The photos for Mostert & van Leeuwen were part of a seasonal shoot I did for the Van Oldenbarneveltstraat shopping street in Rotterdam. I was assigned to capture the shopping interior of various stores. Among them was Mostert & van Leeuwen, a contemporary fashion store for men and women.
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After 9 months of waiting she’s finally here! Our daughter Mette Elba van Dongen was born last Tuesday on January 8th in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. I Really can’t tell how special this is and how proud I am of Len and of course Mette. These women complete my life right now. We have a way […]
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A special one this year. This Christmas we’ll be together with the three (Len, Jack the cat and myself) of us in expectance of our little misses who is bound to arrive any moment now. At home (our amazing retreat) we had our Christmas breakfast in style. Even Jack joined us at the table after presenting […]
read moreIt took them some time but Instagram has just released Instagram Web Profiles for all users. The interface is quite like other known web clients like Webstagram or Statigram. But viewing all those awesome Instagram photos online through it’s native service just seems more logic. Head over to Instagram and have a look at your […]
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Last weekend I visited my ‘zorgen zijn voor morgen’ pals from Alexandria ’66 Saturday 4 to see them perform and win during a cup game of soccer. Winning most definitely set the mood for some casual celebration at the club. You just know you’re in trouble if these guys are around. They take over your […]
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Maarten did it again. He organized the 8th edition of the Analog Photography Collective meetup. This time we went shooting film with a small group of five. We went by bike to the area of the iconic Van Brienenoord bridge in Rotterdam. We spend a couple hours shooting film near, under and on the bridge. […]
read moreNot the Bliss you might expect on this site but this is a very exciting photography project. Hanke Arkenbout asked me to participate in a photography project she initiated called Bliss. Bliss is a magazine that features photographers from all around the globe with the same sort of feeling in their photos. Bliss wants to […]
read moreIt has been relatively quite over here on Cloud Cuckoo over the last couple of weeks, I know. So what’s up with that? Well, I recently started as a freelancer to fill up my spare hours besides my full time job. I’m officially available for web and interaction design, photography and conceptual design. Go ahead, try and […]
read moreI’m pretty much that guy who likes letting music take control of his mind. As I walked through my snow covered city I got stuck by a random song on my Spotify which runs on my iPhone4. It was amazing! The ease which came with it is the best! I’ve had this feeling before. When […]
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