February 4.

Tree branches like Thunderbolts! Wow. Amsterdam 12.35 am.

Diemer Plek # 65 (Sites from Diemen NL # 65)

Some people wonder if I am still working on my series about Diemen, my home town. Well, I can reassure them, I am still working on it.

Gradually the way I am depicting this suburb is changing.  I used to make some kind of topographic images. Nowadays I tend to make photographs which I call controlled snapshots. They are like postcards, but with subjects which are unusual for postcards.

A funny thing about working a long time (6 years now) on Sites from Diemen is that not only my photographic vision changes, but also the town itself.  I captured spots which changed radically, or even disappeared.

Up: Hartveldseweg. 12/10/08. 15.45

Under: Prinses Beatrixlaan 16/10/12. 16.01

Diemer Plek # 26

Het is soms bijna ontroerend te zien hoe achtergelaten voorwerpen op een plek hun verhaal vertellen. Niet als directe anekdote, maar als een soort indirect bewijs van menselijk werk en spel.
Foto boven: Diemen, Tureluurweg, 13/11/10, 16.01 uur
Foto onder: Diemen, Albert Nobelstraat, 24/8/10, 17.02 uur