As long as I can remember I looked with respect and fascination to those who lived their lives in an unfamiliar fashion. At age sixteen I picked up an old 35mm camera and walked through the parks of less prosperous neighbourhoods. In these parks I talked to and photographed the outcasts, the broken, the lost, the ones without a house or a home. Meeting seemingly ordinary people who turned out to be refugees from conflict zones in the middle east or who played their self-invented game in which they created their own imaginary world ignited a spark to spend my time to investigate their journey in life.

This lead me to my quest to tell stories about eccentric people situated on the periphery of society by choice or chance. I tell stories of both fiction and non-fiction, which are inspired by a great curiosity in people, current affairs, personal experiences and historical characters. I focus on the core of my subjects; Where did they come from, how are they fulfilling their lives and where will they go from here.

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