homo faber and divine providence

‘In my wanderings, I discover the extraordinary in the ordinary.’ My work is a journey of discovery, bringing to light compositions that are almost overlooked. Guided by intuition, I explore gravel pits, scrap yards, residential areas, and front gardens, searching for scenes that surprise me spatially or visually, or that move me emotionally. Through playing with contrasts, I find order in chaos, tension in monotony, beauty in ugliness and humanity without people. I also find noise in silence and humour in dryness. The pictures show human habitats as a field of tension between people’s abundant will to create and chance. The remnants of our consumer society reflect people's dreams and aspirations to belong to a community, while also highlighting the absurdity of human existence in everyday life. I deliberately do not focus on people, but on their traces and what have made and built. This material reflects the spiritual realm and often reveals more about people than the image itself. When photographing, I often feel an expectation within me, waiting for that special moment. A lot of time passes in the uneventful, monotonous now. This work confronts me with my inner restlessness, my mental abysses and my search for the extraordinary. Time and again I find the interesting in the banal as soon as I put aside my ambition and surrender to emptiness. In quiet observation, the unexpected becomes visible in the banality of the everyday, as if it were masterly arranged.