Anne-Britt from Spinnin’ Yarns is doing a project where she interviews people about their life stories. She currently spoke to ten people and I am lucky to be one of them.

This wiz-kid known as Joris Bruring quit his communication studies seven years ago and since then has become known as one of Amsterdam’s most promising fashion photographers.

Cruising on his boat through the canals he explains to me how a lot of accidental events in the past have led to the success of his career. Starting out taking pictures at high school with a borrowed camera, he soon got himself to work at several agencies in Amsterdam during the first years after moving here. With a little guts and…

Click here to read the interview.

For their new preppy line of clothing, Tommy Hilfiger asked us to take pictures for their new campaign. The pictures are streetstyle-inspired and are made in the European cities Paris, Milan, London, Stockholm, Knokke, Amsterdam, Hamburg and Madrid.

I did the pictures for Amsterdam, Milan, Paris and Stockholm, the other cities were done by other photographers of Team Peter Stigter. The pictures are used on the Tommy.com website and in other advertisements. Some pictures of the campaign below.

For the bags and accessories brand Property of… I did some shoots last year to cover their new lineups of bags.

The shots are featured on the brand website as well as other media.

From the 14th till the 24th of October SALON/1 presents the Flower Salon in Amsterdam. At several locations florists and other artists have created installations and atmospheres with the themes creativity, arts, nature and flowers in common. How are artists inspired by nature and flowers?

Below an impression of some of the locations, in order of appearance: Droog, Kabinet, Hotel de L'Europe and Magazijn.

The Salon is opened till the 24th of October. For more information, visit the Salon/1 website.

Property of… is a brand of fine bags and accessories for men, launched in 2006. Originating from Singapore, the brand sells worldwide now. Next to Dutch warehouse De Bijenkorf carrying a part of their collection, they just opened a beautiful flagship store in the center of Amsterdam, at Herenstraat 2.

I did interior pictures of the store and made stills from some of the products. These pictures appeared online on blogs such as CoolHunting.com and are featured in several magazines, such as Frame. The shop is definitely worth a visit!

Dutch electropunk duo Aux Raux proudly present their own original “Aussie”, the Aux Raussie. This, of course, provided me with the perfect opportunity to do a photo shoot with the two guys on top of a roof somewhere near Dam square in Amsterdam. Results below.

Read more at 3voor12: Aux Raux presenteert de ‘Aux Raussie’ or the Aux Raux blog.

Thanks to Sophie van Veen and Erik Zwennes for the art direction.