{"id":239,"date":"2025-10-31T13:51:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomassohilaitphotography.nl\/?page_id=239"},"modified":"2025-11-05T09:32:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:32:06","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thomassohilaitphotography.nl\/?page_id=239","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"239\" class=\"elementor elementor-239\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c61104 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0c61104\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8f8144 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c8f8144\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8062749 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8062749\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/thomassohilaitphotography.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/portretfoto-Thomas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-274\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d854dae e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d854dae\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0f2bdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a0f2bdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Over Thomas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42ca891 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42ca891\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Thomas Sohilait doorliep de vrije academie psychopolis in Den Haag. Daarna volgde hij\u00a0de Academie voor Fotografie en Audio-Visuele Communicatie in Haarlem. Hij volgde hier de opleiding publiciteitsfotograaf, fotojournalist en sportjournalist.\u00a0<\/p><p>Door de jaren heen leverde Sohilait voor diverse uitgevers en vakbladen portretten, nieuwsfoto&#8217;s en reportages. Dat was onder andere voor het vakolad De Journalist, het Molukse maandblad Marinjo, voor het Nederlands Centrum Buitenlanders en voor het Algemeen Dagblad.<\/p><p>Daarna is hij als commercieel fotograaf werkzaam geweest. Verder levert hij in zijn huidige woonplaats Woerden fotobijdragen aan de lokale media.<\/p><p>Hij is lid van de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dupho.nl\/fotograaf\/thomassohilait\">DuPho<\/a> (Dutch Professional Photographers)<\/p><p>Hij is voorzitter van <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masaharapan.nl\">Stichting Masa harapan<\/a>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p data-start=\"59\" data-end=\"308\"><strong><em>About Thomas Sohilait<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"59\" data-end=\"308\"><em>Thomas Sohilait attended the Free Academy Psychopolis in The Hague. He then studied at the Academy for Photography and Audio-Visual Communication in Haarlem, where he trained as a publicity photographer, photojournalist, and sports journalist.<\/em><\/p><p data-start=\"310\" data-end=\"580\"><em>Over the years, Sohilait has provided portraits, news photos, and reports for various publishers and professional journals, including De Journalist trade magazine, the Moluccan monthly Marinjo, the Dutch Centre for Foreigners, and the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper.<\/em><\/p><p data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"725\"><em>After that, he worked as a commercial photographer. Currently, from his hometown of Woerden, he contributes photographic work to local media.<\/em><\/p><p data-start=\"727\" data-end=\"788\"><em>He is a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dupho.nl\/fotograaf\/thomassohilait\">DuPho<\/a> (Dutch Professional Photographers).<\/em><\/p><p data-start=\"790\" data-end=\"849\"><em>He is also the chairman of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masaharapan.nl\/\">Stichting Masa Harapan<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d587e2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8d587e2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bef3542 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bef3542\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc9be7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bfc9be7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-683e55a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"683e55a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d83ddc4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d83ddc4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74e61e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"74e61e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/thomassohilaitphotography.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Asset-19@3s022012x-100.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-359\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-587ea55 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"587ea55\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07da363 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"07da363\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/thomassohilaitphotography.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dupho-lid.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-279\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f0a85f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3f0a85f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ed8e3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ed8e3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dupho.nl\/downloads\/2022\/DuPho_Algemene_voorwaarden_feb_2022.pdf\">Download de algemene voorwaarden hier<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f103dcd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f103dcd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f9c997 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8f9c997\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over Thomas Thomas Sohilait doorliep de vrije academie psychopolis in Den Haag. 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