In an interview with the Dutch magazine FOTO (June 1997) he said the following about travelling and taking pictures:
"By shooting pictures you start to observe with more concentration. I engage myself in small projects - portraying a particular neighbourhood or special buildings - to structure my journey. After I "visualize" for a certain time, I see and think differently than I normally do, I bring myself in a special mood.
It is almost like a sort of trance. My attention is very concentrated, but I feel at the same time really relaxed. Looking at an unknown surrounding gives me that feeling of trance. For me, that's a kick, I find it fascinating. The combination of travelling, coming into that mood, being on my own, that's what I want."

Mr. IJzermans was a self tought photographer. He worked as a psychologist in Amsterdam, specialized in the psychology of the work situation. He was publishing regularly about his work and had a column in the Dutch weekly Intermediair.

You can visit his own photo collection in an on line album at http://www.theoijzermans.nl/

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