A.D. 2018 # 9.

Stay put and travel. Meanwhile the landscape is flashing past. Sitting in a bus is sometimes a form of meditation. Bus is driving at the highway at the Afsluitdijk, a 20 miles long dike between an artificial lake and the sea in the north of Holland. Photograph: Afsluitdijk (NL), 8/19, 18.22 pm. A.D. 2018 is a selection from photographs I made during 2018.

Het land langs # 23 (Along the Country Side # 23)

It was the last real summer’s day of 2013. At least in Holland. The wind was from the South East. I went for a bike ride along the dike between Lelystad and Enkhuizen. It is a dike through The Ijsselmeer, a huge inner lake in the northern part of Holland. The dike is about 30 kilometers long. Just sitting on the bike I felt very small in the enormous blue space.

Time & Space turned into just one dimension.

Up: Houtribdijk Lelystad-Enkhuizen. 13/9/5 5.03 pm

Under: Houtribdijk Lelystad-Enkhuizen. 13/9/5 5.07 pm

Het land langs # 19 (Along the Country Side # 19)

Last Sunday I cycled along the ‘Hondbosse Zeewering’.  It is a seawall against the North Sea. Very strange place. A soon as I arrive at the strip of asphalt at the foot of the I was blown in my face by the enormous space. (You have to enlarge the images by clicking it. Otherwise you could for instance easily miss the seagulls in the right upper corner of the first image.)

Up: Hondbosse Zeewering  2013/05/05 2.05 pm

Under: Hondbosse Zeewering 2013/05/05 2.12 pm

Het land langs # 18 (Along the Country Side # 18)

Last Wednesday afternoon I cycled along the dike between Lelystad en Muiden. I had the wind at my back. It was a perfect afternoon. When I am cycling my thoughts become very clear.

Up: Oostvaarders Dijk. 13/05/01 4.19 pm

Under: Oostvaarders Dijk 13/05/01 4.13 pm

Hollandse Panorama's

Afgelopen vrijdag ben ik met een straffe noordwesterwind in de rug van Enkhuizen naar Lelystad gefietst om in de polder op Buitenkunst een fotografieworkshop ”Landschap en Ruimte” te geven. Panoramafoto’s hebben al snel een ruimtelijke werking. Toch staat de foto in de schaduw van de ervaring van wind, licht, lucht en de geur van het (zoete) IJsselmeerwater.
Onderweg ben ik 1 x ingehaald, heb zelf 2x ingehaald en heb 4 x fietsende tegenliggers gehad. De auto’s waren weer eens niet te tellen.
Foto boven: IJsselmeer. 12/6/09. 14.47 uur.
Foto onder: Dijk Lelystad-Enkhuizen. 15.32 uur.