Hello, I am Henk Looman. Born on April 5th. 1953 on the island of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. Since birth, life gave me all kind of signs that my destiny was one to become a photographer. As a 4 year old child, I was already playing with a Minox camera. At one point, one of the knobs suddenly broke off, and I ended up swallowing it. My grandfather was a well known photographer and owned and operated the first photo engraving plant in the Netherlands Antilles. I saw several times how he developed his negatives..... which gave me the great idea of taking one of the old negatives of my grandfather and throwing it in water thinking it would develop......ha,ha,ha.. At the age of 8 I received an Agfabox as a gift..

That was the beginning of the journey.

Henk Looman has a vast experience of over thirtyfive years in the world of photography. He traveled to various parts of the world to practice his profession. During his travels he met scores of people, many of whom helped him to reach where he has arrived today. Photography became his life, being at the same time his work and his hobby. With the advent of the electronic/digital world  he is reaching for new frontiers to explore and conquer. Since he is living in Europe and resides in Holland to continue and enhance his career. He deservedly has the necessary prestige and is respected and well liked by his professional colleagues in the Dutch Caribbean, especially on his native Curaçao. Looman has a unique style, combining technique with the artistic eye of the true craftsman and has explores the many fields of photography. He is equally at ease making masterly photographs of children, action press shots, fashion, travel photo’s in which he captures the mood and spirit of the subject and remarkably candies sports photographs. Capable of seeing his subjects from a surprising and fresh angle Looman’s style is one of a kind. For the local airline ALM, now Dutch Caribbean Airlines he traveled to Aruba, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, St. Maarten/St. Martin, Saba, Statia, Maimi, Atlanta and Venezuela.  He also photographed luminaries of the likes of Presidents George Bush (father) of the U.S.A., François Mitterand of France, Jaime Lusinchi, Carlos Andres Perez and Chavez of Venezuela and last, but not least the two Dutch Queens, Her Majesty Queen Juliana and the current Queen, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix and son Prins Willem Alexander. In the sports field Henky Looman attended several Grand Prix Motorcar Races in Miami and Detroit. In Atlanta he attended (and photographed) during the Curaçao Night with the Atlanta Braves of which baseball giant Andruw Jones, also from Curaçao, is a most valuable player. Most major companies on Curaçao have at one time or another commissioned Henky Looman to take photographs. Now a days he resides in Holland where he is exploring his photography frontiers