My work is a poetic, melancholic and sometimes romantic version of reality, my reality. It's personal and therefore emotional, as I'm quite an emotional character.
I encourage the viewer to use his or her own imagination. In 2013 I graduated from the Photo Academy in Amsterdam with the project One Year, my visual representation of a year in my life in which three of my family members died, and I was abandoned by my partner. The project gained much attention and has been published in book form.
I live and work in Amsterdam.
education
2017 Expert program: a successful photography project with Evelien Kunst
2016 Darkroom printing masterclass with Machiel Botman
2015 Workshop DIY-storytelling with Rob Hornstra
2014 Magnum workshop with Antoine D'Agata @ Tokyo Institute of Photography
2012-2013 Internship photographer @ Het Parool newspaper, Amsterdam
2010-2013 Photo Academy Amsterdam, graduated december 2013
exhibitions & publication
2021 Project “Outside room 8” @ Rotterdam Photo Festival
2021 Project "Outside room 8” @ Foto Festival Naarden
2019 “Charles goes Arles - The Unseen Edition 2019” @ Unseen Amsterdam
2019 Book launch & exhibition “One Year” @ Schilt Publishing & Gallery
2018 "Charles goes Arles - The Hamburg Edition" slideshow during Triennale der Photographie in Hamburg
2017 "Charles goes Unseen" @ Unseen, Amsterdam
2017 "Charles goes Arles" guerrilla slideshow during Rencontres d'Arles
2017 Exhibition "1 Year" @ Foto Festival Naarden 2017
2017 Nominated for the Joop Swart Masterclass 2017
2017 Gomma Grant 2016 Shortlisted Photographer
2016 Participated in the Lensculture World Press Photo portfolio reviews, Amsterdam
2015 GUP New photography 2015
