2005-present: independent photographer based in Blantyre, Malawi. Photographs
made for ao Unicef, BBC, UNFPA, EU-GoM Micro Programmes Project, Concern Universal, Cordaid, Story Workshop,
Zain, CFAO, Nanzikambe Theatre, NICO Holdings, Central Africana Publishing,
Macra, European Union, Zain, MTL, Mary’s Meals, Creative Revolution.
Published in ao The Daily Times, The
Nation, Malawi News, Arts Magazine, Traveller Magazine, City Side Magazine, Weekly News.
He has made all photographs for the 2008, 2009, and the 2010 EU-GoM IFMSLP (forestry) calendar.
He has made all photographs for the 2009 Story Workshop Calendar.
From June 2007 he is photojournalism lecturer at Malawi Institute of Journalism.
He has won the 2007 World Aids Day photo contest of Blantyre Newspapers Limited and the American Embassy in Malawi.
He is vice secretary of the Photographers’ Association of Malawi (PHOTAMA)
He is photo editor of Be My Guest Magazine
He has published internationally in Elle USA, Aftonbladet, Irish Times. Dutch newspaper publications include Volkskrant, NRC, Parool, Telegraaf. Dutch magazine publications include Vrij Nederland, Groene Amsterdammer, Slagwerkkrant, Fret, LiveXS. He has published photos through news agencies AP and ANP. He is currently affiliated with Still Pictures photo agency in London, UK.
1997-2005: independent photographer based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, for NGO’s, magazines and newspapers, specialising in community and empowerment projects and musicians. He has done projects for ao UNFPA, Unicef, DSW, Interact Worldwide, WPF, CCMC, IPPF, NCDO, Concern Universal. He has worked in the field in South Africa, USA, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Publications include UNFPA State of the World Population Report, as well as numerous IEC materials and others by these and other organisations.
Exhibitions include:
Reproductive Rights, field photographs of reproductive health and rights projects
in Asia and Africa, in the gallery of the Public Library in Amsterdam, 2003
Reproductive Rights, in the House of Lords, London, 2003
The Musicians, concert photographs of pop and rock musicians, in the gallery
of the Public Library in Amsterdam, 2004
Reproductive Rights in NCDO office in the Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, 2005
Malawian Photographs 2006, in Chez Macky, Blantyre, Malawi
Malawi, nature and landscape, in La Dolce Vita, Blantyre, Malawi 2008
1997-2005: student at Fotogram photography school in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1984-1997: free lance musician, playing trombone, guitar, composer, record producer. Teacher of trombone and composition, both privately and at Muziekpakhuis music school in Amsterdam. Photography as a hobby.
1980-1984: student at Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, Netherlands, studying
trombone and composition.
1978-1980: student musicology at the University of Amsterdam.
1972-1978: student at Barlaeus Gymnasium, Amsterdam
1966-1972: student at Vrijschool, Amsterdam
1960: May 15th born in Amsterdam, Netherlands