Overland #1 brings together analogue photographs made while traveling slowly across Asia by bicycle from december 2024 - february 2026.

For fourteen months I cycled through landscapes and small towns, often following minor roads and unexpected encounters. What started as a plan to ride from Nepal back to the Netherlands became something else entirely. The East kept pulling me in, and I let it.

The route took me through Nepal, India, Pakistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. On a bicycle, slowly, wild-camping, with an analogue camera.

What stayed with me most was not the distance, but what I found along the way. The warmth of people who welcomed me without hesitation. The scale of landscapes that made me feel very small. The stillness. A different rhythm of life, one with more room for rest, for being together, for slowing down. I noticed how little was needed to feel at home somewhere.

The analogue camera slows me down, makes me choose carefully. Each photograph is an attempt at full attention.

With these photographs, I hope to share a world of stillness and presence. The photographs shown here were all made during this journey.

I’m deeply grateful to the many people I met along the way.
Without their kindness, openness, hospitality, and countless small gestures of care, this journey would not have been possible.

A cow with large curved horns lying on the ground.
A person wearing a bright orange turban and a light-colored shirt sitting outdoors, with another person in the background wearing a red turban and dark clothing.
A woman sitting on a step and making pottery inside a room, viewed through a stone railing opening.
A person extending their hand to a small, tan and brown puppy sitting on dirt ground outdoors.
A woman with long, wet, curly hair sitting cross-legged on a simple wooden bed with a woven mat, holding a metal cup, in a rustic room with a pink wall and shelves with bowls in the background.
A small wooden shed on snow-covered ground with mountains in the background and a clear blue sky.
An elderly man with a grey beard wearing a bright orange turban, striped shirt, and a cloth draped over his shoulder, carrying a wooden stick in a natural outdoor setting.
Close-up of a brown-and-white spotted cow grazing on rocky ground.
A woman standing next to a cow with brown and white fur in front of a cream-colored wall.
An elderly man with a white beard riding a bicycle on a dirt street, wearing traditional Indian clothing, a turban, and a scarf.
A person's hand holding two small green peas, with the palm facing upwards.
Indian woman smiling, wearing traditional attire with a red bindi, balancing two clay pots stacked on her head, outdoors with blurred trees in background.
A pile of crumpled, patterned fabrics on a blue surface with a plain wall in the background.
A solitary tree in a rocky desert valley with snow-capped mountains in the background.
Clothes hanging outside a doorway with a person standing inside in the background.
Person sitting cross-legged on a wooden platform, in a small rustic kitchen or room, with their foot resting on a wooden block. The scene includes a stove with pots and pans, and a shelf with various kitchen items in the background.
Close-up of a horse's face, showing its nose, bridle with a metal bell, and curly brown coat, with blurred green background.

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