I was born in Canada, while my young Australian parents traveled through North America in the early 1960s. A few months later, with me tucked in the boot of their Volkswagon bug, they continued their travels, crisscrossing the United States.

Their original plan was eventually to return to Australia, but one thing led to another, and we stayed in the United States. After my sister came along, we settled down in Southern California and became American citizens. But the adventure did not stop there. My father’s wanderlust led us to Madrid (2 years), Bilbao (2 years), and Taipei, Taiwan, during my high school years.

Living in different countries and experiencing other cultures from a young age taught me to adapt to new situations quickly. It is also what I enjoy about photography: meeting, observing, and working with people from different backgrounds, all of whom have a different story to tell.

I came to Amsterdam from the United States for the first time in the mid-1980s, shortly after my studies in photography. My fascination with the Eastern Docklands led me to extend my stay, residing in an old warehouse with a few other squatters. In 1989, the Amsterdam Municipal Archives bought eight large-format black and white photographs from my series ‘De Borneokade.’ In retrospect, that purchase marks when my official career as a photographer began in the Netherlands. With the birth of my son Jim in 1999, I now consider the Netherlands to be home.

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