Photography

@ Home: I have been collecting images of people in their homes. When people are at home, they often relax and show a different personality than they do when they are in public. A person's home tells a lot about a person. The items they surround themselves with and the conditions the allow themselves to live in reveal aspects of a person's personality you would never see in public. To get to know someone, you have to go home with them.

Cuba: My vision of Cuba is similar to that of a Hollywood set. The center of Havana consists of beautifully restored building. Step off the main track and you find crumbling building that are missing walls and windows. Inside these crumbling building are living families.

In Cuba the revolution is everything. References to it line the streets and fill the billboards. The revolution freed the people from the horrible repression the Spanish inflicted on them. With communism, the people gained true equality and wanted for very little (except variety when shopping). Now with the tourist trade booming in Cuba, the Cubans have again become second class citizens. The tourists are the new elite and the repression is by the Cubans against the Cubans.

Hooker: I live on the edge of the red light district in Amsterdam center. When I look out my windows and to the left, I see the windows glowing red. After walking by these people for 6 months, I got the idea to photograph some of them. Their outfits are outrageous and their attitude is a cross between funny and rude.

Snowing in Amsterdam! - 2005: In the 6 years I have lived here, this is the first time it has snowed this much. I looked out my window onto my terrace and everything is beautiful white!

Old Year's Eve - 2004: The chaos in the streets on Old Year's Eve in Amsterdam is enough to scare many people away.

Photography

Highgate Cemetary: They call it the most beautiful place in the UK. It isn't. I've been to Cornwall. A cemetary can't compete with such a beautiful coastline. However, it is a beautiful place. The overgrowth and the deteriorating condition of many of the graves makes Highgate well worth a visit.

Under My Feet: Humans stand tall and look forward. At least that is what we are supposed to do. By doing so, we miss the details that we walk upon. I have begun capturing these things we see only when we look strait down. I have discovered and entire world of fantastic shapes and shadows.

The Things Called Tourists: When you live in a city like Amsterdam, the massive number of tourists force you to regard them as 'things' that have to be avoided. They always get in your way. You have to avoid walking into their photographs. You have to watch where they are going because they don't pay any attention.

People: This series focuses on capturing people as relaxed a possible in their home or work place.

Old_timers: One of my favorite hobbies is old cars. On all of the classic car tours I go on I photograph several cars and at least one photo of their owner. Are cars and their owner similar in the same way that dogs and their owners are similar?

Amerika - images: While traveling in California for a month, I wondered at the reasoning behind the abundance of flags. Is it patriotism or paranoia? Is it fear or hate? Could it be desperation or love?

Prague: Prague is a city I have been to many time and one which I love. It is a truly beautiful city. I was there last in September 2004 and will go there again in February 2005.

Something evil this way comes!

Time Magazine 'Man of the year':
- Adolf Hitler
- January 2nd, 1939

Time Magazine 'Person of the year'
- George W Bush
- December, 2004
  (for the 2nd time)

'The systematic use of popular media for purposes of opinion control was first codified by Dr. Joseph Goebbels of the notorious Third Reich, who said "The mass mind is far more primitive than most of us can imagine."'

George W. Bush has mastered this control over the mass mind.

Lies and disinformation

Lucky for us we are able to include all the statements from the Bush Administration into a database. This is what was found: 935 lies

The database can be found here.

A big Thank You to the The Center for Public Integrity and the Fund for Independence in Journalism for compiling this very necessary database.