STREET LIFE
What’s your background?
I’m a 25-year-old philosophy student living in Utrecht, the Netherlands. I was born on a farm quite far away from a small rural town, but I was always a city person, unlike my parents who are real countryside people. My first encounters with photography were from my father, who shot mostly landscapes and nature, but I didn’t become interested until I discovered street photography.
I’ve always gotten obsessed with whatever interested me, and tried to write and compose music before moving to photography. Literature, especially existentialist philosophy and fiction (Dostoevsky and Kierkegaard) is still my major source of inspiration, and I always listen to music when shooting, mostly hip-hop and instrumental jazz.
I’ve struggled quite a bit with both social and general anxiety before I discovered photography and still prefer spending my nights editing or watching films, or drinking and playing chess with friends at home over going out. Another thing besides music and photography that’s important to me is working out, and powerlifting three days a week helps me remain focused and calm, greatly aiding the creative process.
When did you first get into photography?
Roughly one and a half years ago, around February 2018. I had always been a walker, which was therapeutic for me. At some point I felt like I just wanted to capture things I saw.
When did you start to become interested in street photography?
About three months after that. My first camera was a instax mini-format Polaroid, and I
