Albert Dros

How it started.

Albert became seriously interested in photography while living in Hong Kong in 2012–2013. He began with street scenes, markets and neon-lit nights, then explored the city’s skyline and nearby landscapes. Returning to the Netherlands at the end of 2013, he gradually shifted from television graphics and design into photography.

The photograph that travelled.

He describes an unexpected International Space Station streak through a Milky Way photograph as his first big break. The image spread widely during interest in the Perseid meteor shower, bringing media enquiries and new followers. TIME covered the photograph in August 2015.

Home keeps calling.

His work takes him to places such as Greenland and Kyrgyzstan, but Dutch landscapes remain central to his photography. The Beauty of the Netherlands gathers a decade of photographs of windmills, tulips, heathlands, towns and rivers. He also shares his process through courses, workshops and detailed photo stories.