willem mes (1958), works and lives in utrecht
he started his career in 1986 during his intervention as civil engineer at refugee camps in jordan.
as autodidact he worked several years at an audio-visual company in utrecht.
in 1990 he graduated at the royal academy of fine arts in the hague.
he considers his project made for the rijksmuseum catherijneconvent, "the seven works of mercy", as one of his major works.
represented by hollandse hoogte, a major dutch photo agency, he also works for numerous dutch and international clients.
his projects made him travel over the five continents and he has shown his works at countless cultural institutions, e.g. in lusaka (2000), amsterdam (2001), utrecht (2004), tilburg (2009), geneva (2009), etc.
he has published in various books and in magazines e.g. "pelgrimage in europe" (1998), "avantgarde" (1999), "the european landscape" (2004), "villa sovietica" (2009), etc.
currently his collaboration with the curator of the european department of the musée d'ethnography in geneva has shifted his focus of interest on post-socialist countries.