From my Shoebox: Umbrella weather.

                                                                                                      Amsterdam, January 1984.

Travel Photo #1

Budapest-Hungary 2019-09-10  5.22 pm

A.D. 2018 #25.

A 2018 street image. Light fall as a mysterious factor.  And the limits of the Lumix sensor. Photograph: Amsterdam, 4/18, 3.29 uur.

A.D. 2018 #21.

A 2018 street image. Photograph: Vienna, 4/25, 6.02 pm. AD. 2018 is a selection from photographs I made during 2018.

A.D. 2018 #20.

A 2018 street image. Photograph: Lugano (CH), 5/1, 4.14 pm. AD. 2018 is a selection from photographs I made during 2018.

A.D. 2018 #14.

A 2018 street image. Photograph: Rotterdam, 11/8, 12.33 am. 2018 is a selection from photographs I made during 2018.

Ireland again.

Next fortnight I’ll be a picture taking passer-by in Ireland. If wifi allows I’ll post a photo from time to time. But tomorrow from tropical Holland to fresh Ireland. Lovely!

Photo: Dublin, 15/09/01, 5.09 pm.

Ireland

Last september I made a short trip into Ireland. This week I started peparing a small book. So it is selecting, editing and throwing away. Possible title : A Passer-by through Ireland. Up: Dublin, 15-9-1, 5.09 pm. Middle: Dublin, 15/9/2, 6.38 pm. Under: Cork, 15/9/12, 5.45 pm.

April 5.

Easter Sunday. Very crowded in the city. Young people dressed  up like models on the advertisement posters. Amsterdam 4.25 pm.

March 30.

Made through a passing streetcar. Just wondered how the photograph would show up. It represents to me the volatility of City Life. Amsterdam 1.13 pm.

February 14.

Just couldn't resist the temptation to play a little with big red signs and people on the elevator. Amsterdam 4.37 pm.

January 27.

I was just figuring out if the combination of the painting of the roses on the van in the foreground & the bare tree in the background could result into an interesting photograph. Then the blond lady passed by. Sheer coincidence. But the collection of these elements in one picture is intriguing me. So this is the photo of the day. Amsterdam, Dapper Market, 3.59 pm.

January 26.

This was happening to me today: walking along the small canal, in the gray light of the drizzle, I suddenly felt myself in the 19^th century. Amsterdam, 1.27 pm.

January 16

Went to Antwerp for a day. Always a strange experience. It feels abroad for me, but I can use my own language. Beautiful light. As Usual, I felt very much at home in this city. Antwerp, Belgium 0.54 pm

January 15

One of the specialties of photography is the ability to make boring places more vivid. This a small parking lot not far from the spot where I live. I consider it a rather ugly place, especially if it is such a grey rainy day as today. Still the photograph has some vivid elements. This photo fits into one of my ongoing projects, a series about spots in my hometown Diemen. It is about the feeling I have about these places, to me it is as if Diemen is still unfinished. More about Diemen to follow during this year. Diemen, 3.14 pm. 

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (138) Because of a Fragmentary Nature (138)

Last summer our family spent some wonderful days in Vienna. It was a surprisingly interesting city. Very vivid. One of the most interesting spots was the 'Prater' a large permanent fancy fair. Here was one of the key scenes in the film “The 3^rd Man”, a good old time classic. Especially at night the atmosphere was some kind of fairy tale.

Other key scenes of this film were situated in the sewers. But I did not go there.

Up: Vienna Prater. 14/8/9. 9.50 pm

Under: Vienna Prater. 14/8/10 9.37 pm

I am a winner!

Travelling around in Germany on a photagraphic trip I recieved 
a message I was a winner in the Photographic Mastercup for 
this year. For Fashion!! And I was a nominee in Fine Art.
Of course I felt very proud. Go to:
www.photomasterscup.com/gallery/index.php?gaid=15

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (135) Because of a Fragmentary Nature (135)

Some new photographs about reflections, advertisements. It is great to see how in a 2D picture all those elements from reflected and directly perceived worlds combine into an often strange world, almost surreal. As you all may know, I just love that.

Up: Amsterdam 14/4/1 3.57 pm

Middle: Amsterdam 14/3/13 11.08 am

Under: Amsterdam 14/3/13 3.48 pm

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (133) Because of a Fragmentic Nature (133)

Shopping windows. Experiments with putting the content of the shop, reflections of street life and sometimes signs of letters into one photographic frame.  An image that can only exist in my camera at just one particular moment. Photography can capture frame and time. Bit of Surrealism?

To enlarge, click at the picture!

Up: Amsterdam 2014/01/19 2.41 pm

Middle: Amsterdam 2014/01/19 2.07 pm

Under: Amsterdam 2014/01/19 4.25 pm

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (131) Because of a Fragmentic Nature (131)

It is a strange thing, the photographer and his camera. Of course, the device is just a tool. But some tools feel as if they just made for you. I had that feeling with my canon g11, I feel it again with my new Lumix DMC-GX7, a very fast compact system camera. Beautiful sensor with good deep colors. Beautiful lens too, 40mm 1.7. A camera that is made just for you in front of your eye, or your breast or hip, well it is a great experience of joy. Still that old rule still counts, 99,9 % of street photos you make is just bullshit, if you’re lucky you can just use a few of the rest.

Up: Amsterdam 13/11/28 7.18 pm

Under: Amsterdam 13/12/12 7.01 pm