Hans Withoos' career spans over twenty years, a period during which he combined his commissioned, professional and more personal work. After studying at the Academy of Arts, he set up with his partner, Jolanda Cats, a company specializing in fashion, photography and advertising video. Although highly recognized internationally for his commercial work, he is also prolific in his more independent and personal work, producing numerous series over the years, mostly set in places and cities steeped in romance and recognizable in the world. whole world. In Hans' exaggerated scenes, figures crowd together and images become archetypes, while the viewer is overwhelmed by a sense of alienation. The work is multi-layered, staged by idiosyncratic aesthetics. Hans is a narrator.