There is too much to tell about the Alhambra, Spain’s most visited historical complex, but there are so many books and articles online, so I won’t go into that. Visited by two million people every year, it is always busy and you have to constantly queue to make your way through all those beautiful … More Alhambra, Granada
Once a Moorish outpost, overlooking the whole valley, Zahara de la Sierra is one of the prettiest white villages of the Serranía de Ronda. Overlooking the lake of Zahara, a water reservoir artificially created by a dam that was built in 1992, which covers a little hamlet and a salt mine. In spite of it’s … More Zahara de la Sierra
Escaping the heat of the summers of Andalusia we drove up to the north of Spain for a change of scenery and spent some time in the area of the river Eo and the Atlantic coast. After being surrounded by white villages and dry country for so long, it’s great to see juicy green fields … More A cool summer
“Quo Vadis?” is about my search in life. Following a path, exploring my interior through ‘selfies avant-la-lettre’, the self-portroids (1982-1994) and exploring the outside through transiting unknown paths, the ‘Quo Vadis’ (1987-now). I am an explorer of my own life, a traveler in time and space, always looking for a new horizon, somewhere better?
When I step out of my house which lies hidden in a small valley and climb up our first hill, I come to open fields. On my morning walks I often walk around these fields, which always look different at all stages of all seasons. My latest exhibition is a homage to these fields. With fragments … More Ploughed Fields and Borrowed Words
Festival UVA is a relatively new festival travelling through Spain and also visiting the historic grounds of Bodega Descalzos Viejos in Ronda. The festival is “dedicated to contemporary culture through the interaction of music, visual arts and architecture”. I went to the performance of Call Super, a Berlin based DJ and musician from London (and his family … More Festival UVA
In the summer of 2015, I received the great honour of being invited as an official photographer of the Real Maestranza de Caballería de Ronda (RMCR) and documenting the three days of bullfights at the Goyesca Fair. I had to think about it. I had no knowledge of the centuries-old bullfighting culture, I seriously doubted … More Sol y Sombra
In the making of this new (4th) series of diptychs of Ronda I had no preconceived idea of what I wanted to tell. With the three previous series of diptychs of the Serranía of Ronda I always looked for a common thread, a theme in the making of my images. This time I let go … More Diptychs of Ronda ‘Associations’
Acinipo is placed on a limestone plateau that raises at 1000 meters above sea level. Beneath this geological formation there is an aquifer that drains into several springs. Archaeological works find out that Acinipo was first occupied in the Copper Age in the 10th-9th century BC. The Roman presence since the year 206 BC brought … More Acinipo, The Old Ronda
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