Rudy van Duijnhoven, born January 20, 1961 obtained his diploma Freelance Photographer at the Phototradeschool in Apeldoorn (NL) in 1987 and started in May 1992, after working for thirteen years at a gardenerscompany, his own business as a freelance photographer and author. His everyday work now consists of making recordings at weddings, writing articles, taking pictures of products for catalogues and magazine-colums, making recordings of shows, giving workshops on flycasting and flytying, giving flycasting demonstrations at different shows in Europe, etc. Since January 1992 Rudy is the co-ordinator flyfishing of the monthly 'BEET-Sportvissersmagazine', that is brought on the market by Vipmedia in Breda (NL). Next to that he is one of the editors of 'De Nederlandse Vliegvisser', the magazine of the Dutch Federation of Fly Fishers that is put together by volunteers only. At the offices of several magazines in Holland and abroad (as well as at his own adress) he has situated large stocks of slides, with a great many topics around sportsfishing as subjects.

Photo: Jan van Deursen

From these publications have resulted in a.o.:

In January of 2001 Rudy van Duijnhoven was nominated, along with two other photographers, for the 'BEET Hengelsport Promotieprijs 2001' (BEET Angling Promotionprize 2001), this for all the pictures he has published and work he has put into BEET since 1992. At the official opening of Visma in March, it turned out that most of the readers of BEET-Sportvissersmagazine had voted for Rudy. He donated the cheque worth 3000 guilders that comes with the Promotieprijs to the 'Stichting Vluchtelingenwerk Nederland' (organisation which looks after refugees in the Netherlands).

On the 'Eve of the Fly Fair', on Friday the 20th of September at the Postiljon Hotel in Zwolle, Rudy van Duijnhoven was handed over the 'Hans P.C. de Groot Fly Fair Award' by Ad Swier. This for all the work he has done to promote fly fishing in the Netherlands and for the Fly Fair in particular.

Photo: Mélanie Janssen

Rudy van Duijnhoven
Hollands Klooster 18
6562 JE Groesbeek
Holland
Tel./fax +31 (0)24 - 397 44 17
E-mail: rvd.angling.slide@tip.nl
Website: www.rvd-image.nl