My name is Mayo
I am a Visual Anthropologist & Photographer
using my eye & a camera lens (still & moving)
for collecting data & telling stories
As the name of my website shows
IÕm using ÔtextÕ as well as ÔvisualsÕ
a strong combination for doing -independent- research
I see Anthropology as a perfect mediator
between scientific knowledge & knowledge inside
people in society
The people I meet, research & eternalize in
images
have knowledge about their lives & their Society
this life-experience-knowledge is interesting for
Social Science
that in his turn accumulates knowledge
that is interesting for Society and the people who
live in it
in my experience the use of images
is making it even easier to pull those two together
finished project
ÔTŸrk penceresinden bakõşÕ
ÔTurkish WindowsÕ
what living rooms tell about migration
(thesis: PDF file -in Dutch- available)
CURRENT PROJECTS
ÔNew NomadsÕ:
interviewing & imaging Dutch migrants around the
world
ÔThe CurtainÕ:
a typical Dutch Curtain
is traveling with me for many years now:
I put it up as a ÔstudioÕ everywhere I go
every picture shows
people as ÔmodelsÕ in there own habitat
in front of this curtain
information and CONTACT