Just from Diemen NL #1

 

Photographs from the town of Diemen, suburb of Amsterdam, my hometown for the last 22 years.

Nominee #5!

 Nominee #5

  International Color Awards 324 S. Beverly Dr., #266 Beverly Hills, CA 90212                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Dear Jaap,

CONGRATULATIONS on being a Nominee at the 18th Annual International Color Awards with:

Nominee in Fine Art | Light from the Polder Dike #1
Nominee in Fine Art | Night & Wind & Plane #2
Nominee in Fine Art | Sun King Selfie #3
Nominee in People | Waiting for the Tram #4
Nominee in Portrait | Selfie at the Escalator #5

5,373 entries were received from 71 countries and your work received a high percentage of votes overall. Certainly an achievement, well done!

Nominee #4

        International Color Awards 324 S. Beverly Dr., #266 Beverly Hills, CA 90212                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Dear Jaap,

CONGRATULATIONS on being a Nominee at the 18th Annual International Color Awards with:

Nominee in Fine Art | Light from the Polder Dike #1
Nominee in Fine Art | Night & Wind & Plane #2
Nominee in Fine Art | Sun King Selfie #3
Nominee in People | Waiting for the Tram #4
Nominee in Portrait | Selfie at the Escalator #5

 

Nominee #3

International Color Awards 324 S. Beverly Dr., #266 Beverly Hills, CA 90212                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

     Dear Jaap,

CONGRATULATIONS on being a Nominee at the 18th Annual International Color Awards with:

Nominee in Fine Art | Light from the Polder Dike #1
Nominee in Fine Art | Night & Wind & Plane #2
Nominee in Fine Art | Sun King Selfie #3
Nominee in People | Waiting for the Tram #4
Nominee in Portrait | Selfie at the Escalator #5

ect. 

Tomorrow Nominee #4

Nominee! #2

 

 International Color Awards 324 S. Beverly Dr., #266 Beverly Hills, CA           90212                                                                                                                                                            

    Dear Jaap,

CONGRATULATIONS on being a Nominee at the 18th Annual International Color Awards with:

Nominee in Fine Art | Light from the Polder Dike #1
Nominee in Fine Art | Night & Wind & Plane #2
Nominee in Fine Art | Sun King Selfie #3
Nominee in People | Waiting for the Tram #4
Nominee in Portrait | Selfie at the Escalator #5

5,373 entries were received from 71 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 The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Marian Goodman Gallery, New York; The Art Channel, London; Netflix, Los Angeles; Groninger Museum, Netherlands; Kunstbroker, Switzerland; Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York; Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York; MediaMonks, Berlin; Chung 24 Gallery, San Francisco; Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg; Publicis, Warsaw; AB InBev, South Africa; Carlos Caamano Foto Galeria, Lima; Kunstsammlungen und Museen Augsburg, Germany; Blanton Museum of Art, Austin; Klemm's, Berlin; and Jenkins Johnson Gallery in New York/San Francisco who reviewed the entries online before making their nominations and honoring 526 title awards and 759 nominees in 37 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

Nominee! #1

 

International Color Awards 324 S. Beverly Dr., #266 Beverly Hills, CA 90212                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

Dear Jaap,

CONGRATULATIONS on being a Nominee at the 18th Annual International Color Awards with:

Nominee in Fine Art | Light from the Polder Dike #1
Nominee in Fine Art | Night & Wind & Plane #2
Nominee in Fine Art | Sun King Selfie #3
Nominee in People | Waiting for the Tram #4
Nominee in Portrait | Selfie at the Escalator #5

5,373 entries were received from 71 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 The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Marian Goodman Gallery, New York; The Art Channel, London; Netflix, Los Angeles; Groninger Museum, Netherlands; Kunstbroker, Switzerland; Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York; Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York; MediaMonks, Berlin; Chung 24 Gallery, San Francisco; Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg; Publicis, Warsaw; AB InBev, South Africa; Carlos Caamano Foto Galeria, Lima; Kunstsammlungen und Museen Augsburg, Germany; Blanton Museum of Art, Austin; Klemm's, Berlin; and Jenkins Johnson Gallery in New York/San Francisco who reviewed the entries online before making their nominations and honoring 526 title awards and 759 nominees in 37 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

Tomorrow Photo #2

2026!

 A strong & fine New Year for everybody!

Happy New Year

 

Uit de Grootstad & Co/From the Major City & Co. #17 (reflection of me & my hat)

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) 

Prague, 23/09/16

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/