Spent the initial dozen years of life traversing Indonesia, the Netherlands, and Germany before eventually settling in the Netherlands.
Nurtured a passion for painting, writing, film, and photography since an early age.
Enrolled in art school in the late 1970s with the intention of pursuing a career as a painter, but ultimately discovered a love for photography and changed course.
Initially gained recognition for the project Stadsstillevens (City-stills), which showcased candid street scenes of Amsterdam in a realistic style, defying the prevalent trend of social photography at the time in the Netherlands.
Co-founded Fragment Publishers with a group of friends, with the aim of reviving the dying tradition of high-quality photo-books in the Netherlands. Notable publications include works by Ed van der Elsken, Cas Oorthuys, Johan van der Keuken, Hans Aarsman, Henze Boekhout, Willem Diepraam, and Wout Berger, carefully collaborating with top-notch designers, writers, and printing companies of the era.
Frequently journeyed to the Caribbean between the years of 1976 and 1981, getting involved in the struggle for land rights of the native Arawak and Carib peoples of Surinam.
Studied at St. Joost Academy in Breda and at Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. As a photojournalist, he works for a large number of daily and weekly newspapers, creating various reports in Suriname.
For architects Lucien Lafour and Theo Bosch, he photographs various projects. He is the founder of publishing company Fragment and was an editor for the photography magazine ‘Plaatwerk’.
As an architectural photographer, Markerink is disappointed by the lack of interest in a building in action. Every moment of the day (cold or warm, day or night, rain or sun) shows a different use of architecture, also demonstrating whether the architect has thought about these things carefully.
In 1997, the Rijksmuseum acquired extra photos from Cary Markerink and Theo Baart from the series ‘The Highway’, a look at asphalted Netherlands.
www.ftn-books.com has the Slewe publication which was designed by Irma Boom now available.
