usual color photography. Color photography provides direct and bright colors. The chemical changes are much more earthy in terms of atmosphere and color. That's why I make my prints on baryta paper, which gives a great intensity and depth to the color. '

Dissolving the chemicals, experimenting with the solutions and unforeseen factors that play a role in coloring has influenced my visual language. I assume that the mystery can be found in everything and I am only the artist who recognizes this mystery in the things around me.

Toning black & white photo's by making use of chemical processes to create coloursDissolving the chemicals, experimenting with the solutions and unforeseen factors that play a role in toning have influenced my visual language. I assume that mystery is to be found in everything and I am merely the artist who recognizes this mystery in the things around me.