Winner!

Dear Jaap,

CONGRATULATIONS on being a Winner at the 19th Annual Black & White Spider Awards with:

Honorable Mention in Fine Art | Umbrella Weather

6,031 entries were received from 66 countries and your work received a high percentage of votes overall. Certainly an achievement, well done!

The Jury represented the industry's biggest names and tastemakers including San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Flatland Gallery, Amsterdam; Pace Galley, Berlin; Ogilvy, New York; Financial Times, London; Alexander McQueen, London; The ArtFactory Club, Vienna; Dallas Contemporary; Kunsthaus Lempertz Auctions, Cologne; Portuguese Center of Photography; Jason McCoy Gallery, New York; Estee Lauder, London; DDB Canada; V Magazine, New York; Tori Fujii Creative Tokyo; Silvan Faessler Fine Art, Switzerland; Goldsmiths, University of London; Each Modern Gallery, Taipei; Galerie Eigen + Art, Leipzig/Berlin; Galleria Valeria Bella, Milan; David Clarke, London; Chiara Badinella, Art Advisory and Appraisals, Milan; Paola Anselmi Contemporary Art, Perth; Grey Group, New York; CHEP Network, Sydney; Nuud.Berlin Gallery, Berlin; Utah Museum Of Fine Arts; Ammann Gallery, Cologne; MUDEC, Museo Delle Culture di Milano, Milan; and Galerie Bugada Cargnel in Paris who reviewed the entries online before making their nominations and honoring 462 title awards and 655 nominees in 33 categories. The Awards could not have wished for a better group of professionals to work with.

Congratulations once again, we wish you a most successful photography year.

Basil O'Brien
Creative Director

Uit de Grootstad & Co/From the Major City & Co. #16

 Een Grootstad (Duits Großstadt) is een stad met meer dan 100.000 inwoners.(A major city (German: Großstadt) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants)

Amsterdam 01/02/2014

Uit de Grootstad & Co/From the Major City & Co. #15

 Een Grootstad (Duits Großstadt) is een stad met meer dan 100.000 inwoners. (A major city (German: Großstadt) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants)

 Berlin, Bahnhof Gesundbrunnen 15/8/2022

Uit de Grootstad & Co/From the Major City & Co. #14

Een Grootstad (Duits Großstadt) is een stad met meer dan 100.000 inwoners. (A major city (German: Großstadt) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants)

 (London)derry 29/8/2017 

Uit de Grootstad & Co/From the Major City & Co. #13

 

Een Grootstad (Duits Großstadt) is een stad met meer dan 100.000 inwoners. (A major city (German: Großstadt) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants)

Berlin 2010/4/25

Uit de Grootstad & Co/From the Major City & Co. #12

 Een Grootstad (Duits Großstadt) is een stad met meer dan 100.000 inwoners. (A major city (German: Großstadt) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants)

 München 2014/5/7

Uit de Grootstad & Co/From the Major City & Co. #11

 Een Grootstad (Duits Großstadt) is een stad met meer dan 100.000 inwoners. (A major city (German: Großstadt) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants)

Düsseldorf 2013/12/18

Uit de Grootstad & Co/From the Major City & Co. #10

 Zürich 2010/5/4

Een Grootstad (Duits Großstadt) is een stad met meer dan 100.000 inwoners. (A major city (German: Großstadt) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants)

Uit de Grootstad & Co/From the Major City & Co. #9

Dublin, 15/9/2013

Een Grootstad (Duits Großstadt) is een stad met meer dan 100.000 inwoners. (A major city (German: Großstadt) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants)

Uit de Grootstad & Co/From the Major City & Co. #8

Rotterdam 9/8/2024 

Een Grootstad (Duits Großstadt) is een stad met meer dan 100.000 inwoners. (A major city (German: Großstadt) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants)

Uit de Grootstad & Co/From the Major City & Co. #7

 Een Grootstad (Duits Großstadt) is een stad met meer dan 100.000 inwoners. (A major city (German: Großstadt) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants)

 Leipzig 28/8/2019

Uit de Grootstad & Co/ From a Major City & Co. #6

 

Een Grootstad (Duits Großstadt) is een stad met meer dan 100.000 inwoners. (A major city (German: Großstadt) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants)

 Düsseldorf 2009/06

Aus dem Grootstad & Co/From a Major City & Co. #5

Een Grootstad (Duits Großstadt) is een stad met meer dan 100.000 inwoners.(A major city (German: Großstadt) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants)

New York (Chelsea) 7 mei 2011.(2011 may 7^th)

Grootstad & Co/Major City & Co. #4

 Een Grootstad (Duits Großstadt) is een stad met meer dan 100.000 inwoners.(A major city (German: Großstadt) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants)

 Lissabon 10-7-2010 (Lisbon 2010-7-10)

Grootstad & Co/Major City & Co #3

 

Een Grootstad (Duits Großstadt) is een stad met meer dan 100.000 inwoners. (A major city (German: Großstadt) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants)

 Düsseldorf (Germany) 2024- 07 -06

Grootstad & Co/Major City & Co. #2

 

Een Grootstad (Duits Großstadt) is een stad met meer dan 100.000 inwoners. (A major city (German: Großstadt) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants)

 Berlijn, 2024-06-15

 

Grootstad & Co/Major City & Co. #1

 Een Grootstad (Duits Großstadt) is een stad met meer dan 100.000 inwoners.

(A major city (German: Großstadt) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants)

 @Major City @Grootstad @GroßStadt @Velkoměsto @GrandeVille @Nagyváros @DużeMiasto  @CidadeGrande  @selfie @escalotor @roltrap @metro @subway @Praag

 Foto/Photo Praha 2023-09-14

Ascension Day !

 Roma Chiesa di San Pietro nel maggio 1983.

Wrapped building in the spring sun.

                                                                                                      Diemen, NL. 2024/4/4 3.42 pm.

Mirror Selfie

 Playing with positive vs negative

Diemen: Spring Greetings 2024 # 2

 Another greeting from the somewhat sleepy suburb of Amsterdam where I live.

Diemen: Spring greetings 2024

 Diemen is the somewhat sleepy suburb of Amsterdam where I live.

Intercalary Selfie 24/2/29

 

Regarding Iron Lines/Omtrent IJzeren lijnen (15) (The End of the Line)

Last Saturday was the final day of my show. Today was the break-up. Fortunately there were empty spaces because photographs were sold. It’s always a bit strange, breaking up your exhibition. Gallery WM , 24/2/27, 1.15 pm.

https://gallerywm.com/WP/regarding-iron-lines-jaap-bijsterbosch-19-01-24-02-2024

Regarding Iron Lines/Omtrent IJzeren lijnen. (14)

 

My exhibition is still to be seen at Gallery WM Elandsgracht 35-BG Amsterdam (NL) Thursday until Saturday 1.00-6.00 pm.

Friday Feb. 16 I’ll be present to welcome you all.

Saturday Feb. 24 festive finish from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

 

Regarding Iron Lines/Omtrent IJzeren lijnen (13).

“Regarding Iron Lines”. About railroad tracks, travelling by train, train compartments. Gallery WM, Elandsgracht 35-BG. 2024 1/19 until 2024 2/24. Opening next Friday 1/19. Welcome!

Exhibition in the making!

https://gallerywm.com/WP/regarding-iron-lines-jaap-bijsterbosch-19-01-24-02-2024/ 

Regarding Iron Lines/Omtrent IJzeren lijnen (12).

 

Photo: Augsburg 7/9/2021

Exhibition “Regarding Iron Lines”. About railroad tracks, travelling by train, train compartments. Gallery WM, Elandsgracht 35-BG. 2024 1/19 until 2024 2/24. Save the Date!

Opening: 2024/01/19  5.00-7.00 pm

https://gallerywm.com/WP/regarding-iron-lines-jaap-bijsterbosch-19-01-24-02-2024/

2024!

 

A strong 2024 for everybody!

Regarding Iron Lines/Omtrent IJzeren lijnen (11).

Some moments in the Berlin Underground. August and September 2022.

Exhibition “Regarding Iron Lines”. About railroad tracks, travelling by train, train compartments. Gallery WM, Elandsgracht 35-BG. 2024 1/19 until 2024 2/24. Save the Date!

https://gallerywm.com/WP/regarding-iron-lines-jaap-bijsterbosch-19-01-24-02-2024/

Regarding Iron Lines/Omtrent IJzeren lijnen (10)

There are moments on moving trains that make you feel like you're watching some kind of film still. Photo: Berlin August 2022.

Exhibition “Regarding Iron Lines”. About railroad tracks, travelling by train, train compartments. Gallery WM, Elandsgracht 35-BG, Amsterdam. 2024 1/19 until 2024 2/24. Save the Date!

https://gallerywm.com/WP/regarding-iron-lines-jaap-bijsterbosch-19-01-24-02-2024/

Regarding Iron Lines/Omtrent IJzeren lijnen (9)

 31 years an 3 days ago. Also snow in November. Photo: Den Helder (NL) November 24, 1993.

Exhibition “Regarding Iron Lines”. About railroad tracks, travelling by train, train compartments. Gallery WM, Elandsgracht 35-BG. 2024 1/19 until 2024 2/24. Save the Date!

https://gallerywm.com/WP/regarding-iron-lines-jaap-bijsterbosch-19-01-24-02-2024/

Regarding Iron lines. (8)

 Photo made at the station of Herenthals (Belgium)

Exhibition “Regarding Iron Lines”. About railways, stations, train travels, railway stations. . Gallery WM, Elandsgracht 35-BG, Amsterdam. 19/1-24/2 2024. Opening 19/1/2024!

Save the Date!

https://gallerywm.com/WP/regarding-iron-lines-jaap-bijsterbosch-19-01-24-02-2024/
 

Regarding Iron Lines/Omtrent IJzeren lijnen (7).

 

Trams also ride Iron Lines. Prague, September 2019.

Exhibition “Regarding Iron Lines”. About railroad tracks, travelling by train, train compartments. Gallery WM, Elandsgracht 35-BG. 2024 1/19 until 2024 2/24. Save the Date!                           

Regarding Iron Lines/Omtrent IJzeren lijnen (6).

 Photograph made at The Hague Central Station, 1992/09/07. Exhibition “Regarding Iron Lines”. About railroad tracks, travelling by train, train compartments. Gallery WM, Elandsgracht 35-BG. 2024 1/19 until 2024 2/24. Save the Date!

Late Summer

 Photo 2023-08-22 3.14pm. Castricum (NL).

(2024-01-19 Opening of my exhibition “Regarding Iron Lines”, about trains, railways & passengers. Gallery WM, Elandsgracht 35-BG, Amsterdam. Save that Date!)

Regarding Iron Lines/Omtrent IJzeren lijnen (5).

 

Photograph made near the “Omval” (Fall Over). Amsterdam, 1992/02/15. Exhibition “Regarding Iron Lines”. About railroad tracks, travelling by train, train compartments. Gallery WM, Elandsgracht 35-BG.  2024 1/19 until 2024 2/24. Save the Date!  

Regarding Iron Lines/Omtrent IJzeren Lijnen (4).

Stay put and travel. 2018/4/25. Linz-St. Poelten (Austria).  Exhibition “Regarding Iron Lines”. About railroad tracks, travelling by train, train compartments. Gallery WM, Elandsgracht 35-BG.  2024 1/19 until 2024 2/24. Save the Date! 

Regarding Iron Lines/Omtrent IJzeren Lijnen (3)

Train in the night. Abcoude (NL) 1994/4/29. Exhibition “Regarding Iron Lines”. About railroad tracks, travelling by train, train compartments. Gallery WM, Elandsgracht 35-BG.  2024 1/19 until 2024 2/24. Save the Date!  

Regarding Iron Lines/Omtrent IJzeren Lijnen (2)

 1992. I am sitting in my new workspace annex darkroom next to a railway bridge over the a canal in Amsterdam East. A train thumps down the rails about every five minutes. The sound fascinates me. I grab my Nikon with the 20mm, put a low-sensitivity film in it, take a tripod, go outside and stroll along the railway embankment. At the end of the walk I take this picture. A new series is born: Iron Lines. This photo will be on display as a vintage print at the exhibition “Regarding Iron Lines” in Gallery WM in Amsterdam from 2024/1/19 to 2024/2/17. Photo: Amsterdam, 1992/09/10.

Regarding Iron Lines/ Omtrent IJzeren Lijnen

 This is one of the many photos I took and will take in a train compartment. From 19/01 2024 to 17/02 2024 I will show photos out of the magic world of train travel, railway lines, passengers and stations in the exhibition "Regarding Iron Lines" in Gallery WM in Amsterdam. A photographic show of analogue black and white vintage prints from the 90s of the previous century as well as digital color prints from 2023.

Hide and Seek

 Bakkum (NL) 2023/7/4-0022 am. Self portrait.