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Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (94) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (94))

2012-02-03T12:43:00.001+01:00

Sometimes I like to make pictures which can be considered as cryptograms of reality.
Up: Amsterdam 12/01/27 4.03 pm
Under: Amsterdam 12/01/27 4.19 pm

Nieuw boek (New book)

2012-01-29T12:53:00.002+01:00

Last year I was in New York, because of the exhibition ”Dutch Delight”, as regular followers of my weblog may know. I spent quite a lot of time with the set-up and the lay-out of the show (together with Dutch and Agniet) and some more organizational affairs. Still I had plenty of time to discover New York (and Washington for a day) and make lot of photographs.

At last I made a final selection of the image and completed a pod book: “NYC fragments & Some more”. You can see a preview here.
The photo you see today was made in my hotel room. Every night at 2.00 am the garbage was collected right under my room window. Nevertheless I thoroughly enjoyed my stay, also because of the warm welcome by Kenneth & June and Leendert.
Photo: New York Cidela Bed&Breakfast 11/05/10 10.47 pm

Diemer Plek # 59 (Sites from Diemen NL # 59)

2012-01-26T10:51:00.001+01:00

This photograph is about the vanishing point outside the right side of the frame of the picture. Many things are skew, except the pylons which are very straight. This gave me a very weird feeling when I was cycling bye. Something is wrong at this spot, but I don’t know what.
To feel the strange space, you’d better click on the image to enlarge it.
Diemen, Diemer Zeedijk, 12/01/24, 3.32 pm

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (93) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (93))

2012-01-23T11:14:00.004+01:00

How far can one go in creating a world of its own by ripping elements from the real visual world?
I mean at what point does a photograph lose meaning to become just a personal toy of the photographer?
(This one was taking from a departing subway train.)
Amsterdam, 2012/01/21, 7.06 pm

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (92) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (92))

2012-01-20T10:33:00.004+01:00

Combining details in the visual environment can result into a slightly surreal photograph. I took this picture standing on the new pedestrian bridge across the railway tracks of the station. Luckily the sun wasn’t shining that day. It was a bleak, gloomy day which resulted in a balance between the strength of light on the bridge (which had a roof) and strength of the light outside.
Zwolle (NL), 01/18/2012, 1.46 pm

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (91) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (91))

2012-01-17T11:05:00.002+01:00

These pictures are not about meaning. It’s just a play with shopping, signs of SALE, reflections and movement in the street. Simple enough. But I love to do it.
Up: Amsterdam 2011/12/30 2.48 pm
Under: Amsterdam 2012/01/16 1.56 pm

Diemer Plek # 58 (Sites from Diemen NL # 58)

2012-01-14T12:25:00.001+01:00

We’re having a very gloomy winter at the moment. I am longing for some snow & ice, instead of this grey weather.
Photograph: Diemen (NL) Julianaplantsoen 12/01/11 2.37 pm

Jo Hameleers

2012-01-11T23:46:00.005+01:00

My friend Jo Hameleers is a very gifted painter. I always photograph his paintings. Doing that, I can’t resist making some pictures in his workshop, which is to be found at an attic in one of the old canal houses in Amsterdam. Beautiful spot, a bit cold during winter time.
Currently Jo is having a show at the Amstelkerk in Amsterdam. See his website for more details.
All photographs Amsterdam 11/12/06

Zelfportret # 152 (Self portrait # 152)

2012-01-08T12:03:00.002+01:00

Red is a weird color. It is at the border of the visible light, it is frightening. It is a bit psychedelic, it means stop!, it tells you there is danger ahead of you. So when I saw a red traffic light at my eyes’ height, I couldn’t resist myself to take this picture.
Photograph: Amsterdam, 12/01/05 22.04 pm

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (90) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (90))

2012-01-05T11:05:00.004+01:00

It is intriguing me: the interaction in the photograph between the commercial signs like texts, letters in shop windows, on walls, on billboards on one hand and fragments of street life on the other hand.
It is a form of street photography that I love to perform.
Some kind of (my) inner life that is projected into the outside world.
I am fully aware of the fact that many self appointed street photographers don’t call this street photography.
Up: Antwerpen (Bel) 11/10/11 2.54 pm
Under: Amsterdam 12/01/04 3.43 pm

Diemer Plek # 57 (Sites from Diemen NL # 57)

2012-01-02T09:51:00.003+01:00

New Years ‘day in Diemen-Noord (NL)
The 1st day of the year was a grey and gloomy one. Bluesy atmosphere, emphasized by the streets covered by what seemed to be blood.
Up: Zeezigt. 12/01/01 3.20 pm
Under: Meerkoet. 12/01/01 3.17 pm

Zelfportret # 151 (Self portrait # 151)

2011-12-30T12:05:00.001+01:00

Self Reflection.
Photo taken through a double glazed window.
Diemen 11/12/29 11.56 am

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (89) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (89))

2011-12-27T12:27:00.002+01:00

As regular visitors of my weblog may know, as a photographer I am particularly interested in the way the outside world is reflected in shopping windows. And also in the way the content of the shopping window can beautifully combine with the outside street life. Often resulting in a bit surreal image.
Up: Amsterdam. 11/12/23. 1.16 pm
Under: Amsterdam. 11/12/23 1.19 pm

2011-12-24T11:33:00.000+01:00

A happy Christmas and a very good & healthy 2012!

Diemer Plek # 56 (Sites from Diemen NL # 56)

2011-12-22T11:25:00.001+01:00

Vertical lines in the photographic composition, especially if they’re not quite straight, sometimes emphasize the subject. In this case the dull peace of a grey winter’s day in a sleepy suburb of Amsterdam.
Up: Diemen Zeezigt. 11/12/7. 12.31 am
Under: Diemen Schoolstraat 11/12/15. 3.01 pm

Zelfportret # 150 (Self portrait # 150)

2011-12-19T12:05:00.003+01:00

One doesn’t need eyes to express age.
Taken during a train ride Eindhoven-Amsterdam 11/12/17 7.37 pm

Nieuw boek (new book)

2011-12-16T09:45:00.003+01:00

Yes, the book 11/11 is ready! You can see it here.

As mentioned before every day has its own two pages: right a photographic image, left layout and some words. It has become a sort of diary of the month. The picture you see has been made on that specific day. Enjoy.
Photograph: 11/11/12 Amsterdam. 1.50 pm

Het land langs # 8 (Along the Country Side # 8)

2011-12-13T11:01:00.003+01:00

Some weeks ago I was in a part of Holland, the Beemster Polder, which I frequented a lot about 10 years ago. In those days I worked on a provincial project about the region. I was still using B&W then, 2 ¼ x 2 ¼ format. The project turned out to be successful. Many exhibitions and sales. One show was even opened by our future king, prince Willem Alexander.
It is strange to return to an area where I came almost every week for about a year. Like meeting an old friend again.
Up: Beemster Polder. 11/11/29.
Under: Beemster Polder. February 2000.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (88) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (88))

2011-12-10T13:09:00.002+01:00

One of the advantages of digital photography is the small size of the compact camera. So you can always take a device with you. And the acceptable technical quality still occurs as a small miracle to me. It allows me to see things, which were impossible to capture in the analogue era.
Needless to say that I used the stabilization device of the lens when I took the lower picture.
Up: 11/12/7 Amsterdam 9.51 pm
Under: 11/12/4 Amsterdam 5.32 pm

Diemer Plek # 55 (Sites from Diemen NL # 55)

2011-12-06T10:39:00.002+01:00

It’s something I want to do more: making photographs in which foreground mingles with background.
Up: Diemen (NL) 11/11/17. Gruttoplein. 9.46 am
Under: Diemen (NL) 11/12/04 Achter de Tobias Asserlaan. 3.42 pm

Nite & Silence -33

2011-12-03T12:31:00.006+01:00

The photograph today is the last I took for my project 11/11, about which I posted a blog at November 7th. I also wrote that I wanted to make a book out of it. Well about 80 % of the book (layout, texts, selection of the photographs) is ready now. Yes, every November day I made a photograph. Thought about design & some words, and put it asap into the design program at my computer. Of course there have been many changes afterwards. There was one important rule : the photograph of the day had to be made at that very day!
Every day of November 2011 will get its own 2 pages, one (right) with the photo of the day and one (left) with a special design and words. The content has to something with the “soul” of November 2011. (Which was a strange November, hardly any storm or rain. In fact a bit dull, only the fog brought us some special days.)
Photograph: Diemen, 11/11/30, 9.23 pm

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (87) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (87))

2011-11-30T12:24:00.003+01:00

Basically there is “made” photography and there is “found” photography.
“Made” photography is produced by photographers who work out of an idea, a feeling, a concept. They design their photographs and make an image more or less from scratch. For instance much staged photography is made this way.
“Found” photography is made by photographers who walk around and find their images in the world that surrounds them. Of course they also work with an idea, a concept a feeling in their head and hart. They have their strategies.
Of course there are many forms of photography which contain elements of “made” and as well as elements of “found” photography. In fact any form of photography is a mixture.

I particularly consider myself a “finding” photographer. One of my strategies is looking for, finding and using reflections, images of shopping windows and combining these with images of things that are happening outside in the streets. In this way I am aiming to create a bit mysterious, a bit surreal images.

Up: Rotterdam, 11/09/07, 4.43 pm
Under: Amsterdam 11/11/23 3.56 pm

11/11/11

2011-11-26T12:42:00.002+01:00

The 11th “chapter” of my November book.
Today I have to make nr 25!

Zelfportret # 149(Self portrait # 149)

2011-11-23T10:12:00.003+01:00

World is just Fog
& Me in that Fog
Diemen (NL), 11/11/22, 9.28 am

Diemer Plek # 56(Sites from Diemen NL # 56)

2011-11-21T09:59:00.002+01:00

There’s lot of fog nowadays. Sometimes the world looks a bit like another planet.
Diemen, Prins Mauritslaan. 11/11/20. 11.51 am

Diemer Plek # 55(Sites from Diemen NL # 55)

2011-11-17T08:44:00.003+01:00

Light in November can be very gloomy, but also very cheerful. In both cases it has its own magic. Consider these pictures as a kind of ode to the November Light.
Up: Vogelweg, Diemen. 11/11/11 4.22 pm
Under: Ouddiemerlaan, Diemen. 11/11/16 2.54 pm

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (87) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (87))

2011-11-14T11:42:00.003+01:00

One of the things in Cities that never cease to strike me: The anonymity of people passing by.
Up: Amsterdam 11/11/13 2.52 pm
Under: Amsterdam 11/11/8 4.44 pm

Zelfportret # 145-148(Self portrait # 145-148)

2011-11-11T11:42:00.002+01:00

Lately I happen to run into myself quite often.
Diemen 11/11/04 3.16 pm
Diemen 11/11/07 11.43 am
Amsterdam 11/11/08 3.42 pm
Diemen 11/11/10 8.57 am

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (86) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (86))

2011-11-09T10:55:00.001+01:00

Meanwhile I am working on a book about my trip to New York last spring. It will be ready in about 3 weeks. Maybe a nice Christmas present?
Making a book is a nice hell of job.
The photograph today is certainly one to be used. I went to Coney Island the 2nd full day. I found the atmosphere a bit shabby. Lost glory.
Photograph: Coney Island. 11/05/07. 1.03 pm

11/11/06

2011-11-07T10:14:00.005+01:00

11/11 is a project I am doing just during this month. Every day I want to make a photograph. The content has something to do with the month of November. Yesterday Petra and I visited my brother. He drove us from the train station in Almelo to his home in Germany. I was struck by the somewhat gloomy atmosphere of the November Landscape.
I am making a book out of these November pictures. Every image will be accompanied by some words. The text by this photograph is “MEMORY LANE”.
(This is the 6th picture in the project. If you want to see more, you have to wait for the book)
Photograph: Getelo (GER)- Uelsen (GER) 11/11/06 11.41 am

Nite & Silence -32

2011-11-03T10:53:00.003+01:00

The wind, my child, the wind…
Photograph: Diemen, 11/11/03

Zelfportret # 144(Self portrait # 144)

2011-10-31T11:05:00.003+01:00

Believe or not, made when I had to wait for a delayed train.
Photograph: Diemen, 11/10/29, 0.52 pm

Diemer Plek # 54(Sites from Diemen NL # 54)

2011-10-27T12:32:00.002+02:00

Consider these as an ode to the Sunlight in October!
Up: Diemen (NL) Diemer Bos 3.37 pm
Under: Diemen (NL) Gruttoplein 4.27 pm

Zelfportret # 143 (Self portrait # 143)

2011-10-24T11:58:00.003+02:00

(being over 6 feet tall)
Made near Bakkum (NL), 11/10/15. 4.03 pm

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (85) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (85))

2011-10-22T12:18:00.003+02:00

A good photograph has, in my humble opinion, a reality that is some kind of fiction: like novels in which one can still recognize an original, ever existing world, but where the content is fiction. Every resemblance with real persons or a real situation is sheer coincidence.
Photo: New York-Staten Island. 11/05/06. 4.50 pm

Diemer Plek # 53 (Sites from Diemen NL # 53)

2011-10-19T11:18:00.002+02:00

The other day I was asked if I wasn’t fed up by taking pictures of Diemen again and again. I’m doing it for over 5 years now. It is a sleepy suburb of Amsterdam, with hardly any soul. My family and I live here for seven years now.
The question still triggers me. Why am I doing this. First of all it is very nearby. But the important thing for me is that it is a perfect playground for slowly developing my vision at landscape and landscape photography.

How much is needed to create a photograph that has an interesting composition and that is personal and that tells the viewer something about life in Diemen and that causes some tension in the atmosphere of the image and that has some strange details some times and that the seasons are changing and that and so on……
(to me the arrow on the cycling path in left down corner at the upper picture is such an intriguing detail)

Up: Diemen, Diemerpolderweg, 11/10/17 3.57 pm
Under: Diemen, Prins Bernhardlaan 11/10/13 2.57 pm

Zelfportret # 142 (Self portrait # 142)

2011-10-17T11:16:00.001+02:00

Me, in a dark sea of me’s.
Diemen, October 2011.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (84) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (84))

2011-10-12T11:37:00.003+02:00

This is another experiment in combining the image of advertisement posters with everyday street life (& my shadow)
Up: Amsterdam 11/9/23 4.27 pm

Under : Amsterdam 11/9/23 4.14 pm

Nite & Silence -31

2011-10-10T11:26:00.004+02:00

Essentially the night is just a big black box in which all kinds of things exist. Things which are natural as well as things which are made by man . Sometimes these things become visible, mostly by artificial light. A feeling of disorientation arises. One knows there's something out there, but it stays invisible. What's waiting in the dark?

(Close your curtains, darken your room to fully enjoy these photographs!)

Up: Diemen (NL), Muiderstraatweg, 11/10/04, 10.25 pm
Umder: Diemen (NL), Diemerweg, 11/10/04, 9.58 pm

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (83) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (83))

2011-10-08T12:02:00.003+02:00

Being in a city, advertisement posters play a great part in our visual world. So why not give them a role in our photographs? Interesting visual stories can be the result.
Up: Amsterdam, 11/9/29 11.30 pm
Under: Amsterdam, 21/9/21 0.21 am

Diemer Plek # 52 (Sites from Diemen NL # 52)

2011-10-06T11:54:00.004+02:00

Birds in the photograph, it cannot be denied that Autumn is coming and that some birds are leaving for the warm South. Meanwhile the cars cozily stay at the parking lot.
(to see the birds properly, enlarge the picture to click on it)
Diemen, on a parking lot with no name because it is temporally, 11/10/04, 3.55 pm

Zelfportret # 141 (Self portrait # 141)

2011-10-04T11:11:00.002+02:00

An vague image sometimes hides the sharpest thoughts.
Diemen, 11/10/02, 7.57 am.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (82) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (82))

2011-10-01T23:23:00.002+02:00

If surrealism can be defined as a combination of several realities resulting into a new reality, photography is a perfect tool to create surrealism.
New York (Rooseveld Tramway). 2011/5/17. 9.25

Diemer Plek # 51 (Sites from Diemen NL # 51)

2011-09-29T10:17:00.004+02:00

Call it Parking lot Photography. It seems nothing is happening at the scene of the picture. But meanwhile there is a hidden tension. Something is going to happen, but exactly when and where? ……….
Up: 11/9/15, Harmoniehof, 4.37 pm
Under 11/9/22, Wilhelminaplantsoen, 3.55 pm

Klein en Dagelijks # 1 (Small and Daily # 1)

2011-09-26T10:11:00.003+02:00

This may be the start of a new series. Sometimes there is an unexpected beauty in small daily affairs.
Yesterday when I was eating my breakfast egg the thought came up. No idea where it is leading to.
Photo: Diemen, 11/9/25, 10.30 am.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (81) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (81))

2011-09-23T09:45:00.003+02:00

Sitting in the last train home,
waiting for departure,
at the top of a double-decker train,
people and things get a magical appearance.
Amsterdam Central Station. 11/9/13. 0.37 am

Zelfportretten # 139 & 140(Self-portraits # 139 & 140)

2011-09-20T12:00:00.003+02:00

Making self portraits is acting in front of the camera. A slow dance in the dark between man and his own camera.
Up: Randmeer, 11/8/28, 0.35 am
Under: Bakkum, 11/9/3, 23.48 pm

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (80) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (80))

2011-09-18T11:02:00.005+02:00

Photography is maybe the most surrealistic art. A photographer always gives a certain twist to the “real” world. Framing, lightning and especially timing are essential.
Up: Kos (Gr). 11/7/27. 8.03 pm
Under: Kos (Gr). 11/7/24. 9.41 pm

Portret (Portrait)

2011-09-16T10:52:00.002+02:00

As I already wrote before: A portrait can be made in many ways.
Kos (GR). 2011/7/24. 4.50 pm.

Portret (Portrait)

2011-09-14T11:01:00.003+02:00

It is interesting to see in how many ways a photographic portrait can be made.
Ostia antica (I). 11/08/19. 1.29 pm

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (79) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (79))

2011-09-12T11:00:00.004+02:00

Stations can be weird places. Especially new & modern stations contain many mysterious reflections. Waiting for a train becomes an exciting visual adventure instead of a boring experience!
A bit surreal.
Zaandam (NL). 10/9/3. 8.24 pm.

Zelfportretten # 135-138 (Self-portraits # 135-138)

2011-09-09T10:54:00.005+02:00

Some thoughts.

-The search for one’s identity can (not) be the reason for making self-portraits.
-In many self-portraits the photographer is some kind of an ego actor.
-The easy thing of shooting self-portraits is the fact that the model is always available.
-The difficult thing of shooting self-portraits is the fact that the ego is sometimes blocking the result.
-Vanity is an idle motive for making a self-portrait.
-A self-portrait is (not) an Alter Ego.
-The self-portrait is (not) the image of a photographer.

And so on.

From up to under:
Kos (Greece). 11/7/24. 7.51 am
Liège (B). 11/8/02. 2.11 pm
Randmeer, Dronten. (NL) 11/8/9 10.03 am
Roma (It). 11/8/16. 0.50 am

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (78) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (78))

2011-09-07T09:11:00.003+02:00

A bird eye’s view
Liège (B) 11/8/2, 1.09 pm

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (77) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (77))

2011-09-05T09:36:00.003+02:00

Taking the boat from Kos (Greece) to Bodrum (Turkey) takes a lot of patience.
To me it looked like a modern Greek version the play “ Waiting for Godot”.
Kos city, 11/7/26, 12.01 am

Zomaar 10 (Just Like That 10)

2011-09-01T11:44:00.002+02:00

Hotel rooms often have a very peculiar atmosphere. In Milano we stayed at a very special one. It was like sleeping in a movie. A movie about living at the end of the 19th century. Look at the walls.
The only thing that didn’t fit into this picture was the TV. It had only one working channel: CNN International. Which we watched every night, because of the Libyan developments.
Milano. 11/08/20. 11.25 pm

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (76) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (76))

2011-08-30T16:05:00.002+02:00

This picture is all about Voyeurism. As you may already know I love to study my fellow travelers when sitting in trains and subways. Here I was also struck by the yellow atmosphere in the Sunday Morning Subway in Milan.
Milan. 11/8/21. 10.30 AM.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (75) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (75))

2011-08-25T12:20:00.004+02:00

Back after a beautiful trip to Rome and Milan with my son. It was very hot in Italy, there were days with 33 C (centigrade) in the shade!
I didn’t take many pictures, having a holiday with my son was the 1st purpose. A decision I did not regret a single moment.
Up: Rome. 11/08/16. 4.02 pm
Under: Rome. 11/08/19. 5.59 pm

Zelfportret # 133 & 134 (Self portrait # 133 & 134)

2011-08-05T13:51:00.001+02:00

Two self portraits: The b and w one was made during my last week of workshopping at Buitenkunst, in the morning, waiting for a new joyful day to com. (As you can see, I’m never at my best in the morning).
The picture of the wave with my faint shadow on it could be a point of discussion. Is it still a self portrait? This kind of question will certainly arise during my next week of giving a workshop at Buitenkunst, which has as main subject Self Portrait. I’m leaving Saturday and I’ll be back one week later. After that I’ll be off for Rome and Milano for a short trip with my sun Jonas, because he successfully passed his exam this spring.
So I’ll be back in about three weeks. Stay tuned.
Up: Buitenkunst Randmeer. 11/7/10. 8.43 am
Under: Boat Kos-Nissyros (GR) 11/7/23 8.52 am

Diemer Plek # 50 (Sites from Diemen NL # 50)

2011-08-03T12:02:00.003+02:00

Believe it or not: this little birch tree is standing nearby a small square that is called “Berkenplein”. (Dutch for Birch Square). Reality is sometimes beyond surrealism.
Diemen (NL). Berkenplein. 11/08/01. 5.10 pm

Zelfportret # 132 (Self portrait # 132)

2011-08-01T22:19:00.004+02:00

The hiding of the eyes in my face in this self portrait gives some kind of a gruesome effect.
(Shoot this one while making an evening stroll during my last week at Buitenkunst)
Randmeer, 11/7/10, 8.31 pm

Zomaar 9 (Just Like That 9)

2011-07-30T14:09:00.005+02:00

Sometimes it is just there. Sheer Magic. I was returning to our hotel room in Kos, when I saw the light of the evening sun strike a red firebox at the wall. This is one those moments that an Everyday Object becomes a thing of a great beauty. Just grab your camera and catch the moment. Wow!
Photo: Kos Greece, 11/7/21, 6.58 pm.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (74) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (74))

2011-07-28T15:00:00.004+02:00

The workshop at Buitenkunst ( in English this means Outside Art, it is a huge camping site with big tents and small temporally built houses in which all kind of workshops are given, theatre, music, painting, singing, writing, video and photography) started with really nice weather. Halfway the week it started raining cats and dogs, and it did so for many days in Holland.
The Bijsterbosch Family was so happy to have booked a trip directly after my return from Buitenkunst to the Greek Island of Kos. We saw only four clouds during our holiday period. Almost every day we spent some time at the swimming pool of the hotel.
Swimming pools at hotels sometimes have a very strange , almost surrealistic atmosphere.
Photo: Kos Greece. 2011/07/18. 2.54 pm.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (73) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (73))

2011-07-09T09:12:00.002+02:00

I love to play with reflections of the street life and the rendition of a shopping window. It can result into a slightly surreal photograph, which I love to make.
Something else. These are the last pictures for a while. I’m off to give a workshop of a week at Buitenkunst and when I come back the Bijsterbosch Family is leaving for a holiday to Greece.
I’ll be back at this blog in about three weeks.
Thanks for all the nice comments and stay tuned.
& have a beautiful summer, you all!
Up: Hasselt (Belgium) 11/7/7. 1.05 pm
Under: New York. 5th Avenue. 11/5/15 0.13 pm

Diemer Plek # 49 (Sites from Diemen NL # 49)

2011-07-06T10:01:00.002+02:00

Sometimes slightly uncommon things in the man-made landscape look like pieces in an arty installation.
Is it the Light or is it the keen eye of the passing photographer that accomplishes such a thing?
Or a hidden power of photography?
Up: Diemen (NL). Diemerplein, 2011/07/05, 4.16 pm
Under: Diemen (NL), Sniep, 2011/-6/24, 4.37 pm.

Zelfportret # 131 (selfportrait # 131)

2011-07-04T12:30:00.003+02:00

All of a sudden the express train came to a standstill, the name of the small station was KijkUit. Which means in English Look Out.
So I did, and I saw the sun slowly going down.
KijkUit (Belgium). 2011/6/16. 9.14 pm.

Diemer Plek # 48 (Sites from Diemen NL # 48)

2011-06-30T21:40:00.003+02:00

It is one of the things I like to do with photography: Showing the mystery of common places. Spots with no importance at all can become a bit surreal, confusing. Is it what it shows, or does the situation have another meaning.
As you can see, I’m doing this for quite some time now.
Up: Diemen (NL), Kanaaldijk, 06/09/14, 4.08 pm.
Under: Diemen (NL), Ouddiemerlaan, 11/6/15, 5.23 pm.

Zelfportret # 130 (selfportrait # 130)

2011-06-28T11:02:00.001+02:00

This is what the rays of the morning sun do with a man’s face after he didn’t sleep enough.
“Buitenkunst Randmeer”. 2011/6/12. 6.41 am.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (72) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (72))

2011-06-26T18:10:00.001+02:00

During my photographic life I gradually found out that to me the photograph is more important than its subject. In other words the world that is represented in the photograph is the main issue, not the moment and place where the picture was taken.
I realize there is some paradox in this. I always give the viewer of this blog information about time and place of the actual picture taking.
The tension that sometimes exists between the world of the photograph and the reality of the world where and when the photograph was taken often creates a smaller or bigger surrealistic effect. I love that a lot.
Up: Brussels (B) 2011/4/24 4.57 pm
Under: New York (USA) 2011/5/13 9.50 am

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (71) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (71))

2011-06-21T10:49:00.004+02:00

Today is the 3rd Tuesday of the month. That means “Photographers Evening” time.. It is an informal gathering of photographers and people in love with photography, taking place in the typical Amsterdam pub of Kalkhoven. I’m coming there for about a decade.
Tonight is a special, a kind of reunion of those who went to New York for the exhibition of ”Dutch Delight” which took place from 11th until 15Th of May this year.
Therefore a photograph I made at Times Square New York.
New York. Times Square. 11/5/17. 0.43 pm.

Zelfportret # 129 (selfportrait # 129)

2011-06-20T10:43:00.002+02:00

This picture was made on the spot where the project of making self portraits started almost three years ago. I wanted to give the world something back after grabbing so many images from its surface.
Never thought that almost three years later, in the middle of the night, I would look like a coalminer.
Buitenkunst Randmeer (NL) 2011/6/12. 1.45 am.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (70) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (70))

2011-06-18T09:53:00.002+02:00

Photography has the ability to make something out of nothing. A shop window can turn into a strange world, something between a fairytale and a slightly surrealistic performance.
Up: Turnhout (Belgium), 2011/6/9, 3.52 pm.
Down: Oostende (Belgium), 2011/4/11, 4.13 pm.

Zelfportret # 128 (selfportrait # 128)

2011-06-14T12:43:00.001+02:00

It’s my favorite time of year to travel by train. Summer. At the evenings the sun is casting long shadows into the compartment.
It is the eye, stupid.
Train Rotterdam to Delft (NL). 2011/06/09. 9.16 pm.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (69) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (69))

2011-06-10T10:53:00.001+02:00

It’s one of the powers of Photography: Everyday life can get a surrealistic twist, by noticing the right place and light on the subject and pushing the button at the right moment.
Up: Turnhout (Belgium) 11/6/9 2.42 pm
Down: Bruges (Belgium) 11/4/24 205 pm

Zelfportret # 127 (selfportrait # 127)

2011-06-06T11:32:00.004+02:00

Last weekend I worked at the Dutch foundation of ”Buitenkunst”, giving two photography workshops.
I stayed there the nights. Just before I went to sleep I was struck by the blue color of my LED torch. So I made a selfportrait.
Photograph: Buitenkunst Randmeer. 11/6/5. 1.13 am.

Diemer Plek # 47 (Sites from Diemen NL # 47)

2011-06-02T10:57:00.004+02:00

Regular visitors of my blog already know it: For many years now I’m working on a series about Diemen (Diemer Plek). Diemen is the town where my family and I are currently living. It is a suburb of Amsterdam, a bit of a sleepy place to be.
Most of the pictures are made when I am shopping. Yesterday I was on my way buying a new bike.
Photographs: Sint JansKruid, Diemen. 11/6/1. 1051 (up) and 1054 (down) am.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (68) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (68))

2011-06-01T10:10:00.005+02:00

Yesterday I processed my last picture of the trip to New York. It was one of the first I actually took. I was in Manhattan for about one hour and overwhelmed by the way the late sunlight struck down through the narrow streets of the Financial District.
Watch the person in his yellow-brown coat at the top of my shadow , it’s almost mimicry.
New York. Bowling Green. 11/5/5. 7.25 pm

Selfportrait 126

2011-05-30T14:43:00.003+02:00

Picture taken 5 minutes before I left the room where I slept during my 13 night stay in NYC.
Ahead of me a 13 hours journey going home.
Photograph: 05/1/2011, New York Cidela B&B, 10.32 am.

New York Subway

2011-05-27T15:19:00.002+02:00

Someone’s got the subwayblues & it’s not me….
Foto: New York, subway red 1 uptown, 10.05 uur. 15/5/2011

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (67)

2011-05-24T11:48:00.002+02:00

New York ligt op de geografische hoogte van Barcelona. Dat betekent dat in mei de zon rond het middaguur hoog aan de hemel staat. Gevolg: grote, massieve schaduwvlekken onder de bladerdekken van de bomen in Central Park op zondagmorgen.
Foto boven: New York, Central Park. 8/5/11. 10.53 uur
Foto onder: New York, Central Park. 8/5/11. 11.05 uur

Zelfportret # 125

2011-05-21T12:13:00.002+02:00

Terug in Nederland zijn er de foto’s en de herinnering aan een prachtige reis in een fascinerende stad van duizenden gezichten.
Foto: New York. 72th street West. 14/05/2011. 13.59 uur.

Farewell to NYC

2011-05-18T06:26:00.003+02:00

Morgen vertrek ik uit Nieuw York. Tja, ik kon de verleiding niet weer staan om een zelfportret met een deel van de skyline van Manhattan te maken. Weggaan stemt melancholiek, over 24 uur thuis te zijn stemt zeer vreugdevol: Het weerzien met de geliefden!
Iedereen overigens heel erg bedankt voor de reacties op de New York foto’s. Er komen er nog meer!
Foto: New York, Rooseveld Island. 17/5/2011. 21.44 uur.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (66)

2011-05-17T15:39:00.003+02:00

Gisteren een dag naar Washington geweest. En ja, ik heb het Witte Huis gezien. Heel ver weg, want de Amerikanen zijn duidelijk paranoia. Toen de helikopter (Ja die heb ik ook gezien) met Obama landde op het gazon, moest iedereen nog verder weg…
Bij deze foto sta ik bij het George Washington Memorial. Het was de hele dag snikheet in Washington, en 2 minuten na het maken van dit beeld barste er een enorme plensbui los.
(om de foto goed te zien, even groot op je scherm zetten, door op het beeld te klikken)
Foto: Washington/Washinton Memorial. 16/05/2011 16.46 uur

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (65)

2011-05-16T06:11:00.003+02:00

Uit de Subway wordt soms veel stoom naar boven geblazen. Als de atmosfeer dan vochtig is zoals vandaag, is New York een plaats om surrealistische beelden te maken.
Foto: New York/ColumbiaCircle. 15/05/2011 14.03 uur

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (64)

2011-05-15T14:25:00.003+02:00

Ik sta zo’n beetje op de uiterste zuidpunt van Manhattan, waar ruim 400 jaar geleden landgenoten aanspoelden om Nieuw Amsterdam op te richten. Het is nu de terminal van de veerboot naar Staten Island.
Foto: New York, South Ferry, 14/10/2011. 11.10 uur.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (63)

2011-05-14T16:04:00.003+02:00

De verleiding was te groot. Ik had eigenlijk geen taxis in beeld willen hebben, maar toen ik deze schijnbare racepartij zag in combinatie met het gele stoplicht, tja. Moholy-Nagy was here!
Foto: NewYork/ Chelsea. 13/5/2011. 12.04 uur

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (62)

2011-05-13T23:51:00.002+02:00

Het was gisteren heet in de stad. Keihard licht, geen wind waardoor de uitlaatgassen tussen de gebouwen bleven hangen. Benauwend. Daarom ging nog een keer naar Coney Island. Daar was het frisjes en het strand was vrijwel uitgestorven. Beetje desolaat sfeertje.
Foto: New York, Coney Island. 12/5/11. 14.09 uur.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (61)

2011-05-12T15:59:00.001+02:00

Er zijn wijken in New York, die keurig zijn, er zijn er ook die nogal rommelig ogen. En denk niet dat je een stevige wandeling kunt maken. Nee, om de 100 meter duikt een stoplicht op en in tegenstelling tot soms in Nederland staan de verkeerslichten altijd ingesteld op het autoverkeer. Niet dat dat veel uitmaakt, het verkeer staat toch regelmatig muurvast.
Foto: New York, Broadway/Canalstreet. 11/5/11. 11.41 uur.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (60)

2011-05-11T15:58:00.003+02:00

New York is een mierenhoop. Mensen rennen bijna. Haast, Haast is het sleutelwoord. Of ze lunchen. Mensen met wat meer geld zitten in een restaurant, mensen met minder zoeken een plekje in de zon. En al die mensen moeten ’s avonds weer naar huis. Rush hour is ook ook echt Rush hour. Daarbij is spitsuur maar een gezapig aftreksel. Misschien wel beter, want de hartaanval is hier nog steeds doodsoorzaak no 1.
Foto: New York. W 50th street. 10/5/11. 13.54 uur.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (59)

2011-05-10T15:24:00.003+02:00

2 Minuten nadat ik deze foto maakte, stond er een boom van een New Yorkse politieagent voor me, die beleefd maar dringend vroeg waarvan ik foto’s maakte. Toen ik hem antwoordde dat het mij ging om de lichtval op de straat en het gebouw in de schaduw daar achter, antwoordde hij dat niet mocht, en wilde hij mijn paspoort zien. Ondertussen werd ik door 4 politiemensen omringd, waarvan 1 in burger. Deze legde me uit dat het fotograferen van gebouwen in het Financial District verboden was, vanwege de mogelijkheid van een terroristische aanval. Dat het verboden was wist ik niet, en dat zei ik ook. Ok, you’re free to go. Dat deed ik dus.

Voor de duidelijkheid: Het buurtje rondom Wallstreet bestaat uit hele hoge gebouwen en smalle straatjes, waar het zonlicht als een mes doorheen slaat.
Foto: New York, Financial District. 9/05/2011. 10.03 uur.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (58)

2011-05-09T14:40:00.003+02:00

Het is zondag, dus kniel je voor de baseball.
Foto: New York, Central Park, 8/05/2011 10.43 uur.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (57)

2011-05-08T14:58:00.003+02:00

’t Is een beetje een kleine afbeelding, maar klik hier om de foto te zien die Robert Frank in 1958 op Coney Island maakte. Het doet je dan nogal wat om 53 jaar later op zo’n beetje dezelfde plek een foto te maken. Let op het lullige namaak palmboompje. Dat was er niet in Frank zijn tijd.
Foto: Coney Island New York. 7/05/2011. 11.57 uur

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (56)

2011-05-07T15:37:00.001+02:00

Op de achtergrond zie je de bouw van het nieuwe World Trade Center.
Er is overigens veel kleur in het stadsbeeld. Veel primaire kleuren vooral. Een soort permanente Boogie Woogie van Mondriaan.
Foto: New York. 7/05/2011. 11.06 uur

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (55)

2011-05-06T15:46:00.003+02:00

Gisteren na een rustige vliegreis aangekomen. Binnen 3 kwartier door de douane heen. New York voelt, ondanks dat ik er voor de eerste maal ben, heel vanzelfsprekend aan. Komt natuurlijk door alle beelden uit tv-series, fotoreportages, speelfilms. Stad voelt als een warm bad.
Als het ’s avonds helder is en zon laag staat, is er een soort dank zij de hoge gebouwen een soort coulissenverlichting.

Foto: New York. 6/5/2011. 19.16 uur

Dutch Delight

2011-05-02T12:24:00.004+02:00

Deze foto van mij uit de serie “Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard” zal onder de titel “Train stops at the station 06/27/2010 5.51 PM” te zien zijn op de tentoonstelling “Dutch Delight”, welke te zien zal op het NEWYORK Photofestival van 11 t.m 15 mei a.s.

Dutch Delight

Opening reception:
woensdag 11 mei · 16:00 - 18:00
Locatie
Dumbo
111 Frontstreet, Gallery 200
Brooklyn, New York

In DUTCH DELIGHT 25 photographers from the Netherlands bring together the real and the surreal word. A surprising show in which beauty plays an important role.May 11, 2011 - May 15, 2011Opening reception Wednesday May 11 4:00-6:00 pmThe participants are:Shirley Agudo - Jeanette Bos - Jaap Bijsterbosch - Claire Felicie - Paul Fleming - Aloys Ginjaar - Sabrina van den Heuvel - Dutch J. den Hollander -Feiko Koster - Corinne Kruger - Henk van der Leeden - Marco van Middelkoop - Cornelia Nauta - Mardoe Painter - Maartje Roos -Petra Ruisendaal -Peter Ruting - Agniet Snoep - Caspar Veeger - Elisabeth Egon Viebre - Oscar Voch - Shakiro Werleman - Jacquie Maria Wessels - Manfred Wirtz - Peter van de Wijngaart
Dutch Delight is curated by Aloys Ginjaar, founder and organizer of the Amsterdam Photographers Evening, since 2000 the informal monthly meeting point for the Dutch photographic community.

(zelf vertrek ik op donderdag naar New York, om hand- en spandiensten te verichten, het festival te zien, maar vooral om foto’s in New York te maken)

Foto: Gent, 27/6/2010, 17.51 uur

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (54)

2011-04-28T10:01:00.001+02:00

Mensen staan bij Manneken Pis in Brussel voor foto’s voor thuis. Er sluipt soms een voor mij nieuw element in “Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard”: Aandacht voor menselijk gedrag.
Foto: 24/4/11, Brussel, 16.41 uur

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (53)

2011-04-26T10:42:00.002+02:00

Shakespeare zei het al: “A thing of beauty is a joy 4ever”. In dit geval een prullenbak op het station van Antwerpen, 4 minuten voor mijn trein vertrok.
Foto: Antwerpen. 24/4/2011. 11.30 uur

Zelfportret # 124

2011-04-22T10:57:00.002+02:00

Een prettig stukje gereedschap aan de g11camera veroorzaakt het Droste-effect.
Foto: Diemen, 21/04/11, 15.56 uur

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (52)

2011-04-21T10:44:00.001+02:00

Stond gisteren op Internet:
“Bezoekers van de Belgische kust mogen voorlopig niet in zee zwemmen, omdat de reddingsposten nog niet bemand zijn. Dat is in de meeste badplaatsen pas half juni het geval.”
Het blijft het leukste buitenland, België.
Foto: Oostende. 17/04/2011. 15.05 uur.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (51)

2011-04-18T10:48:00.002+02:00

Soms ben je als fotograaf een nederige dienaar van het licht. Ofwel soms zijn doodgewone zaken kleine juweeltjes geworden vanwege het licht van het moment. Foto boven: Schiphol. 8/4/11. 9.35 uur Foto onder: Hasselt (B), 8/4/11. 15.53 uur

Zelfportret # 123

2011-04-16T10:19:00.001+02:00

SelbstPortrait im Nachtzug! Foto:Rotterdam, 15/4/2011, 9.43 uur

oogenblikjaap

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (94) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (94))

Nieuw boek (New book)

Diemer Plek # 59 (Sites from Diemen NL # 59)

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (93) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (93))

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (92) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (92))

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (91) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (91))

Diemer Plek # 58 (Sites from Diemen NL # 58)

Jo Hameleers

Zelfportret # 152 (Self portrait # 152)

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (90) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (90))

Diemer Plek # 57 (Sites from Diemen NL # 57)

Zelfportret # 151 (Self portrait # 151)

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (89) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (89))

Diemer Plek # 56 (Sites from Diemen NL # 56)

Zelfportret # 150 (Self portrait # 150)

Nieuw boek (new book)

Het land langs # 8 (Along the Country Side # 8)

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (88) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (88))

Diemer Plek # 55 (Sites from Diemen NL # 55)

Nite & Silence -33

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (87) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (87))

11/11/11

Zelfportret # 149(Self portrait # 149)

Diemer Plek # 56(Sites from Diemen NL # 56)

Diemer Plek # 55(Sites from Diemen NL # 55)

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (87) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (87))

Zelfportret # 145-148(Self portrait # 145-148)

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (86) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (86))

11/11/06

Nite & Silence -32

Zelfportret # 144(Self portrait # 144)

Diemer Plek # 54(Sites from Diemen NL # 54)

Zelfportret # 143 (Self portrait # 143)

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (85) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (85))

Diemer Plek # 53 (Sites from Diemen NL # 53)

Zelfportret # 142 (Self portrait # 142)

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (84) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (84))

Nite & Silence -31

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (83) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (83))

Diemer Plek # 52 (Sites from Diemen NL # 52)

Zelfportret # 141 (Self portrait # 141)

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (82) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (82))

Diemer Plek # 51 (Sites from Diemen NL # 51)

Klein en Dagelijks # 1 (Small and Daily # 1)

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (81) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (81))

Zelfportretten # 139 & 140(Self-portraits # 139 & 140)

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (80) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (80))

Portret (Portrait)

Portret (Portrait)

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (79) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (79))

Zelfportretten # 135-138 (Self-portraits # 135-138)

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (78) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (78))

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (77) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (77))

Zomaar *10 (Just Like That *10)

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (76) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (76))

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (75) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (75))

Zelfportret # 133 & 134 (Self portrait # 133 & 134)

Diemer Plek # 50 (Sites from Diemen NL # 50)

Zelfportret # 132 (Self portrait # 132)

Zomaar *9 (Just Like That *9)

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (74) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (74))

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (73) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (73))

Diemer Plek # 49 (Sites from Diemen NL # 49)

Zelfportret # 131 (selfportrait # 131)

Diemer Plek # 48 (Sites from Diemen NL # 48)

Zelfportret # 130 (selfportrait # 130)

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (72) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (72))

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (71) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (71))

Zelfportret # 129 (selfportrait # 129)

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (70) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (70))

Zelfportret # 128 (selfportrait # 128)

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (69) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (69))

Zelfportret # 127 (selfportrait # 127)

Diemer Plek # 47 (Sites from Diemen NL # 47)

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (68) (Because of a Fragmentic Nature (68))

Selfportrait 126

New York Subway

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (67)

Zelfportret # 125

Zomaar 10 (Just Like That 10)

Zomaar 9 (Just Like That 9)