Just from Diemen NL #5

 

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

House of gold.

Wrapped building in the spring sun.

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

Diemen: Spring Greetings 2024 # 2

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

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!                           

Greetings from Diemen NL #19

-Castle in Diemen-

(Often when I go out into my hometown Diemen, the somewhat sleepy suburb of Big City Amsterdam, I take my camera with me. I try to capture accidental beauty and sometimes unplanned alienation of the banal aspects of the everyday scenery. I started to do this from 2004, the year we came to live here, at first in black and white, from 2006 in color.)

Photo: Stammerdijk, Diemen NL, 22/2/14, 3.21 pm.

Greetings from Diemen NL. #10

 No Dogs Allowed!

(Often when I go out into my hometown Diemen, the somewhat sleepy suburb of Big City Amsterdam, I take my camera with me. I try to capture accidental beauty and sometimes unplanned alienation of the banal aspects of the everyday scenery. I started to do this from 2004, the year we came to live here, at first in black and white, from 2006 in color.)

Photo: 2021/11/23 Rietzangerweg Diemen NL.  1.10 pm.

Greetings from Diemen NL #4

 

Long November Shadow in the Late Light.

(Often when I go out into my hometown Diemen, the somewhat sleepy suburb of Big City Amsterdam, I take my camera with me. I try to capture accidental beauty and sometimes unplanned alienation of the banal aspects of the everyday scenery. I started to do this from 2004, the year we came to live here,  at first in black and white, from 2006 in color.)

Photo. 2016/11/28 Rustenburgh, Diemen NL, 3.52 pm.

Travel Photo ## 2.

Travelling, how does it affect your observations: when I am travelling I do see special, almost alienating effects in normal everyday situations, which I normally wouldn’t see. Shot this one in Prague tram, while escaping from the overcrowded touristic city center. Photo: Prague, 2019/9/4. 1.29pm.

Those British Atmospheres #5

During the years 1984, 1985 and 1986 I made three photo journeys in the UK. Because of the upcoming Brexit, which I utterly regret, I will occasionally post a photograph from the project “Those British Atmospheres”. Photograph today: Whitby, 1986.

A.D. 2018 #26.

We’re on our way in Death Valley, California, 9/2, 4.31 pm. AD. 2018 is a selection from photographs I made during 2018.

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 #16.

Sitting together in the bus on a brilliant day. The photographer as a voyeur. Photograph: Zion National Park. Utah, USA. 6/9, 3.56 uur. A.D. 2018 is a selection from photographs I made during 2018.

A.D. 2018 #13.

The Bijsterbosch family undertook a brilliant trip through the American West. A photo as a souvenir from an inconceivably beautiful spot. Photograph: Bryce National Park. Utah, USA, 9/7, 6.39 pm. A.D. 2018 is a selection from photographs I made during 2018.

A.D. 2018 #8

Small souvenir of a summer with an endless amount of sunlight & deep shadows (2). Photograph: Bakkum (NL),7/18, 6.01 pm. A.D.2018 is a selection from photographs I made during 2018.  

Selfportraits/Selfies WTF.

The upper photo I made because couldn’t find my comb after the morning shower. So I looked into another toilet bag to look for a comb. There was a small mirror in that bag, which reflected the sunrays straight into my eye. The rest is history. The photo underneath, well think a story for yourself. Up Bakkum (NL), 2016/10/8, 10.37 am, Under Bakkum (NL), 2016/7/25 8.19 am.

2016!

From almost the last whisps of sunlight I wish you all a healthy, beautiful an valuable 2016!

Man & Light.

It has been quite a while since I posted something on this blog. Summertime you know. That meant to me a trip to Berlin, doing 4 workshops at www.Buitenkunst.nl , and having a good time with my wife and family. Summer is almost over now so I want to show photographs again on a regular base. I made a lot of photos, but did not find the time to postprocess.

To start today with self-portraits, which have the theme: Man & Light. Sometimes I was almost swallowed by the Light.

Up: Dronten, 29/7/2015 8.14 pm. Middle: Heiloo 21/7/15 8.48 pm. Under: Bakkum 12/8/15 6.12 pm

May 5.(May 1)

The Sun Burns onto My Face. Bakkum, 15/05/01 6.15 pm.

April 7.

Selfportrait 345 from august 2008. Diemen. 8.30 am.

March 22.

Sometimes it is necessary to add an extra element to a photograph to emphasize the atmosphere at a spot. Here I used the shadow of my hand. Diemen, 5.03 pm.