I'm a 32 year old photojournalist from The Netherlands currently based in Istanbul. Married with my wife Deniz.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I cover various topics ranging from the refugees crisis in Greece to the LGBT community of Istanbul.

To get to know the city more and show the city to people in The Netherlands through publications in daily newspapers, i'm thinking about doing a couchsurf project.

Visiting people, staying with them and through them explore the city of Istanbul.

Interested?

Feel free to check out my website to get an idea of what i do and to reach out :

www.jorisvangennip.com

Interests

• photography
• traveling

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Inception, Dark City - loads of Documentaries.

Music: Opiuo, Royksopp, Jon Hopkins

Books: Mostly philosophy or books about wellness.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spend around 3 to 4 nights alone in the Indian dessert of Rajesthan. I could hear camels eat and passing by in the night. And the huge amount of birds who came to the tree where i was sleeping woke me up every morning.

Teach, Learn, Share

Photography. I could teach you how to see, feel and thus experience things differently. Also, like i said before, in excange for hosting me i could make a document of picture's of you or whatever you would like to have photographed.

Countries I’ve Visited

India, Sri Lanka

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Turkey