Twin Rhino is about the photographic replication of a visual mind, a field that is well saturated in the modern day, although it is such a wide spectrum that a person can take one topic and blog about it all day long.

My visual mind is a perfect balance between architecture, landscapes & travel, which I want to share on this website.

My name is Alan Cuypers and I am a technical draughtsman who loves the creativity of photography.

When I refer to “we” I speak about my girlfriend Lien & in May 2025 we got a baby boy named Alfie, who is now happily part of our team!

Greetings & Enjoy

I always had to desire to blog about my personal life including experiences, travels, urban exploration and photography. So came 2015 when I finally published this website to showcase my work.

Slowly it is getting filled with interesting stories. Check them out below!

In 2024 me and my girlfriend explored the Jordanian desert and swam in the saltiest sea on earth. Worth every penny for sure, both historical and cultural in all aspects.

In 2025 we took the camper to the beautiful Italy. Through the mountains of Switzerland and the handful countries on the way starting from Belgium.

We are lucky to have had the chance to travel abroad starting from a young age with our dearest parents! Nonetheless we also worked hard for our own adventures and distant travels. Alan’s parents have always been exquisite travellers themselves. They went from the northest point in Europe to the southest point of Africa and from California to Taiwan. Simply put; amazing people with a heart for traveling the world on their own pace.

Now it is us who lead the way to the next adventure; the unknown is yet to be explored…

2010, the year I turned 20, has been the year I started to explore an abandoned industrial site not far from Antwerp, the city where I grew up and still live today.

I was with a friend, of course, on the bike cycling around town. We knew this specific site existed, a site left abandoned for quite some time now and we wanted to check out what’s inside.

Not much to our surprise, although there were still a few buildings, warehouses and a gas station for big trucks, still present.

Since then I love exploring abandoned sites and, in fact, all sorts of things too.

My personals tastes are all surouding photography. It contains design, composition, colour, material, technique, format, lighting, finishing, post-production, pre-production, framing, ideas, thoughts, mindfulness, creativity, interests, presets, presentation, and so much more.

A good fellow friend tought me a few things about interesting topics such as architecture and abandoned stuff left behind by our dear ancestors. From a simple house to a massive factory or your most favourite theme park to anything you can possibly imagine.

We have seen plenty and yet we haven’t seen all just yet.

Me and my sister Suzanna had the magnificent idea to start playing a film and television extra for the kids-play Huis Anubis for Studio 100.

It was the start of my personal film career as an extra. Didn’t pay much and I just did it for fun – and the cool places and things you would get to see.

As my work is much appreciated by close friends and family I started shooting stills and videos for them from a young age and I really like doing it for free. I give more than that I would ever take, but photography is more than just earning a good buck for it. It opens doors which would otherwise stay closed forever.

Friends and family are above all the most important thing in one dear life!

Apart from them I had the opportunity to do a job for K2 Profshop, which was an amazing experience. With here and then a beautiful wedding to fill up the gaps in between shoots.