My photography has really always been about what I feel I'm getting out of it. What people on the outside get doesn't concern me.

Holland is a fairly small country, and in a weird way, somewhat conservative. That might surprise people because it is a very tolerant place, but it's also a somewhat Calvinist country.

I'm pretty solitary when I take pictures. Even when I take pictures of people, I just go about my own way of doing it.

Holland is a fairly small country, and in a weird way, somewhat conservative. That might surprise people because it is a very tolerant place, but it's also a somewhat Calvinist country. There isn't much flexibility in changing people's perspectives.

I think I'm predominantly known for my portraits. Obviously in my work there are landscape or stilllife elements, but mainly my work is people . . .

I'm a very curious person. And most people are charmed by curiosity - especially if you are curious about them or what they are doing . . . unless they are breaking into a car or something.

I always thought that I was lazy because I could never tell if I was working or not. I was making things, which doesn't seem like work.