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2026 Recent posts
✦ July

July 15th, 2026 →

A lot has changed, and much has stayed the same. Despite threading carefully, I still developed a small knee-injury that requires physical therapy and a more controlled way of working out. Personal training in small groups is the affordable and sustainable solution, it seems. I have not missed an entry for my monthly newsletter yet, though I did come close a couple of times the past few months. I have too many open loops and it's difficult to keep focus. The traffic on my website has been tank
2026 Recent posts
✦ July

999 Zines →

999 copies. 33 different zines. One message hidden across them all. Piece it together, follow the clues, and help uncover what comes next.
2026 Recent posts
✦ July

Head, shoulders, knees and toes →

And eyes and ears and mouth and nose.
2026 Recent posts
✦ July

Happy →

I’m on our balcony, deep inside our mamasan chair. It’s 27 degrees Celsius, 7PM in the evening. The sound of crickets dictates the evening sky. A train passes by. A scooter too. Some kids are playing football. Three birds fly by, steadily chirping. Our television plays Charlotte’s show in the background.  The smaller of our cats, Cobain, pokes his head around the balcony door. He chirps, as if he talks to the birds that flew by. But he’s not, he is talking to me. A quick scout around the balco
2026 Recent posts
✦ June

All we are is everything we take in →

A field trip to the Oosterscheldekering turns into a reflection on solitude, documentation, and the role photography plays in making sense of the world.
2026 Recent posts
✦ June

The Oosterschelde Storm Surge Barrier: a perpetual work in progress →

The Oosterscheldekering protects the Dutch coast from storm surges while preserving one of the country’s last tidal estuaries. A visit to Neeltje Jans reveals a landscape shaped by compromise, engineering and continuous maintenance.
2026 Recent posts
✦ May

How I organize photos in Lightroom (a simple system that scales) →

A simple Lightroom workflow built for long-term scalability. Learn how to organize photos using a single catalog, a Year > Month folder structure, metadata, Smart Collections, and backups that keep your archive searchable, approachable, and future-proof.
2026 Recent posts
✦ May

A decade with the Fujifilm XF35mm f2: My most trusted everyday Fuji lens →

It took me ten years to write this. After more than 60,000 photographs with the Fujifilm XF35mm f2, this became less of a lens review and more of a reflection on reliability, everyday carry photography, and documenting life over time.
2026 Recent posts
✦ May

Field trips for the greater good →

More field trips for more interesting experiences for better stories and more interesting work.
2026 Recent posts
✦ May

The Sand Engine: a human assist to nature →

A mega pile of sand is slowly eroding over time to protect the Dutch coastline. And that's interesting for a couple of reasons.
2026 Recent posts
✦ April

The Ricoh GR1-D: a minimal full-frame 28mm camera concept →

A full-frame, fixed 28mm camera built for speed, simplicity, and intent. No video, no screen, no distractions. Just a tool that stays out of the way and lets you take the shot.
2026 Recent posts
✦ April

Membership hub →

Thank you for supporting this ongoing body of work. It's built through walking, photographing, and shaping that material over time. This is your membership hub.
2026 Recent posts
✦ April

De Slufter: a weird name, for a unique place →

The only place in the Netherlands where the sea is allowed to win.
2026 Recent posts
✦ April
Featured

Coastwork →

An unplanned trip to Texel turned into a small field study of a coastline unlike any other. Being there, in the wind and water, brought back my fascination with the ocean and its edges.
2026 Recent posts
✦ March

Appendix →

The appendix serves two distinct purposes: to situate the framework within a broader body of knowledge, and to provide a compressed operational view of how it is applied.
2026 Recent posts
✦ March

Making closure a practice →

Understanding the Advance Filter is one thing. Keeping it alive in real situations is another. Closing a loop once is not that difficult, especially now that you have this framework. Keeping your system stable over time is where the real work begins.
2026 Recent posts
✦ March

Building community is overrated →

Community isn’t something you declare into existence. It forms over time, through shared identity and enough structure to sustain itself. Anything before that is branding.
2026 Recent posts
✦ March

The Advance Filter →

Going from chaos to clarity in a few simple steps. That's what we'll do here. Don't expect any growth or productivity hacks. These are simple, scientifically-grounded, concrete, applicable things you can do today to get unstuck and start advancing in life again.