Contact: erik@fotoboom.nl

born 1961 in Landgraaf, The Netherlands

1991
graduated Gerrit Rietveld Academie / photography, Amsterdam

selected for the last round of the Prix the Rome , photography

startstipendium from the National Art Foundation

1991 – 2002
running a business in photography

being strongly involved in the work of Yuk Lin Tang, a Chinese-Dutch artist

being the ‘house-photographer’ of Job Koelewijn

2003
Solo-exhibition ‘Come into my world’ at Loes Goedbloeds, Amsterdam, on recommendation of Dirk Vermeulen / gallery De Praktijk

‘Tuliphoto’ in ABC Treehouse Gallery, Amsterdam

Gothic-project (on invitation of Tyler Eilders I create an atmospheric portrait of the Gothic culture in The Netherlands )

started fairy-book (children’s book, photo’s made in Ireland with Chantal Fortune, to be published in 2005)

Sancta Catharina-project: a broad scope on women, expressing that holiness is not an excluding concept but including: whole

2004
‘Water’ group-exhibition in ABC Treehouse Gallery, Amsterdam

‘Thirty dirty pictures’ group-exhibition in WM photo gallery, Amsterdam

collaboration with Sonja Pregrad, Croatian choreographer and dancer, dialogue on nudity through photography and performance

‘Nudes in woods’-project (with Sonja Pregrad)

2005
article in Focus Magazine, a leading Dutch photo magazine

several exhibitions in theatres and cafes

general
courses (Landmark Education) in self expression and communication

books on spirituality (Conversations with God, the Power of Now)