- Born in Amsterdam.
Holland.
- Studied photography at
Fotovakschool Den Haag.
- Naval Airforce
photographer Royal Dutch.
Navy. ( Technical,
reportage and Aerial
photography.
- Photographer City
Development Amsterdam.
(technical, reportage, aerial
and architecture
photography).
- Resigned and travelled
overland to India.
- Got his diploma car
mecanic so he could repair
his car himself in remote
areas. He also worked as
car mecanic to finance his
phototravels.
- After years of travelling he
started to study Cultural
Anthropology at G.U.
University of Amsterdam.
and at the University of
Leiden.
- After two years he lost
interest in Cultural
Anthropologie and started
travelling again.
- Switched from 35mm and
medium format to large
format photography.
- After seeing Eriks
landscape photography,
the American landscape
photographer Cole Weston
invites him to talk about a
position as his assistant.
- Because Erik is working on
a large serie of castle ruins
in the interior of Spain, he
temporary declines.
- Falls in love with Spain,
buys a cortijo (farmhouse)
in the Andalucian
mountains and now lives
there permanently with his
wife, dogs, cats, and
chickens, surrounded by
National Parks and on
80km distance from the
ferry to Morocco.
Now he does not have to
travel thousands of
kilometers anymore for his
landscape photography
and because of the low
cost of living in Andalucia
he can not only survive of
his small pension, but also
continue with his art.
"Pobre pero libre",
- Poor but free -
¡Total freedom!
¡The dream of every artist!

In order to be free to travel whenever we want, my wife Marie-Louise and I are looking for two retired and/or financially independent artist couples, to live on our land in their own motorhome, trailer, yurt or the like.
Most of the landscape photo's are taken from our land.
Rules:
Free spirits,
Love and respect for animals and nature,
No racism,
No talking about politics and/or religion.
¡JUST ART!