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Markets
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Covered markets, indoors and outdoors

Halvasten Angerlo 2024
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Angerlo is the village. Mid-Lent is the fourth Sunday of Lent. Three weeks later, it's Easter. The Church celebrates Easter on Lent: it is a joyful Sunday.

Overijssel
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Various outings in the province of Overijssel (The Netherlands)

Rijksmuseum Twenthe
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First visit 17Feb2024, for exhib Landscapes (fantastic!). As a bonus more of its (per,anent) collection.

Pulchri Studio, Den Haag
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Pulchri Studio is an artists' association and gallery that has been founded in 1847, but is still young at heart. The name Pulchri is derived from Latin and means as much as ´out of love for the...

Ordinary People, by Rob Hornstra (photo...
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In the retrospective exhibition Ordinary People, the Fotomuseum Den Haag offers a fresh look at the work of Dutch photographer Rob Hornstra (b.1975). Over the last 20 years, Hornstra has created a...

Ad van Denderen retrospective - Nederlands...
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The retrospective exhibition Ad van Denderen: En Route shows the development of documentary photographer Ad van Denderen. In the period 1965-2019, he addressed topics such as apartheid, migration...

Ice Sculptures 'Myths & Legends' 2023/4
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Dutch Ice Sculpture Festival from 16 December 2023 to 25 February 2024. The best ice sculpting artists in the world come to Zwolle where they work in a large ice hall (De IJsselhallen) with 275,000...

Amsterdam Lightfestival 2023
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The 12th Edition, theme this year around people's addiction to mobile appliances as well as what AI is capable of.

Hernen Castle
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Hernen Castle is a well-preserved medieval castle in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. It is situated in the village of Hernen (municipality of Wijchen), in the far west of the Rijk van...

murals and street art
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murals and (other) street art

Italy
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Germany
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Venice, Regatta Storico 2023
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Historical Regatta

Brueghel Familyreunion
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In art history, you can't ignore the Brueghel family. Painters with the surname Brueghel – also spelled Bruegel – played an unprecedented role in European art for two centuries. The reason? Each...

Intocht Sinterklaas en Zwarte Piet @Rheden
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Arrival ('intocht') of Sinterklaas and his helpers in Rheden, The Black Petes (Zwarte Pieten) are still controversial, at least those in 'full black. ' From this day onward children can put their...

Wybrand Hendriks was here!
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Wybrand Hendriks (b.24Jun1744, Amsterdam – d.28Jan1831, Haarlem) was a Dutch painter, primarily known for his portraits as well as the concierge of the Teylers Museum.

19th-century photographs from the Kurokawa...
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The collection has never been shown before and is among the most important and extensive private collections of Meiji photography in the world. The 155 photographs, from both Japanese and foreign...

Ara Güler - A Play of Light and Shadow
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Ara Güler is a renowned photojournalist who has captured the essence of Turkey and the world beyond. The exhibition A Play of Light and Shadow shows both iconic and unknown parts of Güler's...

Women on the Frontline (exhibition)
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The exhibition 'Women on the Front Line – Photography from Lee Miller to Anja Niedringhaus' rejects the notion that war photography is a man’s business. It highlights the work of 8 female...

Aviodrome Fly-In 20Aug2023
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Visited the event 'Fighters & Friends' at Lelystad's aviation museum. WW1 planes on static view, Lockheed L.12, Spitfire and P-51 Mustang flying.

Historic Dutch windmills | Molens
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Noord-Brabant
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Dutch province Noord-Brabant, events and other day trips.

Brabant province, Netherlands
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North Brabant (Dutch: Noord-Brabant, also unofficially called Brabant) is a province in the south of the Netherlands. The Duchy of Brabant was a state of the Holy Roman Empire established in 1183 or...

Deventer bookmarket 2023
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Largest book market in Europe back in Deventer, thousands of visitors expected Europe's largest book market in Deventer will be back on Sunday for the first time in the form in which it was held...

Beekbergen Paardenspektakel
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During 4 days one can enjoy the driving skills of two- and four-in-hands from all over the world at this free event. There's a fee to park the cars and be transported to the event. Many countries...

Egmond Vintage Wings (Hoogeveen)
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A gathering of vintage planes and classic automobiles at Hoogeveen airport.

Westerbork WW2 transit camp
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The camp location was established by the Government of the Netherlands in the summer of 1939 to serve as a refugee camp for Germans and Austrians (German and Austrian Jews in particular), who had...

World Press Photo 2023 contest winners
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The annual World Press Photo Contest recognizes and celebrates the best photojournalism and documentary photography produced over the last year. I could not immediately put my finger on it, but...

Alex Webb Photography 1978-2022 Retrospective
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Magnum photographer Alex Webb (San Francisco, 1952) is world famous for his street photography. His photographs are vibrant, dynamic and he always is on the lookout for that fleeting moment in which...

Heidelberg & Heidelberg Castle, Germany
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Zilveren Camera Winners 2022
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'The Silver Camera' is the most prestigious award for photojournalism and documentary photography in the Netherlands. Every year, professional photographers with Dutch nationality (living in or...

Halvasten Angerlo 2023 - Carnival parade
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This afternoon first visit for the 'world famous (in this region) 'Halfvastenoptocht' in Angerlo . The Mother of All Parades!' Inspite of the fine drizzle we went: if they can have fun in these...

Het Loo Palace
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The symmetrical Dutch Baroque building was designed by Jacob Roman and Johan van Swieten and was built between 1684 and 1686 for stadtholder-king William III and his consort Princess Mary. The garden...

Germany
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Travel in Germany

Exhibition 'Mijn IJssel' (Fotokring Deventer)
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Ten photographers from the 'Deventer Fotokring' document the river De IJssel, each in their own way (all in colour). The exhibition I visited was not in Deventer, but in Apeldoorn, the CODA Dok Zuid...

Vakantiebeurs
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A first for me, I remember my parents always very enthusiastic about their visits to the 'Vakantiebeurs' (Holiday travel event) in Utrecht. A good place if you need inspiration for your travels (if...

Icesculptures 'What a wonderful world' 2022/3
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During the Dutch Ice Sculpture Festival one will make a magical journey along dozens of life-size snow and ice sculptures. The Dutch Ice Sculpture Festival wants to inspire this year with the theme:...

Walker Evans Revisited exhibition (2022)
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@Helmond's Art Gallery / Museum. Of all the celebrated photographers of the last century, the one who remains the most relevant today is Walker Evans (1903–1975). Some of his images are among the...

Art - Paintings and Sculptures in museums
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Paintings and Sculptures in museums.

Urban art
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About murals, graffiti, sculptures, et cetera.

Rome, Italy 2022
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A week spent in this glorious city, for its history, streetphotography and urban art.

Museum MORE | Modern Realism
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Museum MORE is the largest museum for modern realism in the Netherlands. From 20th century masters to contemporary realists and upcoming talent. With two superb museums: Museum MORE in Gorssel and...

STREETVIEW by Bas Losekoot
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This autumn, Museum MORE is showing people in the metropolis. ' Streetview' shows photographer Bas Losekoot's vision of life in densely populated cities, which are expanding further and further. A...

Gelderland | Dickens Festijn
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During the annual Dickens Festival, Charles Dickens' 19th century London revives in the centre of Deventer. The 30th edition took place on Saturday 10 December and the day of my visit: Sunday 11...

Intocht Sinterklaas, 2022 Rheden
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First 'intocht' here after Corona.

Balloons
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Quietly they float by. or can be seen on lift off at a festival (e.g. Grave, N Brabant).

Gelderland (province NL)
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From Dec.14th to Sunday Dec.18 Castle Middachten was open from 12:00 to 20:00. Decorated Christmas trees in the castle, burning fire pits, a Christmas market, a light walk and live music provide an...

Gelderland (province NL)
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Walkabout in Gelderland for scenery, history and culture.

Lichtenvoorde dahliashow parade 2022
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On sunday afternoon, Sep.11th, the streets of Lichtenvoorde were once again filled with 18 colorful dahlia giants and dozens of small parade floats, plus a multitude of bands emphasizing the festive...

Kasteel Keukenhof dahliashow
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Until October (18Jul22-01Oct22), visitors to Keukenhof Castle can enjoy beautiful dahlias from growers from the Bulb Region. In the garden of the castle and frederik's hof (walled garden) there are...

Maastricht
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Maastricht is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Highlights for me are the Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof and the...

Deventer Bookmarket
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The Deventer bookmarket is an annual event in august.

Jan Dirk van der Burg - Typical Dutch
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Exhib in Rotterdam's Nederlands Fotomuseum, all things Dutch of note. Well spotted, funny. In 2018, Jan Dirk van der Burg was elected Fotograaf des Vaderlands (‘national photographer’). In the...

Gelderland (province NL)
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Dutch province of Gelderland for art, culture, history and general walkabout.

FOAM: Open for Business (Magnum's photography)
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Open for Business shines a light on the diversity of Magnum’s commissioned work from the 1950s to 2019. From the beginning, the balance between independent and commercial work has led to fierce...

Hoorn - Netherlands
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Walkabout in this historic town.

Expoost: Focus on Ukraine (Hoorn)
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Documenting the human cost of Putin's war in Ukraine, work by 3 Dutch photographers and 4 from Ukraine. Work by Eddy van Wessel + Ilvy Njiokiktjien + Joris van Gennip + Alexander Checkmenev + Sasha...

Shortrack horse racing
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A short track trotter is a competition between two horses each, in a straight line over a length of approximately 300 meters, according to the so-called 'knockout' system. The horse that has won the...

Photo Museum The Hague | Fotomuseum Den Haag
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Various fantastic exhibitions here @Fotomuseum Den Haag.

World Press Photo Contest 2022
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Flagship World Press Photo Exhibition 2022 in Amsterdam (Nieuwe Kerk).

Aeronautica Militare
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A series of squadron badges of the Italian Air Force, probably dating back to the 1980s or early-1990s.

Nederlands Transport Museum (NTM)
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The Nederlands Transport Museum (NTM) is a museum dedicated to various forms of transport, at present (2022) located in Nieuw-Vennep, Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands. Eleven heritage organisations are...

Sandsculptures, stories of the bible and other...
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One of the world's largest covered sand sculpture exhibitions: Bible stories sculptured in sand, by artists who worked for 1200 days.. With an area of 5000 m², about 4000 m³ of sand, dozens of...

Waterloopbos Noordoostploder (Natuurmonumenten)
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In the Waterloopbos, the Dutch have learned to work with water. They owe their worldwide fame for water management to all the research that has taken place in this forest. Here, hundreds of studies...

Revolusi! @Rijksmuseum exhibition
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REVOLUSI! is about the Indonesian struggle for independence (1945-‘49), seen through the eyes of people who experienced it. More than 20 personal stories tell us how the ideal of a free Indonesia...

Italia Event @Kasteel De Haar
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On 20, 21 and 22 May 2022, the gardens of Kasteel de Haar (Utrecht) are exclusively intended for bon vivants, to celebrate la dolce vita, all products Italian. More than 200 exhibitors, chefs,...

Rotterdam Photo 2022 Photo Festival
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The edition 2022 is unique for the Rotterdam Photo. Due to several postponements and cancellations caused by COVID-19 spread, for the first time, the festival has two themes at the same time –...

Bloemencorso Bollenstreek 2022
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The Bloemencorso of the Bollenstreek is the largest spring festival in The Netherlands. This colourful, fragrant spectacle is celebrated annually during one week of the year by more than one million...

Archeon
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In the Archeon park & museum in Alphen a/d Rijn one steps into the middle of history and one can discover how life used to be. The buildings, huts and houses have actually stood or are still in...

Noord-Holland (provincie NL)
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North Holland (Dutch: Noord-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea. From the 9th to the 16th century, the area was an...

FOAM: Bill Brandt 'The Beautiful and the...
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Foam proudly presents the exhibition of one of the most influential and internationally acclaimed photographer and photojournalist Bill Brandt (1904- 1983). The Beautiful and the Sinister...

Keukenhof flowerbulbs 2022
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Keukenhof (English: "Kitchen garden"), also known as the Garden of Europe, is one of the world's largest flower gardens, situated in the municipality of Lisse, in the Netherlands. According...

Venezia (Italia) - 2022
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Carnival in Venice, Italy 2022
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Costumes galore, such a superb event, grandiose!

Dokkum fortified town
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Dokkum is a Dutch fortified town in the municipality of Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland. The fortifications of Dokkum are well preserved and are known as the bolwerken (bulwarks). It...

Athenaeum Boekhandel Zuidoost, Grand Opening...
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Attended the festive opening of Athenaeum Bookshop Zuidoost (Amsterdam) today. Also scored a nice selection of books here (1 photo book: The Obsessed, about subcultures in Japan e..g Cosplay)....

Botanical Garden (Arboretum) Belmonte
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Belmonte Arboretum On the Wageningen hilltop, a moraine from the ice age, lies the former Belmonte estate with a magnificent view over the river area. The estate was founded at the end of the 19th...

Zaltbommel, the Netherlands
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Walkabout through historic parts of Zaltbommel, the Netherlands.

Ukraine, protests in support, protests against...
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12Mar22, a demonstration in support of Ukraine. #CitiesWithUkraine

Zilveren Camera 2021
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Visited the 'Zilveren Camera photojournalism 2021' exhibition in Hilversum yesterday. Alway impressive and inspiring. The Silver Camera is a Dutch photography competition. Since 1949, the associated...

Alkmaar historic center
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The earliest mention of the name Alkmaar is in a 10th-century document. As the village grew into a town, it was granted city rights in 1254. The oldest part of Alkmaar lies on an ancient sand bank a...

Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar
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The Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar is one of the Netherlands’ oldest museums. The museum presents a collection of fine and applied art and fascinating temporary exhibitions. In the basement you can...

Bourtange (museum) - fortified town
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Fort Bourtange (Dutch: Vesting Bourtange) is a fort in the village of Bourtange, Groningen, Netherlands. It was built under orders of William the Silent and completed in 1593. Its original purpose...

Demonstration @Amsterdam in support of Ukraine
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“Slava Ukraini!” Stop Putin, support Ukraine. In support of the people of Ukraine but also the Russian people who are dragged into a war they don't want.

Vincent Mentzel, photo journalist (retrospective)
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Vincent Mentzel (b.28Sep1945-) is a Dutch photographer, and staff photographer for the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad since 1973. He is known for his photorealism. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam...

Alexine Tinne - Her worldview
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Alexandrine "Alexine" Pieternella Françoise Tinne (17 October 1835 – 1 August 1869) was a Dutch explorer in Africa who was the first European woman to attempt to cross the Sahara. She...

Nieuw Leeuwenhorst (buitenplaats Noordwijkerhout,...
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www.zuidhollandslandschap.nl/gebieden/landgoed-nieuw-leeu... An estate with young growth, covering the WW2 fortificaions and a historic woodland centuries old.

The Hague, the Netherlands
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The seat of Dutch government.

Leuven, Belgium
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Historic town in Belgium.

Genova 2021
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Walkabout through Genoa, wonderful Italian city, amazing history. The aquarium in Genoa was as good as I expected, the M.C. Escher exhibition was a lucky encounter.

In The Light of Cuyp @Dordrecht Museum
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Aelbert Cuyp Dordrecht also had the Cuyp family of painters: father Jacob Gerritsz., son Aelbert and the latter’s uncle Benjamin Gerritsz. Cuyp. Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) is one of the greatest...

Dordrecht, NL
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Dordrecht, historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, pronounced Dort). The city was formed along the Thure river, in the midst of peat swamps. This river was a branch...

Amsterdam Holocaust Monument Lezecher
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Holocaust Names Monument: 102,000 Names 'In Memory of' King Willem-Alexander unveiled the Holocaust Names Monument on Sunday 19Sep2021. The memorial site in Amsterdam is the first monument in The...

Leyduin (buitenplaats; country estate)
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Exhibition 'China Dreams' (2021)
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Exhibition 'China Dreams' with Ruben Terlou, Xiaoxiao Xu, and Ruben Lundgren. The Silk Road is the ancient network of trade routes between East and West, stretching from China to Africa and Europe....

Fotofestival Naarden (FFN 2021) - buitenplaatsen
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Part of the FFN 2021 but to far out of Naarden-Vesting to walk so we made a seperate trip for the exhibitions at a former gardencentre and a country estate.

Zilveren Camera 2020
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The Zilveren Camera can be seen until Sunday 15 August in Museum Hilversum, in the city centre. Photographer Kees van de Veen is the winner of the Canon Silver Camera. According to the jury, the...

Heusden fortified town
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Heusden is a restored fortified town in Noord-Brabant, located on the Bergsche Maas (extension of the river the Meuse / Maas. It has about 1,320 inhabitants (2020). In 1968 the old style...

Hollandse Waterlinie
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The (Old) Dutch Water Line (NL: (Oude) Hollandse Waterlinie) was a series of water-based defences conceived by Maurice of Nassau in the early 17th century, and realised by his half brother Frederick...

FFN 2021
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Foto Festival Naarden-Vesting: FFN 2021 I'd like to share my enthusiasm here for FFN 2021 in Naarden-Vesting. Excellent photography always on show, once every 2 years. Also the setting and...

Ellen Thorbecke - People in China
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The Nederlands Fotomuseum presents the exhibition Ellen Thorbecke’s China, showcasing photographs and photo books made in China in the 1930s by collection photographer Ellen Thorbecke. The...

Streetphotography
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Street photography dates back to the last decade of the 19th century (1890s), I merely continue a tradition.

Gallery of Honour - Fotomuseum Rotterdam
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The Gallery of Honour starts off by showing the earliest examples of photographs, known as daguerreotypes, and showcases work by dozens of photographers who explored boundaries, developed new...

World Press Photo 2021 (WPP)
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The annual WPP contests recognize and celebrate the best visual journalism produced over the last year. Here are some of the winners of our 64th annual Photo Contest and 11th annual Digital...

Amsterdam Museum: De Gouden Koets
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Visit to the Amsterdam Museum, for The Golden Coach (Dutch: Gouden Koets). This is a coach owned and used by the Dutch royal family, the House of Orange. The Gold(en) Coach was used every year to...

Het Valkhof Museum (Nijmegen)
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Nijmegen is the oldest city in the Netherlands, the second to be recognized as such in Roman times, and in 2005 celebrated 2,000 years of existence. Het Valkhof is mainly about art & archeology,...

De Pest @Valkhof museum (Nijmegen)
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For four centuries, Europe was in the grip of plague. The Black Death, as the disease is sometimes called, caused tens of millions of victims. The museum shows in De Pest how one of the most...

A new beginning - Cigdem Yuksel
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In Amsterdam on the Mercatorplein is a new exhibition with refugee youth in their search for identity. Photographer Cigdem Yuksel took the photos for the exhibition called 'A new beginning'. Since...

Haarlem antiques fair
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During the summer Haarlem has several antiques fairs on De Dreef. Nice to browse, ideal for streetphotography.

Borealis - Fotomuseum Den Haag (The Hague)
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The importance of forests to our planet is more apparent now than ever before. It is trees that filter our carbon emissions out of the atmosphere, and are thus a key weapon in our fight against...

Prov. Utrecht
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Out and about in the province Utrecht (NL).

Zandvoort, the Netherlands
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Zandvoort is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach. It is bordered by coastal dunes of Zuid-Kennemerland National Park and the Amsterdam water supply dunes. It...

Poldertuin Anna Paulowna
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In the autumn, volunteers plant thousands of bulbs in the ground, which blossom in the spring. It is a garden with spring bloomers (hyacinths, daffodils, tulips, etc). The flower bulbs are made...

Het Oude Hof (Bergen)
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The 'Oude Hof' was built in 1643 on behalf of Anthonis Studler van Zurck, broker in shares of the East India Company. It consists of a square part with house and a rectangular part, which was once...

Duin en Kruidberg
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Landgoed Duin en Kruidberg is an estate in Velsen, North Holland. The estate that stretches as a strip from Santpoort-Noord to the sea coast is part of The South Kennemerland National Park. On the...

Amsterdam Tulip Experience (Noordwijkerhout)
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Tulip Experience Amsterdam is located in an active bulb company in the middle of the Flower Bulb Region. Due to pandemic restrictions (Covid-19) we could only visit the showgarden (26Apr21). The...

Amstelveen Heemparken
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These Parks are specially designed by C.P.Broerse. De kknow-how of Mr. K.Landwehr, who was then the manager of the 'heem farm', has proven to be of great value for the development of 2 colorful...

Amsterdam Zuid-Oost
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Amsterdam-Zuidoost ("Amsterdam-Southeast") is a borough (stadsdeel) of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It consists of four residential neighborhoods—Bijlmermeer, Venserpolder, Gaasperdam and...

Velserbeek
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Velserbeek is a park in the Dutch municipality of Velsen. The park is located between IJmuiden and Velsen-Zuid. The country estate is a national monument. The estate dates back to the 1600s, the...

Posbank / Hoge Veluwe NP
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The Herikhuizerveld is a hilly heathland that is part of the Veluwezoom National Park in the municipality of Rheden in the Dutch province of Gelderland. The field is named after the nearby former...

Jagtlust country estate, 's-Gravenhage (N-H)
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Jagtlust is a small country estate on the Leeuwenlaan in the Dutch town of 's-Graveland (North Holland). It has a very interesting history, it dates back to the 18th century.

Netherlands - Zaanse Schans
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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the lockdown and travel restrictions, we were able to visit Zaanse Schans with the hordes of tourists. It was bitterly cold though, a rare period of real winter we were...

Netherlands - Winterland
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Snow and frost are getting rare in The Netherlands, in winter rain is more prevalent. So sharing these images is a form of celebration.

Historic windmills in The Netherlands
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Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Leiden)
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Naturalis is the Dutch national research institute for biodiversity. With one of the largest natural history collections in the world, their labs and biodiversity data have on offer a unique...

't Huys te Warmont (estate)
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Het Huis te Warmond (Old Dutch spelling: Huys te Warmont) is a castle-like building on the edge of the South Holland Warmond. Although it dates back to the Middle Ages, in its current form it is a...

Panorama van Mesdag - painting view on...
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Panorama Mesdag is a panorama by Hendrik Willem Mesdag. Housed in a purpose-built museum in The Hague, the panorama is a cylindrical painting (also known as a Cyclorama) more than 14 metres high and...

Candid - photo exhibition
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Museum Panorama Mesdag presents a selection of over seventy photos of contemporary beach life from a non-commonplace perspective, in the exhibition CANDID. The photos were commissioned by the museum...

Amsterdam and Oosterpark - walkabout
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A stroll through parts of Amsterdam-Oost, including Oosterpark and Dappermarkt.

Nationaal Bomenmuseum Gimborn (Doorn)
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The National Tree Museum Gimborn in Doorn has a world-famous collection of trees and shrubs from all parts of the world. They have been collected over many years for scientific research on...

Museum Militaire Traditie - Driebergen
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This museum dedicated to Dutch militair tradition has a large number of uniforms, equipment, documents and weapons from the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and beyond. The development of military...

MyBrexit 52/48 - by Merlin Daleman
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From Saturday 19 September, Kunsthal Rotterdam will be presenting the exhibition ‘My Brexit 52/48’ by the British-Dutch photo journalist Merlin Daleman. The photographs tell the poignant story of...

John Constable in Teyler's (2020)
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Constable's favourite subject was the landscape of his youth on the east coast of England near Harwich. No artist had ever painted as much outdoors as he would. Greatly inspired by the way in which...

the Sculpture Garden @Garderen (GLD)
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With the nostalgic showroom village, the Sculpture Garden is the place to get ideas to dress up your home and garden. A wide range of garden statues and other decorations for the garden. The...

Zandsculpturen Garderen: 75 years of freedom
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The Second World War left deep marks in Gelderland. The Dutch province was front line for 9 months. From September 1944 to May 1945, Gelderland was the center of the liberation struggle in the...

SOWETO 03-2020
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Visit in March 2020, a very positive visit with welcoming smiles for we were guided by photojournalist and Soweto volunteer Ilan Ossendrijver.

Kasteel De Cannenburgh
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The Guelderian field marshal Maarten van Rossum built the watercastle in 1543 on the ruins of an old castle. After his death it was inherited by his nephew Hendrik van Isendoorn, who also supervised...

Kasteel Keukenhof
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Kasteel (Castle) Keukenhof in the Dutch town of Lisse was originally built in 1642 as a classicist manor house by Adriaen Maertenszoon Block. He was a former commander of the VOC, in the...

The Gardens of Appeltern
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The Gardens of Appeltern (Netherlands) is a beautiful and inspiring location. are open every day from 1 March till 30 November from 10:00 to 18:00 hrs, including Sundays and National holidays. In...

Leica various
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Acquired a secondhand Leica Q in july 2020, which I find a joy to use for all sorts of photography.

Amsterdamse Bos
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Walkabout in Amsterdamse Bos, circumventing De Bosbaan. The Bosbaan (literal translation: Woods Course) is the oldest artificial rowing course in the world. The course was built in 1936 as part of...

Markelo and sandsculptures (2020)
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A walk in the grounds of Castle Markelo near Diepenheim,NL - highlighted by sandsculptures.

Deventer, NL
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Deventer was probably founded around AD 768 by the English missionary Lebuinus, who built a wooden church on the east bank of the river IJssel. In January 772 the sack and burning of this church by a...

World Press Photo 2020
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Visited the World Press Photo Exhibition 2020 in De Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam. The exhibition showcases the stories that matter with photography from the 63rd annual World Press Photo Contest and...

Noordhollands Duinreservaat
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A walk in the park: Dunes National Park in Noord-Holland.

Urban redevelopment Towncentre 2
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Demolition of the former library started spring 2020. The library moved many years ago and the building saw minor temporary use for other means.

Huis te Vraag cemetery
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Dutch: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begraafplaats_Huis_te_Vraag Huis te Vraag is a 'closed' cemetery, much as the socalled Magnificent Seven in London. Located on the Rijnsburgstraat (formerly Sloterweg)...

Eddy Postuma de Boer - photography
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Fotomuseum Den Haag presents a major exhibition of work by living legend, Eddy Posthuma de Boer (1931). A contemporary of Ed van der Elsken and Johan van der Keuken, he is one of the most important...

Icesculptures Zwolle 'Journey Through Time'
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Dutch Ice Sculpture Festival from 14 December 2019 to 1 March 2020. The best ice sculpting artists in the world have come to Zwolle where they worked in a large ice hall (De IJsselhallen) with...

Rising Tide by - Kadir van Lohuizen
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Rising Tide serves as a wake-up call that shows that climate change is an unstoppable force that can only be slowed down. Kadir van Lohuizen uses his personal artistic vision and discipline to...

National Maritime Museum, Netherlands
20 photos

Reconstructed and modernized in 2011, The Amsterdam National Maritime Museum, is located a bit off Amsterdam center, near the city old harbor. A huge historical building s’Lands Zeemagazijn – the...

Oud van Toen - Lars van den Brink
11 photos

'Oud van Toen' is a photo exhibition by Dutch photographer Lars van den Brink, documenting historic buildings (e.g. churches, factories) for their new use. Not all initiatives worked out, there's...

Welgelegen, Haarlem (NL)
10 photos

Villa Welgelegen is a historical building in Haarlem, the Netherlands, which currently houses the offices of the provincial executives of North Holland. It was built by Henry Hope of the famous...

Leiden (Netherlands)
27 photos

A university city since 1575, Leiden has been one of Europe's most prominent scientific centres for more than four centuries. Leiden is a typical university city, university buildings are scattered...

Japanmuseum Sieboldhuis
24 photos

2020Jan19 visited two exhibitions in Leiden's Japanmuseum, Four Seasons and Subtle Beauty (artist Ryohei Tanaka). Fantastic.

Amsterdam Light Festival 2019
52 photos

Walked the open-air exhibition "DISRUPT!" along (in) the Amsterdam canals (until I lost track). This is the eighth edition of Amsterdam Light Festival! From 28 November 2019 to 19 January...

West Canada 2019
48 photos

A roadtrip through parts of British Columbia (B.C.) and Alberta Sep-Oct.2019

Berenice Abbott 'Portraits of Modernity' 2019...
12 photos

Exhibition in Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography. Berenice Abbott (b.17Ju1898 – d.09Dec1991),née Bernice Alice Abbott, was an American photographer best known for her portraits of...

BRASSAÏ, A First Retrospective (FOAM 2019)
11 photos

Very much enjoyed Foam's exhibition today, a retrospective of Hungarian-born French photographer Brassaï (b.09Sep1899 – d.08Jul1984). He is very prominent artist of the 20th century.

Intocht Sinterklaas, 2019
24 photos

Sinterklaas or Sint-Nicolaas is a legendary figure based on Saint Nicholas, patron saint of children. Other names for the figure include De Sint ("The Saint"), De Goede Sint ("The...

Slot Loevestein (Gelderland, NL)
32 photos

The castle was built by the knight Dirc Loef van Horne (hence "Loef's stein" (stone) house) between 1357 and 1397. Until World War II Loevestein Castle was part of the Hollandic Water Line,...

Stroll through Park Meyendel
13 photos

Meijendel is the largest interconnected dune area in South Holland. The beautiful nature reserve extends between Scheveningen, The Hague and Wassenaar, and consists primarily of open dune landscape,...

Treasures from the Golden Age of cartography...
52 photos

The largest maps in the entire world can be found in the floor of the Citizens’ Hall, in the heart of the Royal Palace Amsterdam. The three maps of the world and the night sky each measure an...

Deventer Boekenmarkt (2019)
18 photos

Another pleasant and rewarding visit to the 'Deventer Bookmarket' 04Aug2019. The bookmarket is the largest of Europe, thousands of books for sale at some 850 stalls. Endless browsing and always good...

Pampus
42 photos

Pampus now belongs to the municipality of Gooise Meren and is open to visitors. Together with the artillery battery on the lighthouse island near Durgerdam and the battery at the Diemer seawall,...

Urban redevelopment Towncentre
6 photos

A project long overdue, held up by owners holding out for the best deal to get them out. Demolition started in the summer of 2019.

Naarden Fotofestival 2019
43 photos

Theme 2019: Dutch Masters & Marvelous Misfits The 2019 event of FFN has been made with the intention to honour and include the misfit. The misfits presented at the FotoFestival are greater...

Lust For Life - Colour Photography by Ed van der...
15 photos

The Nederlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam, the national museum of photography in the Netherlands, has restored the colour slides of photographer Ed van der Elsken from destruction due to long time...

World Press Photo 2019
13 photos

Since 1955 the annual World Press Photo Contest has awarded the best visual journalism of the year. This is the 2019 exhibition of news photography in the year 2018. Prize-winning images by 43...

Koningsdag 2019
30 photos

Koningsdag, or King's Day, is a national holiday in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Celebrated on 27th of April (26 April if the 27th is a Sunday), the date marks the birth of King...

Natuurpark Lelystad
36 photos

In Natuurpark Lelystad leven veel verschillende dieren: van tijdelijke gasten zoals trekvogels, tot de vaste bewoners waaronder otters, wisenten, Przewalskipaarden, edelherten, wilde zwijnen, bevers...

Spakenburg (Nederland)
10 photos

Spakenburg is formally called Bunschoten-Spakenburg since its fusion with Bunschoten. The village lies south of the IJsselmeer in the municipality Bunschoten, Utrecht. It is one of the few places...

Delft (The Netherlands)
31 photos

Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, and The Hague, to the northwest. Delft is a popular tourist...

Delft - Huis Kinesis (photography)
6 photos

A wine business shares store space with photography enthusiasts displaying their work. This was a project about Documentary Photography (a person, an event, et cetera). Participants were Marian van...

72th Flowerparade 2019
53 photos

Visited the Bloemencorso in Haarlem today, the floats of the parade yesterday were now parked for viewing on the Gedempte Oude Gracht. A nice colourful tradition mixing with the historic skyline of...

Kasteel Assumburg (Heemskerk, NH)
11 photos

Centrally in the park Assumburg / Oud Haerlem there is a castle garden, behind castle Assumburg. On the same spot as 300 years ago, a unique, landscaped garden in the French Classicist style has...

Keukenhof flowerbulbs 2019
31 photos

Yearly flowerbulb show in the Netherlands, @Lisse

Kaap Skill museum (Texel)
15 photos

The area around Texel was treacherous for shipping and much has been recovered from centuries past. Much to be learned of life of fishermen and their families back home as well as the great history...

Fort Kijkduin (Huisduinen)
6 photos

Huisduinen was the original older part of Den Helder, whereas Helder itself was a nearby smaller hamlet. When a harbour was built near Helder the village began to grow and later became the seat of...

Landgoed Hoenderdaell (Dierenpark)
28 photos

An impression of this estate, they have a lot of animals (including wolves, hyenas, lions). The cages are quite large, enabling the animals to run around or seek privacy from the visitors). Except...

Texel (North Holland)
12 photos

A few summer-like days in february prompted a first visit to this nice island. It is well-known for birdwatching, hiking and plenty of history to enjoy here too. Most assuredly more visits will...

Urban redevelopment Beukenhorst-West
15 photos

This area Beukenhort-West was an ambitious office project stemming from the 1980s and 1990s. With an international airport growing & growing this couldn't go wrong. But for years many of these...

Zilveren Camera 2018 - photojournalism award
21 photos

Dutch photographer Cynthia Boll has won the Dutch photography award Zilveren Camera 2018 in the category Documentary International for her photo series Sinking Cities, Jakarta. The series is a direct...

Ice sculptures Zwolle
28 photos

The world's top 40 ice artists make 275,000 kg of ice and 275,000 kg of snow a magical world. In a large cooled area (-10°C) you will see a unique winter experience. Be surprised by enchanting...

Takayama Autumn Festival 2018
13 photos

Takayama’s Autumn Festival brings ornate centuries-old floats and an enchanting parade to the small Japanese town.

Japan 2018
24 photos

Visit to Japan, Oct.2018

Hiroshima Oct.2018
10 photos

Pasar Malam at Railway Museum
31 photos

As you enter the station, it seems as if you have stepped back in time. At the platform a nearly 100 years old steam locomotive and its antique wooden carriages are waiting for you. The conductor...

England 2018
8 photos

Less than 10 days on the road in England, but so much to see and plenty to visit.

Deventer Bookmarket Aug.2018
13 photos

The Deventer book market is a large book market in Deventer; mainly secondhand books, some rare, but also recently published ones by an author offering his signature in th epurchase. It claims it is...

A Beautiful Moment, photo exhib in Huis Marseille
8 photos

The exhibition focuses on a select number of photographers whose origins are all in Japan, the work of each of these photographers is marked by a very personal choice of subject and specific working...

Amsterdam Stuff - photo exhibition on...
11 photos

In nine years Amsterdam’s Department of Monuments and Archaeology unearthed 700,000 different, everyday objects, of which Harold Strak made 35,000 photographs. Ultimately, 15,000 of these...

LAHC visit June 2018
19 photos

The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre is a family run museum and was set up over 20 years ago. It is considered to be a living memorial to the 55.500 men of Bomber Command who lost their lives...

National Oldtimers Day NL 2018
11 photos

De Nationale Oldtimerdag is in de loop van haar bestaan uitgegroeid tot voor velen de meest aansprekende, toonaangevende en in ieder geval in omvang de grootste oldtimermeeting in de Benelux. Een...

Botanical Gardens of Utrecht University
40 photos

In 1963 Utrecht University acquired the land at Fort Hoofddijk, one of the forts of the New Dutch Waterline, situated in Uithof, the modern campus of the university on the eastern outskirts of the...

Willem van Oranje - Nationaal Militair Museum...
15 photos

Exhibition on Willem (van Oranje) (William of Orange, part of a series on 450 years anni of (start) 80 Years War. The Dutch Lowlands rising against the Spanish rule was the start of this war. Willem...

A Traveller's Perspective, photos by Alphons...
16 photos

On 23Mar1932 2 wealthy young men from Limburg (Netherlands) climb into a Model A Ford and embark on an adventurous the trip of a lifetime. Photographer Alphons Hustinx (1900-1972) and his friend...

Jan Banning Photography | Retrospective Exhib 2018
22 photos

Summer 2018: The Hague Museum Photography shows the first retrospective of the work of Dutch artist photographer Jan Banning (b. 1954). Before taking up photography, he studied social and economic...

Yanks Air Museum, Chino (2018)
7 photos

Flabob Airport - vintage flying (2018)
15 photos

For more detailed information see www.ruudleeuw.com/california18-p2.htm

Proud Bird Restaurant (LAX)
4 photos

Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach
12 photos

The Aquarium of the Pacific is a public aquarium on a site on Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach, California. Formerly the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific. Great variety of sea- and birdlife.

Museum of Flying, Santa Monica (2018)
8 photos

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
31 photos

at Simi Valley in California

Huntington Botanical Garden
18 photos

CAF SoCal Wing at Camarillo
11 photos

More details on this april 2018 visit on www.ruudleeuw.com/california18-p2.htm

Famoso Auto Club Raceway
26 photos

Dragfest 2018, near Bakersfield,CA

Frankendael park
15 photos

As Amsterdam rapidly grew in the sixteenth and the beginning of eighteenth century, the real estate in the city became so expensive, that rich people who wanted to enjoy a bigger property had to move...

Monterey Bay Aquarium
21 photos

Monterey Bay Aquarium is a nonprofit public aquarium in Monterey, California. Known for its regional focus on the marine habitats of Monterey Bay, it was the first to exhibit a living kelp forest....

Santa Cruz, California - a visit
20 photos

We spent 2 nights, one day, for whale watching and a general impression (e.g.The Boardwalk). I missed 'downtown', allegedly there are murals, pavements, etc.

Visit to the grounds of Kasteel Sypesteyn
18 photos

Jonkheer Henri’s dream... Just 40 minutes from bustling Amsterdam a hidden gem awaits the visitor: Castle-Museum Sypesteyn. Set amidst 12 acres of formal gardens and parkland, the apparently...

Dwars door China - photo presentation of...
13 photos

Today visited 'Dwars door China' exhib in Hilversum Museum, doc by presenter/photographer Ruben Terlou and Maaik Krijgsman, director/film. Broadcasted recently by VPRO in the Netherlands; a 2nd...

Castle Air Museum - april 2018
48 photos

Castle Air Museum gives visitors a peek into the past and lends insight into the evolution of aircraft and the past milestones of aviation. It offers visitors of all ages a glimpse of what the future...

Vintage Aircraft - air museum and restorations...
11 photos

See also www.ruudleeuw.com/california18.htm

Aerospace Museum of California
15 photos

A selection of some of the aircraft on display here. See also www.ruudleeuw.com/california18.htm

Koningsdag 2018APR27
25 photos

Caught a glimpse of 'Koningsdag' this morning. Koningsdag or King's Day is a national holiday in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Celebrated on 27 April (26 April if the 27th is a Sunday), the date...

FOAM - Lucas Foglia photography 'Human Nature'
9 photos

Lucas Foglia (b. 1983, US) deftly navigates the strange conceptual territory, where wild nature is both a quenching oasis and a shimmering mirage. His photographs show people gazing at nature,...

Notting Hill Carnival - 2017
25 photos

The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual event that has taken place in London since 1966 on the streets of Notting Hill, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, each August over two days

Biesbosch wetlands
43 photos

As one of the last extensive freshwater tidal wetlands in Northwestern Europe, De Biesbosch National Park is a haven for nature enthusiasts. Created following the St. Elizabeth flood of 1421, this...

Nederland - dier en landschap
12 photos

Photos taken in the Netherlands of landscapes and animals.

Walkabout in Rotterdam Feb.2018
14 photos

Random stroll, took my camera along the seafront and into the Markthal.

Kunsthal Rotterdam - Jeroen Oerlemans & Michael...
17 photos

Work by Jeroen Oerlemans (photography) and Michael Kvium 'Circus Europa': art. www.kunsthal.nl/en/ The Danish artist Michael Kvium is known for the figurative visual language he uses to tackle the...

Amsterdamse Bos / De Poel
35 photos

Walked the trail in this woodland / wetland. Vintage look of the wetlands. Impressive Scottish Highlanders grazing.

Stroll in the park, walkabout with my RX10M3
10 photos

Nice day for a stroll in the park. Aiming my new Sony RX10M3 on subjects such as people, dogs, birds, etc. Nice to enjoy a day of early springtime.

2017 Zilveren Camera (sponsored by Canon)
13 photos

Award winning news photography, by Dutch photographers (subjects found worldwide).

Marken, Waterland (Netherlands)
17 photos

Marken is a village (pop. 1.810) located in the municipality of Waterland in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. Marken forms a peninsula in the Markermeer and was formerly an island in the...

Longer Ways To Go: photo exhibition (2017)
11 photos

'Longer Ways To Go, Photographs of the American Road' is a photo exhibition I was able to enjoy in the Phoenix Art Center in 2017 , in Arizona. Alas, there was no catalogue to take home. The...

Czar Peter House in Zaandam,NL
17 photos

The Czar Peter House (Dutch: Czaar Peterhuisje) is a historical building in the town center of Zaandam, the Netherlands. It is best known as the place where Czar Peter I of Russia resided in 1697...

Arizona salvage / storage yards (2017)
10 photos

WWII Museum Overloon (Netherlands)
31 photos

The National War and Resistance Museum of the Netherlands (Dutch: Nationaal Oorlogs- en Verzetsmuseum) is located at Overloon, municipality Boxmeer. The museum was opened on May 25th, 1946 making it...

Propliners CO AZ 2017
12 photos

Vintage aeroplanes, both derelict or in stages of preservation, I encountered on a trip through Colorado and (mainly) Arizona.

Bruce Davidson American Photographer -...
8 photos

'Bruce Davidson American photographer' This autumn (2017) the Nederlands Fotomuseum will be presenting the first retrospective in the Netherlands of the work of American photographer Bruce Davidson...

André Kertész - Mirroring Life (FOAM 2017)
8 photos

Foam presents Mirroring Life, a retrospective exhibition of the work of photographer André Kertész (1894–1985). Kertész is famous today for his extraordinary contribution to the language of...

Castles, Churches, Cathedrals & Colleges
39 photos

A tour through the south of England, summer of 2017

Amberley Castle (Hotel & Restaurant) 2017
6 photos

This is Amberley Castle, in use as a hotel/restaurant. We were allowed to walk around and I hope to stay here some day! The castle was erected as a 12th-century manor house and fortified in 1377.

Nene Valley Railroad (2017)
17 photos

Visit to this working trains museum. Wansford railway station is the headquarters of the Nene Valley Railway in Cambridgeshire (England).

England - 2017
39 photos

A roadtrip through the south of England, starting in Dover and driving a circle outside London, clockwise, ending in Harwich.

Sebastião Salgado - GENESIS (Exhib 2017)
16 photos

Genesis is the magnum opus of world-renowned Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado. To creat his ode to our fragile planet, Salgado travelled to such remote regions such as the Galapagos Islands,...

Duxford's 'Flying Legends 2017' air show
11 photos

Warbirds and classic aircraft at the Flying Legends 2017 air show.

Streets of the World - expo Hembrugterrein (2017)
21 photos

Photography by Jeroen Swolffs, who travelled all over the world to depict streetscenes in every country in a sphere of positive spirits and hope. He travelled 195 countries in 7 years and produced a...

Duxford IWM 03Jul2017
36 photos

A visit to the IWM @Duxford, checking the display hangars and witnessing some preparations for the upcoming air show, Flying Legends.

Naarden Fotofestival 2017
86 photos

Theme: "Right Here, Right Now!" 'What do we do when we are faced with breathtaking beauty? Who are the heroes who dare to stand out from the crowd? Hasn’t everything already been...

Naarden Vesting
8 photos

Walkabout in this nice historic town (Netherlands)

Keukenhof 2017
53 photos

Beeckestijn - 18th century country residence
50 photos

A unique place in the Netherlands, because it is the only location where one can simultaneously view two historically different styles in estate landscaping. An austere geometrically conceived part...

King's Day 27Apr2017
19 photos

National Holiday in the Netherlands: King's Day. A day of jubilation and celebration (festivals) but for many (if not most) the day of the 'free market' (items can be sold without sales tax, flea...

Flower Parade 'Dutch Design' 2017
36 photos

Saturday the convoy slowly paraded from Sassenheim via Lisse & Hillegom & Heemstede to Haarlem. The sunday is the stationary show in Haarlem and here these photos were taken. The...

Flowerparade 'Dutch Design 2017' in preparation
55 photos

In less than 24 hours these flower floats should leave the hall of DeLeeuw Flowerbulbs in Sassenheim, for the parade saturday april 22nd and sunday april 23rd. Hats off to the many volunteers hard...

Haarlem
6 photos

Random series of images taken in or nearby Haarlem (NL).

The Romanovs by Pierre Gilliard - photo exhibition
5 photos

A hundred years after the Russian Revolution and the subsequent death of the Romanov family the Fotomuseum in The Hague shows 70 photos of the family in privat affairs. The photos were made by Swiss ...

Werner Bischof exhib 'Standpunten' (4-2017)
17 photos

Swiss Magnum photographer Werner Bischof (1916-1954) worked as a photojournalist for legendary magazines like Life and Picture Post. Over the two decades prior to his premature death in 1954, he...

Travel in time Hoorn - Medemblik - Enkhuizen
52 photos

Travel by steamtram Hoorn-Medemblik, a walkaround, by historic (b.1956) ship to Enkhuizen. www.stoomtram.nl/en and www.msfriesland.nl/

Springtime bloomers (3-2017)
11 photos

William Eggleston 'Los Alamos' (FOAM exhib)
6 photos

William Eggleston - Los Alamos (exhib 17Mar-07Jun2017) The American photographer William Eggleston (1939, Memphis Tennessee, US) is widely considered one of the leading photographers of the past...

Daisuke Yokota (FOAM)
6 photos

Japanese photographer Daisuke Yokota (b. 1983 Saitama) was chosen as the winner of the tenth Foam Paul Huf Award 2016

On reading
1 photo

People reading from print (so not on anything electronic)

Ed van der Elsken 'Camera in Love' - Stedelijk...
10 photos

exhibition Ed van der Elsken - Camera in Love 4 Feb - 21 May 2017 The Stedelijk presents the largest overview of the photographic and filmic work of Dutch photographer Ed van der Elsken (1925-1990)...

Medemblik - Netherlands
13 photos

Medemblik is best known in Europe for its sailing events and it has a picturesque small innercity, with many houses from the 17th and 18th century. It is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands,...

Zilveren Camera 2016 - Fotomuseum Hilversum
14 photos

Exhibition of the Canon Zilveren Camera 2016 - the award winners on display. At the same time a worthy tribute on this photomuseum to Dutch photojournalist Jeroen Oerlemans (1976-2016) who was killed...

Winterstroll in the park
20 photos

Ideal conditions for a walk around lunchtime: no wind, clear blue sky, almost freezing.

Amsterdam Light Festival 2016 - Watercolours
22 photos

In Jan.2017, in the closing weeks, we did the canalcruise by Lovers and enjoyed the socalled 'watercolours canal cruise' of the Amsterdam Lightfestival 2016.

Amsterdam Light Festival 2016 - Illuminade
29 photos

The Illuminade is the walking tour of the Amsterdam Lightfestival, in the centre of town. I walked most of it on a cold evening in january 2017.

First walkabout with new LumixG (DMC-80) 25Dec16
15 photos

Walkabout, not so white Christmas here..

Ice Sculptures - Amsterdam dec.2016
36 photos

A frosty visit on 16Dec2016.

Amsterdam 1900 - photo exhibition Stadsarchief
30 photos

Fantastic and fascinating early photography around 1900 in Amsterdam of street scenes, industry, city development, factory workers and household images. Quite wonderful.

100 years Schiphol (Amsterdam IAP)
12 photos

The 100th anniversary has exhibitions in many locations, two of which visited today (both in Amsterdam): the Amsterdam Museum and Stadsarchief (city archives).

Sinterklaas & Zwarte Pieten - 2016Nov13
34 photos

The arrival of Sinterklaas & Zwarte Pieten, opening the festive days leading up to Boxing Day, Sint's birthday, on 05Dec. Glad to note there was nothing to be noted regarding the controversy...

033Fotostad Amersfoort (2016)
42 photos

A considerable number of photographers display their photography throughout Amersfoort (16Sep-16Nov2016). Unfortunately I came away much less inspired than from (e.g.) visits to BredaPhoto or...

Amersfoort - walkabout 08Nov2016
31 photos

A stroll through the center of this historic Dutch town.

Streets of the World / Jeroen Swolfs photography...
30 photos

In 2009, Dutch photojournalist Jeroen Swolfs set out to visit and photograph street life in every country in the world. Streets of the World is the result of this impressive journey. The streets of...

Banksy expo Amsterdam (2016)
17 photos

Banksy's great art on expo in Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam (visit 01Nov2016). Banksy is an England-based graffiti artist, political activist and film director of unverified identity. His satirical...

BredaPhoto Int'l Photo Festival (2016)
88 photos

From september 15 till october 30, 2016, the 7th edition of BredaPhoto International Photo Festival takes place in Breda. This year's theme is YOU. The theme was described as: "After decades...

Clingendael Estate (incl. Japanese Garden) 2016
36 photos

The Japanese Garden on the Clingendael Estate, in The Hague, is only open a few weeks a year, hence a visit on 22Oct2016.

Ata Kando - photo exhibition (Rotterdam,...
9 photos

(b.17Sep1913) is a Hungarian-born Dutch photographer. Beginning her photography practice in the 1930s with children's photography, Kandó later worked as a fashion photographer, photographed refugees...

Josef Koudelka - Exiles | Wall (Oct.2016)
16 photos

Josef Koudelka was born in 1938 in Moravia. Despite showing an interest in photography throughout his youth, It wasn’t until he was almost 30 that he decided to give up his job as an aeronautical...

Steve Forbert - Paradiso Amsterdam (09Oct2016)
10 photos

Some 30+ years ago I bought his first two albums and absolutely loved them. It was his music that got me exploring other singersongwriters than the obvious ones: Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Gordon...

Ray Bonneville - In The Woods 01Oct2016
6 photos

Ray Bonneville did not record until he was in his 40’s but since then he has issued 8 albums, the latest of which is 'Easy Gone'. His performance in In The Woods (Lage Vuursche, Utrecht,...

Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris
27 photos

Père Lachaise is in the 20th arrondissement and is notable for being the first garden cemetery, as well as the first municipal cemetery. It is also the site of three World War I memorials. As the...

Paris, France (2016)
42 photos

Two of the museums I intended to visit, having checked opening times and adresses on their websites, I found closed.. No info of such on the (english) pages of their websites. In a mere 4 days I was...

Montparnasse Cemetery (Paris, 2016)
17 photos

Created from three farms in 1824, the cemetery at Montparnasse was originally known as Le Cimetière du Sud (Southern Cemetery). Cemeteries had been banned from Paris since the closure, owing to...

Amsterdam 9-2016: canalcruise
36 photos

Enjoying the historic houses along Amsterdam's canals and a stroll in search for lunch.

Schiphol 1933-1955 - through the lens of Wolff
13 photos

DeMeerse gallery held an exhibition in light of the 100th anniversary of Amsterdam Int'l Airport from 03Sep16-06Oct16. Annemie and Helmuth Wolff fled from their native Germany in the 1930s to...

The Angel of the North (2016)
3 photos

The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture, designed by Sir Antony Gormley, located near Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. Completed in 1998, it is a steel sculpture of an angel, 20...

Castles in England (2016)
52 photos

While our trip focussed on Scotland's heritage, we made landfall in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and en route we visited a few castles in England too.

Melrose Abbey (2016)
13 photos

St Mary's Abbey, Melrose is a partly ruined monastery of the Cistercian order in Melrose, Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It was founded in 1136 by Cistercian monks at the request of King...

Thai Food & Cultural Festival (2016)
14 photos

Thai food, Chang beer, Live music, Thai Massage and Thai Boxing.

Inverewe Garden, Scotland (2016)
11 photos

Inverewe Garden is a botanical garden in the Scottish Highlands. It is located just to the north of Poolewe in Wester Ross, and is noted for the breadth of its collection. The garden was created in...

Dallas Dhu Historic Distillery (2016)
14 photos

The Dallas Dhu distillery was a producer of single malt Scotch whisky that operated between 1899 and 1983. It is now a museum. Dallas Dhu means "Black Water Valley" in Gaelic. Its whisky...

Elgin Cathedral, Scotland (2016)
8 photos

Elgin Cathedral is a historic ruin in Elgin, Moray, north-east Scotland. The cathedral—dedicated to the Holy Trinity—was established in 1224 on land granted by King Alexander II. The cathedral...

Edinburgh (july 2016)
6 photos

During out trip to Scotland I found the hotel and B&B prices quite excessive so we decided not to stay in town and visit only during one day. We shopped at Blackwells for books, had a quick...

North Berwick, Scotland (2016)
13 photos

North Berwick is a seaside town and former royal burgh in East Lothian, not far from Edinburgh. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Berwick

Castles in Scotland (2016)
72 photos

In July we visited parts of England and Scotland. We visited a good number of castles, in sorts & sizes.

Lindisfarne Castle & Priory (2016)
17 photos

Lindisfarne Castle is a 16th-century castle located on Holy Island, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, much altered by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1901. The island is accessible from the...

Eyemouth, Scotland
5 photos

Coastal town in Berwickshire

Barter Books of Alnwick (2016)
9 photos

Back in April 1991, and in the face of a rather large overdraft, Mary Manley decided to open a secondhand bookshop - one that would be based on the swap system and called Barter Books. Her husband,...

IJmuiden harbour (2016)
5 photos

Sailing from IJmuiden harbour offered a few photo opportunities.

All American Day (2016) at Leimuiderbrug
16 photos

At Café Ruimzicht (a.k.a. Café Rooie Nel) in Leimuiderbrug the 19th edition of 'All American Day' - an afternoon with American music, bikes, BBQ & beer as well as a general good...

Terraces in Holland
34 photos

The Dutch enjoy a terrace in the sun while abroad and they seem to crave a similar tradition at home. Even though the weather is hardly suitable on most days to enjoy a drink or lunch outside on a...

Stephen Shore (Retrospective - Huis Marseille
15 photos

Stephen Shore (born October 8, 1947) is an American photographer known for his images of banal scenes and objects in the United States, and for his pioneering use of color in art photography. In...

Helmut Newton - Retrospective @FOAM
14 photos

From 17 June 2016, Foam presents a major exhibition of the work of Helmut Newton (Berlin, 1920 - West Hollywood, 2004), a legendary, supremely influential photographer. Taking over the entire...

Northern Lights at InTheWoods
13 photos

InTheWoods.nl 28May2016. Northern Lights is Ben Glover, Stevie Scullion and Matt McGinn. They are all singer-songwriters from Northern Ireland. For this brief tour they have grouped together as...

Ian Siegal & Jimbo Mathus - Podium Duycker (2016)
27 photos

Ian Siegal & Jimbo Mathus played the modest location of Duycker. Very playful, enjoyed the banter and diversity. These gents show they enjoy music and performing. Ian Siegal is a singer,...

Haarlemmermeer Historisch Museum (06May16)
14 photos

In 1852 an inland sea was made dry, reclaimed and turned into an agricultural area with farms and a few communities. This became the Haarlemmermeer. A canal was dug and the water was pumped out of...

Haarlemmermeer Historisch Museum: Schiphol...
17 photos

The 'Historisch Museum Haarlemmermeer' celebrates the 100 years anniversary of Schiphol with a fine exhibition. While internationally known as 'Amsterdam Int'l Airport' the airport actually belongs...

Koningsdag (King's Day) 2016
21 photos

Traditionally the Dutch people rejoice in Royalty of the Netherlands; festivities are organized, games are held and there is a socalled Free Market (revenue earned are tax...

World Press Photo 2016
17 photos

The World Press Photo Foundation is a major force in developing and promoting the work of visual journalists, with a range of activities and initiatives that span the globe. The annual contest has...

Flowerbulb parade (corso) 2016
60 photos

The annual Flower Parade in Holland between Noordwijk and Haarlem is a 42 km feast of beautiful colors and enticing aromas. We had taken position in Lisse and watched the floats go by.

Amsterdamse Waterleiding Duinen (walkabout)
52 photos

A visit the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen nature reserve. This beautiful piece of nature is only a 30-minute drive away from Amsterdam, near the coast. The variety of dunes also means a rich...

Keukenhof (Holland) 2016
46 photos

Keukenhof, the best day out among the flowers! There are more than 7 million bulbs in bloom this spring (2016), with a total of 800 varieties of tulips. An unique experience! Besides the spacious...

FOAM: Jacques Henry Lartigue ('Life in colour')...
11 photos

Jacques Henri Lartigue (June 13, 1894 – September 12, 1986) was a French photographer and painter, known for his photographs of automobile races, planes and Parisian fashion female models. He...

Huis Marseille: 'Une Femme' by Jeroen Robert...
17 photos

The exhibition Une Femme is Jeroen Robert Kramer’s (1967, Amsterdam), a Dutch photographer who lives in Beiroet, Lebanon. It is a poetical photographic narrative based on the life of Monsieur...

Robin de Puy - 'If this is true… "
15 photos

...10.000 km through the USA on a motorcycle'. In search of interesting faces she, Robin de Puy, records on camera. Brilliant portrait photography. Fotomuseum The Hague 2016.

Texas 2015 roadtrip
57 photos

In nov.2015 I toured central parts of Texas; landed in Houston but drove straight to Galveston, spent a few nights in Austin, next was New Braunfels & San Antonio, then headed north to Abilene,...

Haus im Ennstal, 2016 skitrip
47 photos

March 2016, in Schladming-Dachstein area (Ennstal, Östenreich).

Hochwurzen skitrip (2016)
17 photos

One of 5 linked skislopes in the Schladming-Dachstein, Austria area.

Gruene,TX & Gruene Hall
6 photos

A nov.2015 visit to this former ghost town in Texas, now a very interesting historic town people now how to find.

'Werklust' photo exposition DeMeerse (2015)
8 photos

Werklust by Theo Baart - photo exposition in De Meerse. It has been described by the author and photographer as a 'Biography of a landscape in use'. Where once crops and potatoes were grown, Theo...

Rotterdam, Wilhelminakade - 11Feb2016
9 photos

Walkabout on Wilhelminakade, Rotterdam

Vanfleteren on.. | Nederlands Fotomuseum
8 photos

One of the exhibitions I visited in Rotterdam's Nederlands Fotomuseum today, 11Feb2016, was Stephan Vanfleteren's comments on a selection he was allowed to make from the museum's collection. I was...

Toon Michiels - American Neon Signs by Day & Night
10 photos

Exposition in 'Nederlands Fotomuseum' (Rotterdam,NL) Feb.2016 of photography by Toon Michiels taken during 1979. The title says it all.

Zilveren Camera 2015 Award - Exhib Hilversum
15 photos

The 'Zilveren Camera' is a dutch photo competition. The award has been awarded since 1949 to the Dutch photographer deemed to have submitted the best news photograph (or series of photographs) in a...

Teylers Museum (Haarlem) - Real Winters
22 photos

Can you think of a single subject that is more Dutch than a scene of people skating on the ice? The Golden Age was the heyday of the winter landscape.* Then came a period of decline, but after around...

Urban project - Kruisweg 855a
36 photos

A large office block was demolished to make room for apartments. A lot more office buildings have stood empty for years like this one, but companies have to devalue them gradually first from their...

Walkabout
31 photos

Casual pictures taking during a walk, some take their dog, I take whatever camera fits the mood of the day. It's also a nice way of exploring a town or a city, like I did in Elburg (Gelderland).

Urban project Hoofdvaart
19 photos

Intend to document this change to the town's skyline. Hoofddorp is built on reclaimed land, it used to be an inland sea or at least a lake of considerable size. The land had farms and the villages...

Dana Lixenberg - Imperial Courts 1993-2015
8 photos

Enjoyed this photo exhibition in Huis Marseille Photography Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Martin Roemers 'Metropolis' - Huis Marseille
9 photos

FOAM - jan.2016 Various artists.
24 photos

Newsha Tavakolian's exhibition 'I know why the...
10 photos

Best known for her iconic photographs of struggle and conflict, Newsha Tavakolian creates opportunities to decipher the human condition with candor and sensitivity. 'I know why the rebel sings'...

Winterland - winter amusement - Netherlands
9 photos

Since a few years a returning event, may wel become a tradition.

Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston (TX)
16 photos

A visit to this fine aviation on Nov.11th 2015. Warbirds on display, many flyable, owned or attributed to Lone Star Museum/Texas Hall of Fame or Marinae Aviation Museum/Vietnam War Flight...

Discovery of (Medieval) Daily Life - Exhibition
9 photos

Visit on 07Nov15 to museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam,NL. For a few months there is this exhibition 'From Bosch to Bruegel - Uncovering Everyday Life', paintings and other exhibits dating as...

One foggy day
14 photos

The title says it all, really.

Ramblin' Roots 2015 - TivoliVredenburg (Utrecht,...
39 photos

Fist time I visited the new TivoliVredenburg theatre, for this music fest Ramblin' Roots. It is supposed to be a new Dutch music fest in search of an exciting mix of blues, soul, roots, alternative...

Rescue & Firefighting Open Day SPL 2015
44 photos

An Open Day for families of airport staff with the Rescue & Firefighting Services, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12Sep2015)

Venice - Murano and Burano
13 photos

Murano is famous for the glass works and Burano for the colourful houses.

Venezia (Italia) - 2015
21 photos

An impression of Venice,Italy - it will come as no surprise that most images will have water shown. And many shapes and sizes of boats.

Gondolas in Venice (2015)
10 photos

Venice,Italy and the Vaporetti (2015)
10 photos

This is a great system for exploring Venice and the Lagoon.

Amsterdam Rijksmuseum - exhibitions (22aug15)
31 photos

A visit to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam for a few temporary exhibitions that appealed to me.

Deventer bookmarket aug.2015
20 photos

A yearly event, with 800+ book stalls, offering everything in books from the very cheap novels to the unique 'priceless' finds. I always come away with a satisfying result, although I would like to...

Urban Redevelopment - comparisons old new
1 photo

Since around 2007 I have been documenting the Urban Landscape where I live, plus Urban Redevelopment Projects. This album will compare the old with the new.

USA Northwest, 2014 roadtrip
38 photos

A circular route from Portland,OR to Yellowstone NP (featured in seperate album). Some images from the road. Oct.2014.

Yellowknife National Park
23 photos

In Oct.2014 we visited it for 2 days.

Greybull boneyard (2014)
15 photos

Visited this quiet airport which has a lot of planes in desert storage, from the days when aerial firefighter Hawkins & Powers had their company here. Some of the planes have been bought by a...

Loire Chateaux (2015)
50 photos

Visit to several of the socalled Loire Castles, located on or near this French river.

Oradour-sur-Glane (F), WW2 monument
11 photos

Soldiers from Nazi Germany massacred over 600 people here in Oradour-sur-Glane during World War 2,

Rennes, France (may 2015)
21 photos

A visit.

Anton Corbijn expo - Den Haag 2015
29 photos

Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn finally made a retrospective exhibition. Gemeentemuseum Den Haag and Fotomuseum, located next to each other, each had an exhibition. The biggest and step-by-step...

Honfleur, may 2015
16 photos

'Walk about' through Honfleur, particularly through the historic streets.

Naarden Fotofestival 2015 (part II)
47 photos

For description of this Photo festival see part I.

Naarden Fotofestival 2015
41 photos

Photofestival in Naarden-Vesting, held every two years. As last year it is more about promoting work by Dutch photographers, well-established names (Frans Lanting, Kadir van Lohuizen, Jimmy Nelson)...

Koningsdag (King's Day) Netherlands 27Apr2015
10 photos

Celebrating the King's birthday, people enjoy a 'free market' and festivities. Orange is the celebrated colour, for the House of Orange.

World Press Photo - Amsterdam 23Apr2015
14 photos

Cor Jaring exhib in Huis Marseille (2015)
23 photos

Cor Jaring and others at Huis Marseille in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Cor Jaring exhib in Amsterdam Stadsarchief 2015
14 photos

www.corjaring.nl/

Amelia Curran - Koudekerk a/d Rijn 27Feb2015
7 photos

Amelia played several of here older numbers, but also from her latest album, They Promised You Mercy. I love the clarity in her voice and how she articulates her lyrics, even though here lyrics seem...

Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam NL jan.2015 Part II
58 photos

Modern art, colonial and overseas, Christianity in the Lowlands. And a few classics.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam jan.2015
37 photos

Amsterdam Lightfestival 2015 Iluminade
33 photos

The Amsterdam Lightfestival can be experienced on foot but this time we opted for the boatride through the Amsterdam canals.

Magnificent Seven Cemeteries - London (Sep.2014)
53 photos

Magnificent Seven Cemeteries, 19th century historic cemeteries.

London,UK - Sep.2014
33 photos

Imperial War Museum London
19 photos

Exposition World War I - Sep.2014

Falaise, France - castle and church
11 photos

Falaise, France - castle for birthplace of William the Conqueror and the church because it was there and showed history to D-day (70th anniversary D-day). June 2014.

Chateau de Chinon
10 photos

A visit to Chinon Castle in june 2014.

Fontevraud Abbey
16 photos

A visit to Fontevraud Abbey (l'Abbaye de Fontevrault) in the Loire Valley, in France. Visit in June 2014.

Angers, France 2014
25 photos

A visit to Angers in June 2014. A very nice French city for those interested in a nice mix of history (castle, cathedral) and an assortment of nice restaurants and pubs.

Le Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy
14 photos

A visit in june 2014 to this famous UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Rouen, june 2014
22 photos

A visit to this beautiful French city to enjoy the rich past and history.

Aviodrome Fly-In 2014, Planes and Trucks
24 photos

Wonderful gathering of vintage planes, flying activity at the Aviodrome; 16aug2014.

Sainte-Mère-Église 2014 D-day anniversary &...
26 photos

Joining the 70th anniversary of Normandy's D-day invasion on 6.6.1944 at Sainte-Mère-Église.

'Camp Arizona' Carentan, WW2 re-enactors
14 photos

Joining the 70th anniversary of the D-day invasion in Normandy 6.6.1944 we came upon this Camp Arizona, full of reenactors and vintage war material.

Carentan D-Day Tank Museum
16 photos

A visit during the 70th anniversary of Normandy's D-day invasion, june 2014.

FOAM photography exhibitions
27 photos

A visit to FOAM, Foto Amsterdam - as usual some excellent work on display.

Huis Marseille photo exhibs 07aug14
19 photos

A visit to this treasure house of photography. I came to visit the Taco Anema exhibition but found plenty of other inspiring photo work.

Ed van der Elsken AMSTERDAM!
10 photos

Exhibition in Amsterdam's Stadsarchief, aug.2014

Graffiti Wall
54 photos

I frequently pass here and notice regular changes; so I decided to save some of them. Not quite 'Banksy' but not bad either. In March 2015 I noticed the Wall being demolished; on 04May2015 I noticed...

Deventer Bookmarket 03Aug2014
13 photos

The 26th edition of the Deventer bookmarket, almost 900 stalls of sellers with the widest selection of books available. Blessed by the most glorious weather.

Deventer Public Library
7 photos

According to some, printed books will disappear, people will change to e-readers. Or become non-readers, books loosing ground to film and video. I don't think so, not in my time, but libraries are...

Heemstede Library
5 photos

An excellent photo exhib lured me to this location! July 2014.

Cherbourg 70th anni D-Day 2014
74 photos

Vintage transports, warbirds and propliners gathered in Normandy at Cherbourg airport in a memorial for the 70th anniversary of D-Day (6.6.1944). Photos taken at 5th and 6th of June 2014. VIPs came...

Haarlem Stripdagen 2014
28 photos

A great gathering of connoisseurs and enthusiasts for the comic books, here in Holland referred to as 'Strips'. A great variety in comic books, cartoons, etc. Location: Haarlem, Netherlands...

Muiderslot (Castle), Netherlands
28 photos

A visit to the castle Muiderslot near Muiden in the Netherlands on 30May2014. We also visited the wonderful garden, in medieval times they used the plants for herbs, medicin and colouring.

World Press Photo Awards 2014 exhib
11 photos

Visited the inspiring photo exhib at De Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam.

Roman Vishniac - photo exhib
15 photos

In Amsterdam's Joods Historisch Museum I visited on 29May2014 an impressive photo exhibition of the work by Roman Vishniac: titled Roman Vishniac (Re)discovered for some of his work displayed here...

Rhythm & Blues Night 2014
11 photos

Music Fest in Oosterpoort, Groningen 03May2014. Unfortunately security refused access for my EOS 5D3 camera: anything with detachable lenses labelled as 'too professional'. This spoilt the entire...

Koningdag 26Apr2014
19 photos

Celebrating the King's birthday (not actually today but such celebrations would not be fitting on a sunday) there is the tradition in the Netherlands of the free market, where everybody can sell...

Aviation - Odds & Ends
26 photos

Preserved, Experimental, Home-builts, etc

ATC Control Towers
2 photos

Military Aircraft - Transport
7 photos

Lofoten, Norway
25 photos

Visit march 2014

Tromso, Norway
3 photos

3-2014

Hurtigruten Arctic Cruise
11 photos

During march 2014 on a cruise Harstad - Kirkenes v.v. Some images as seen from the MS Finnmarken.

Hammerfest, Norway
4 photos

A quick stop on the Hurtigruten sailing in march 2014

Svolvaer, Lofoten, Norway
7 photos

A visit in march 2014

Vardø, Norway
9 photos

A cold visit in march 2014

Kirkenes, Norway
10 photos

A visit in march 2014

Honningsvåg, Norway
9 photos

Visit march 2014

Svolvaer Library (Norway)
4 photos

A visit in march 2014 found this library had an excellent selection of international photo books. A nice place to hide if the weather turns foul.

Hammerfest Library (Norway)
7 photos

A visit to this museum in march 2014 had me walking into a fantastic photo exhibition of photo by Kåre Kivijärvi; he was born in 1938, in Hammerfest - died 1991 and he was a Norwegian photographer...

Kirkenes Library, Norway
6 photos

Visit march 2014. The library in Kirkenes has an extensive selection of books in Russian language, for the extensive amount of Russians who live and/or work here.

Tromsø Polar Museum
14 photos

A visit to the Polar Museum at Tromsø, Norway march 2014 - about winter trapping, seal hunting and expeditions

Ships, boats & other vessels
9 photos

As the title says: anything that floats or otherwise travels over water!

Teylers Museum - The Romantic Soul
21 photos

Towards the end of the eighteenth century, Europe witnessed the advent of a new cultural movement, in reaction to the prevailing coolness of classicism: Romanticism. Gone was the supremacy of Reason....

Cruquius Steam Mill Museum
4 photos

The Museum De Cruquius (or Cruquiusmuseum) occupies the old Cruquius steam pumping station in Cruquius, the Netherlands. It derives its name from Nicolaas Kruik (1678–1754), a Dutch land-surveyor...

Business Jets
14 photos

Historic odds and ends
10 photos

Documents, stubs and other traces of the past

Stores in Transitional Stages
136 photos

Stores and shops closed, awaiting new owners. Some making preparations to start. The ever changing urban landscape. By 2016 I noticed the smallest of stores were the quickest to find new owners,...

The Sochi Project - Huis Marseille Photography
11 photos

A visit to this exhibition on 05Jan2014. The exhib had also other Russian photographers, some are included here but I had difficulty with a new camera and lost the Oleg Klimov pictures.

William Klein Photography FOAM 05Jan2014
13 photos

Exhibiton of the work by William Klein, US photographer.

Simon Carmiggelt 100 Jaar - Persmuseum 1-2014
9 photos

The 'Persmuseum' (Museum of the Press) featured an exhibition on Dutch journalist and writer Simon Carmiggelt.

Amsterdam Iluminade 2013
32 photos

Amsterdam Light Festival 'Iluminade' 06dec2013 - 19jan2014. We did the walking tour yesterday and of most artist expressions I tried to capture a nightly impression. I hope it will get a repeat in...

John Gorka at the Paradiso (15Dec2013)
5 photos

John Gorka, singersongwriter performed his folk country music for an appreciative crowd at the Paradiso (Amsterdam, Netherlands).

Gurf Morlix & Ray Bonneville 07Dec2013
10 photos

These talented singersongwriters from Austin,TX played a really good gig at InTheWoods (Lage Vuursche, Netherlands). A great night, thanks for the music guys!

FOAM visit Photo Gallery Nov2013
28 photos

Visit 06Nov13 to FOAM (Fotografie Amsterdam) on Amsterdam's Keizersgracht 609. Exhibs: Cristina De Middel with 'The Afronauts' took Zambia's ambition to enter a space program a little further (but...

Postcard 1970s - military aviation
45 photos

Postcards which I collected during late-1960s and early-1970s.

Seasick Steve - Vredenburg (Netherlands) 16Oct13
10 photos

Concert by Seasick Steve, blues guitarist and singer/songwriter.

Bronze sculptures at Castle Brederode
25 photos

A fine display of art, bronze sculptures, at Brederode Castle near Haarlem, Netherlands (august 2013)

Visit 22aug2013 Frans Hals Museum
20 photos

De Hallen Haarlem museum presented an exhibition on Dutch portraiture dating from the present to 100 years old. In the footsteps of the famous Frans Hals. Paintings, sculptures, photography and...

FOAM Photo Exhibs 7-2013
14 photos

Vsited the FOAM gallery in Amsterdam for the exposition of photography (& video) by Tim Hetherington and Edward Steichen.

Huis Marseille - Walker Evans
13 photos

In July 2013 visited this Museum of Photography in Amsterdam (NL) for the Walker Evans photo exposition, Decade by Decade. Brilliant photography.

Bangkok, coming full circle
31 photos

We started out from Bangkok, flew to Phnom Penh, by bus to Siam Reap, flew to Luang Prabang and this page has closing photos in Bangkok: full circle. March 2013.

Kuangsi Falls - Laos (3-2013)
10 photos

On an excursion from Luang Prabang to the Kuang Si Falls and Bear Rescue Center.

Mekong and Pak Ou caves
22 photos

On a visit to Luang Prabang (Laos) in march 2013 we did an excursion, a boat trip on the Mekong for a visit to the Pak Ou caves.

Luang Prabang (Laos) 3-2013
29 photos

Luang Prabang, a restful visit to this UNESCO Heritage town in Laos.

World Press Photo 13
14 photos

Exhibition on Wolrd Press Photo 2012 winners in De Oude Kerk (Amsterdam, Netherlands). A fascinating bonus was the expo on Russian Photography laureates.

Visit to FOAM Photography
23 photos

Visit to this ever exhilarating photo & video gallery in Amsterdam (Netherlands). On this visit we admired exhibitions by Stephen Gill, Koos Breukel & Roy Villevoye and Monica Nouwens.

Exhib Slavery Past & Present
7 photos

150 years ago the Netherlands abolished slavery in the Dutch colonies. At the invitation of Stichting Herdenking Slavernijverleden 2013 (Foundation for Commemoration of Slavery in the Past 2013),...

Doel (B), a doomed town
36 photos

Due to expansion of Antwerp harbour the town of Doel is virtually abandoned. People visit while touring and the grafitti make it an interesting subject for urbex photographers. Date of visit...

Bredevoort, book town (Netherlands).
6 photos

Bredevoort has presented itself as Bredevoort boekenstad (Bredevoort book town), after the examples of Hay-on-Wye in Wales and Redu in Belgium. There were more than twenty second-hand book shops in...

Giethoorn & Dwarsgracht, Netherlands 2013
29 photos

A visit to these communities in the Netherlands, both have for their historic center (and tourist attraction) more waterways than roads.

Urk, Netherlands
12 photos

June 2013 a visit to this small fishing town on the IJselmeer (formerly Zuiderzee).

Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
47 photos

A visit in June 2013. The museum of the tropics and third world countries is very educational and leads to better understanding between cultures.

Fotofestival Naarden-Vesting 2013
130 photos

A brilliant and unique Photo Exhibition is held in Naarden-Vesting (Netherlands) every two years. I have visited this event a number of times over the years. This time it lasted May 18th - June 23rd....

Chong Khneas Floating Village
35 photos

A visit in march 2013 to the floating village of Chong Khneas (a.k.a. Kneas) on Tonlé Sap Lake in Cambodia.

Temples of Angkor (day 3)
44 photos

Visit in March 2013, visited Ta Keo, Neak Poan, Preah Khan and Ta Som.

Angkor: Banteay Srei and Pre Rup
24 photos

Visit 3-2013 to Angkor temples Banteay Srei and Pre Rup.

Angkor Temples (1)
34 photos

A first day of excursion brought a visit to Angkor Thom, the Bayon, Baphuon Temple and Ta Prohm (famous for the Tomb Raider scenes). To name a few. In general there are two types of temples: the ones...

Siem Reap Streetphotography 3-2013
19 photos

The title speaks for itself I think.

Phnom Penh 3-2013
32 photos

A visit to Cambodia's capital in march 2013.

Phnom Penh: Wat Ounalom (temple)
13 photos

Visit to Phnom Penh in march 2013.

Cambodia's Killing Fields
37 photos

March 2013. Visit to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh and just outside PP: Choeung Ek, one of the Killing Fields.

Phnom Penh: Royal Palace & National Museum
30 photos

A visit to Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, in march 2013.

Koninginnedag 2013
12 photos

Queen's Day 30Apr2013. This day Queen Beatrix abdicated, her son Willem-Alexander took her place on the throne of the Netherlands. Next year we will have 'King's Day'.

Bangkok 3-2013, start of journey
50 photos

The S E Asia 2013 trip started in Bangkok and would continue through Cambodia & Laos, to end again in Bangkok. This is about the start.

Arnold Newman - Masterclass Photography
10 photos

Visited the Arnold Newman 'Masterclass' exhibition on the very last day at the Fotomuseum in The Hague (Netherlands). Brilliant photography, endlessly inspirational.

Libraries
147 photos

Emphasizing the importance and wealth (cultural, educational, moral, etc) of (shared) books I document libraries when I come across them. I won't deny the ease of use of e-readers, but books should...

Istanbul's streets
43 photos

Photos taken during a visit in nov.2012. This metropolis has a fascinating streetscene.

Istanbul Photography Museum
7 photos

A wonderful new museum, should by on everybody's list for a visit, anyone with an interest in fine photography.

Istanbul's wooden houses
11 photos

Becaue of the fire threat they vanish but as yet they add history to the streets of Istanbul

Istanbul Topkapi Palace
33 photos

Istanbul: Mosques and Museums
35 photos

Istanbul is much more than these locations but it would be a waste to avoid them.

Istanbul - things in close up
12 photos

Istanbul cats
7 photos

You cannot turn a corner in Istanbul without seeing a cat. And at home on the photos you'll find even more!

Istanbul Boats and Bridges
25 photos

A look on the water and from the water.

Istanbul Archeological Museum
18 photos

A most fascinating museum!

Istanbul nov.2012
45 photos

My first visit to Istanbul, a fascinating metropolis!

Lake Hood floatplanes - june 2012
99 photos

Seaplanes (a.k.a. floatplanes) flying from Lake Spenard / Lake Hood, Anchorage (Alaska).

US Pacific Northwest roadtrip (6-2012)
89 photos

Driving around in Oregon and Washington State,USA - taking in the various sights such as ghost towns, Crater Lake, Silver Falls SP and some general impressions.

Museo dell'Aeronautica Caproni (Trento)
37 photos

Photos were made on 05Sep12 at Museo dell'Aeronautica 'Gianni Caproni' at Trento, Italy.

Dolhuys - Asylum exhibition (2012)
31 photos

My first visit to this museum: the Dolhuys in Haarlem (Netherlands). National museum of psychiatry. From 19Oct12 until 20Jan13 it had an exhibition Architecture of an Ideal, including photography by...

Teylers Museum - RAPHAEL Exhib (2012)
15 photos

A vitis to the Teylers Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands 02Nov12 to see the work of Rafael; With Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael was one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance.

Propliners at Fairbanks (2012)
28 photos

In june 2012 we visited Alaska. Propliners were on the menu too. These photos were taken during a visit to Everts Air Cargo at FAI.

Propliners at Anchorage 2012
27 photos

A visit in June 2012 to Alaska; propliners were also on the menu. These photos were taken on the ramp of TransNorthern Aviation, Anchorage IAP.

Mary Gauthier - Patronaat (Haarlem) 25Oct12
15 photos

Mary Gauthier, with support act Michael de Jong and Ben Glover, played Americana music, in Haarlem (the Netherlands)

Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen
28 photos

A visit to this museum on the Bodensee, in Germany on the border with Austria. Date of visit 03Sep12

Jan Banning - Bureaucratics
5 photos

Visited the exhibition of Bureaucratics and stood in awe of this fantastic work.

Cinque Terre, Italy (2012)
41 photos

A visit to Cinque Terre in sep.2012

Tuscany, Italy (2012)
57 photos

A visit to various communities in this beautiful region

Volterra, Tuscany (Italy 2012)
35 photos

A visit in Sep.2012 we greatly enjoyed.

Churches of Volterra
16 photos

Churches plenty in Italy, sometimes endearing in bareness but often decorated with the most beautiful frescoes

Streets of Volterra (2012)
16 photos

Wandering the small, historic streets of Volterra in Tuscany, Italy (Sep.2012)

Guarnacci Etruscan Museum, Volterra
9 photos

Guarnacci Etruscan Museum, with thousands of funeral urns dating back to the Hellenistic and Archaic periods. Main attractions are the bronze statuette "Shadow of the Night" and the...

Castles in Emilia-Romagna (2012)
24 photos

A frustrating day in sep.2012: we tried to visit 3 castles but the information was incorrect, not available or incorrect. In the end we found ourselves at the gates of 3 castles but entered none...

Fontevivo, Italy (2012)
13 photos

A two-night stopover for a visit to Parma brought us to the wonderful Relais Fontevivo; we stayed in the converted monastery, enjoyed fine dining and took a look at the church next door.

Limone sul Garda (Italy)
7 photos

A stopover for lunch in Sep.2012 allowed for a brief stroll in Limone, on Garda Lake, in Italy.

Ponte di Legno, Italy (2012)
34 photos

A stay of two nights in Ponte di Legno, Italy.

Kelly Joe Phelps - Oude Veiling 23Sep12
11 photos

Kelly Joe Phelps, bluesman and songwriter, plyed in De Oude Veiling (Aalsmeer, Netherlands) on 23Sep12.

Vaduz, Liechtenstein (012)
6 photos

A brief stop for a walk and lunch brought us in Vaduz, Liechtenstein in Sep.2012

Friedrichshafen, Boden See (2012)
6 photos

A stopover in Friedrichshafen allowed for on evening walk at the shore of the Boden See.

Talkeetna bushplanes
37 photos

A visit to the airport of Talkeetna,Alaska june 2012

Vintage planes at Palmer,Alaska 2012
22 photos

Visited this airport in Alaska in search of classic transports, bushplanes and aerial firefighting planes. Alaska is one of few places you'll find these at one spot and are allowed to walk around...

Planes in Alaska 2012
81 photos

In search of vintage, classic planes in rugged Alaska.

Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum
68 photos

A visit in June to this remarkable aviation museum in Oregon.

WAAAM Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile...
82 photos

WAAAM has one of the largest collections of still flying airplanes and still driving antique cars in the USA. I visited this magnificent museum in Hood River (Oregon,US) during June...

Urban Project no.1d - Hoofddorp
148 photos

To illustrate a contemporay (changing) urban landscape I have taken it upon myself to walk the streets, over a number of years, and photograph the streets of this town. Various styles of building can...

Historic cities Germany 1800s
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Scanned from a 1974 book by Wolfgang Schwarze, a book I traded for a few paperbacks; the book has some 80 such drawings.

Sugar City - Halfweg 12May12
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The Sugar City Project won the 2011 Fiabci Prix dÉxcellence in the category Environmental Conservation. The abanoned sugar mill (CSM) is slowly put to new use again.

400 Women Exhibition - Halfweg 5-2012
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400 Women is a conceptual installation work by artist Tamsyn Challenger utilising a mass collaboration with nearly 200 artists in response to the murders of women in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico....

Aviodrome reopened - visit May 2012
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On 28Apr12 the Aviodrome aviation museum in Lelystad (Netherlands) reopened its doors, with new owner, investment plans and prospects.

FOAM photo exhib 4-2012
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The FOAM gallery in Amsterdam had 3 exhibitions I was interested in: New York Times Magazine Photographs, Sit Down Before You Go (Bertien van Manen) and Dream House (Gregory Crewdson).

Koninginnedag 2012
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On April 30th the Dutch celebrate the Queen's birthday. Actually this is the birthday of Queen's mum, Juliana (RIP), but Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands kept tradition and did not change the...

Eliza Gilkyson - In The Woods 2012
10 photos

Eliza Gilkyson, singersongwriter from Austin,TX and Jens Lysdal played In The Woods (Netherlands) on 27Apr12. She was promoting her latest cd: Roses at the End of Time.

World Press Photo - 2012 Exhibition
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The annual exhibition by some of the world's most significant and influential photojournalists was again of mind blowing standards, very inspiring. Exhibition in De Oude Kerk, Amsterdam - 20 april -...

Midsomer in Holland
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Midsomer Murders is a popular tv series; murders are solved by the police in idyllic British country setting with fairs, garden parties, etc. This event in my town reminded me of such nostalgic...

Monnickendam, Netherlands - 11Apr2012
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A visit to the historic town of Monnickendam, Netherlands. Its harbour has also historic vessels available for charter, sail out on the IJselmeer.

Volendam, Netherlands 11Apr2012
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A visit to historic Volendam, town of fishermen on the IJselmeer in the Netherlands.

Ramsau am Dachstein / Planai
59 photos

In march 2012 we went skiing on the various slopes of the Planai. We had a comfortable stay in Ramsau am Dachstein.

Greg Trooper - De Oude Veiling, 11Mar2012
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Greg Trooper, singer songwriter from New York, played a gig at De Oude Veiling in Aalsmeer (Netherlands) on 12Mar2012, promoting his new CD: Upside-Down Town.