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Photothema was founded by Anton Harfst and Laurien van den Hoven. Their years of experience in photography, education and training in the non-profit sector were channelled into a profit-oriented company that highly values sustainable development. They have travelled to many places around the world, both for business and leisure.

“Greece is the place we have come back to, again and again.”


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Anton Harfst is outdoor photographer. Originally trained as a language teacher (Dutch and German), Anton, he has become a photographer and photo editor. He taught Dutch as a second language to adults and worked as a free-lance web master. His experience in the editing of text and images spans over a period of 20 year. Today he focuses mainly on outdoor photography and the interaction between people and their natural environment. Anton shoots with Nikon and prints with Canon.

Anton Harfst leads the photo workshops and is responsible for providing the photographic services and products.

Laurien has twenty years of experience in the organisation and management of public awareness activities and campaigns for non-profit companies, in both the Netherlands and Greece. From 2002 to 2006, she was alderman at the municipality of Amsterdam Oud Zuid. She developed training programmes and taught workshops, ranging from project management, to campaigning and communication skills for upcoming local councillors. Laurien studied Anthropology at the Universities of Leiden and Amsterdam. Her focus was the relationship between people and their natural environment.

Laurien is the managing director of Photothema, develops the workshop programmes and maintains the website.

Anton and Laurien were married in 1992. They have been living in Greece since the summer of 2006. In the autumn of 2008, they moved from Athens to Xirokambi, in Lakonia.