I’m proud to be part of the group show ‘Change of Pace 2012’ curated by David Bram, Fraction Magazine at the Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography […]

I’m grateful to have received a scholarship to participate in the juried CENTER Portfolio Reviews in Santa Fe (New Mexico,USA). It was a wonderful experience!   […]

I was pleasantly surprised to see my Bronxites project on the Conscientious Blog. Thank you Joerg Colberg for adding my project to your Contemporary European Photography List! […]

I’m happy to announce that I’m part of the Dutch NEW catalogue. The book launch was on April 26th at the WeAreVoid Gallery in Amsterdam.  

FIGMENT – voted NYC’s “Best Art Festival 2011” by the Village Voice- will have a silent auction featuring one of my latest new images of my Bronxites […]

I’m happy to have made it to the longlist of the Dutch Doc Awards with my Bronxites project that was published on the NYTimes Lens Blog last […]

I photographed writer Jonathan Safran Foer for a Dutch newspaper ‘de Volkskrant’. These are some of my favorite portraits I took of him. You can see the […]

Today GUP magazine published our new project on their website! You can check it out here!  

Together with photographer Judith Quax I am working on a new project on the legacy of the famous Fela Kuti. The Nigerian Afro-beat musician Fela Kuti (1938-1997) […]

Review about LagosPhoto Festival with a highlight about my project ‘The Ghost Republic of Somaliland’ written by Kerstin Meincke, researcher and curator, for the Centre for Contemporary […]

Last year I photographed a special Valentine’s day party at a senior life service center called Riverstone in Washington Heights, NY. It was a great opportunity […]

Nice article about my work written by Michel Robles in VILLAMEDIA magazine this week. To read the whole article – although it’s written in Dutch – […]

Last Monday and Tuesday I photographed the Dutch Prime Minister Rutte visiting Washington DC for a meeting with President Obama in the White House. Photographing for the […]

Yesterday I was a guest at ‘Open’  a talk show on BronxNet – a local TV station in The Bronx. It was great to share my […]

I’m very proud to announce that the New York Times published my Bronxites series today on the NYTimes Lens Blog! “She has carefully rendered her adopted […]

One of my  Somaliland portraits is selected for the ‘Art from the Heart’ pop-up show organised by The Vanderbilt Republic and curated by Jo-Anneke van der Molen. […]

    Vrij Nederland, October 2011, Koos van den Akker, designer in NYC

Had a wonderful opening at the LagosPhoto fesival last night! Opening of  LagosPhoto at the Eko Hotel, Lagos More images on: http://lagosphoto.blogspot.com/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/lagosphoto_festival/sets/

From October 7th until October 20th I’ll be in Lagos visiting the LagosPhoto Festival. There  they will be showing my  GHOST REPUBLIC SOMALILAND project. Will post […]

Photographed the Dutch Secretary of State, Mr. Uri Rosenthal, during a visit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY. Love to walk around the MET […]

I’m on the cover of a Dutch magazine called ‘Vrij Nederland’! The article is about 3 Dutch artist living in NYC. Joris Teepe, Dutch bass player, […]

I look forward starting a new year working as teaching assistant at the Teen Academy Imagemakers at ICP! It’s very inspiring to be connected with so many […]

I was delighted to hear that ‘The African Artists’ Foundation will show my Ghost Republic Somaliland project at the 2011 LagosPhoto Festival! This year’s theme: “What’s Next Africa? -The Hidden […]

On 4th of July I presented my Somaliland project during a photography gathering in Amsterdam. I raised money for the publication of my Somaliland book.

Until July 19th I’ll be in The Netherlands. If you’d like to reach me this is my new Dutch cell phone#: 06-8337 1026  

Fremont Street, Downtown Las Vegas | 24 May, 2011

……. after a beautiful day driving through the desert Driving from Palm Springs to Las Vegas | May 23, 2011

From May 20th until May 30th I’ll be on a road trip – driving around LA – Palms Springs – Las Vegas and other places in […]

The Republic of Somaliland celebrates its 20th anniversary of independence on May 18th 2011. Somaliland is not recognized as an independent state by the United Nations […]

I’m happy to present my new website including my brand new logo.   The humming bird symbolizes the art of photography because it can create a […]