DIPTYCHS OF RONDA III Part of the exhibition ‘Going Solo’ is the third in the series ‘Diptychs of Ronda’ With these diptychs I am trying to create new images based on the merging of two unrelated photographs, taken at different times and for different reasons. For the diptychs I frequently use scale enlargements/reductions. The fusion … More Diptychs of Ronda ‘Rocks and stones’
If there is anything the Andalusians master, it is the art of celebrating life. No matter hardship or economic crises, they will always find a reason to party and celebrate their religion. In all Andalusia they have a yearly ‘Romeria’, a pilgrimage where they will walk ‘their’ Virgin to a sanctuary or just take her out to the countryside. Once arrived at their … More Celebrations
‘Semana Santa’, the Easter celebration, is taken very seriously in Andalusia. Every city, town or even the smallest village has been for months preparing their robes and attributes for the daily processions starting on ‘Domingo de Ramos’, Palm Sunday and continuing daily – depending on the size of the population – until the week after … More Devotion
Alentejo for me is vast fields with solitary holm oaks that cast wide shadows. Alentejo is goats and cows resting in those wide shadows. Alentejo is narrow roads with dazzlingly beautiful eucalyptus trees on the side. Alentejo is hills with symmetrical rows of olive trees. Alentejo is storks, majestically sitting on their big nests on top … More Alentejo Revisited
So I drove off to Seville, leaving Ronda at 7 o’clock in the morning, with my son and three other of deodorant smelling 16-year olds on their way to a chemistry project at Seville’s University of Technology and Science. I dropped them all off near the Campus and saw that I was just across the … More The Port of Seville
This exhibition is the second in the series ‘Diptychs of Ronda’ With these diptychs I create new images based on the merging of two unrelated, and at different times and for different reasons taken, photographs. The first series showed the distinct faces of Ronda; historic and natural beauty versus pragmatic buildings and street furniture. To find … More Diptychs of Ronda ‘Harmonies’
This morning, as many mornings, we went for a walk just straight from our house. My head was filled with worries, same old same old, money things. But the longer I walked the more I felt disconnected to that ‘silly thing called economy’. I fled into reality.. Another spring has come and we’re still here. No, we … More Flight into Reality
Today we walked for five hours off the beaten tracks, where we passed mossy rocks and majestic holm oaks. We crossed green fields, went through enchanted forests and below jagged rock platforms. We were guided the path by piled stones, cow dung and goat droppings. Oh yeah, and some sheep, but they went the other … More The Walk of the Hidden Valley
Through these photographs I want to show my fascination with the environment. I live in the countryside and every morning when I wake up I see the vast beauty of my surroundings. Sometimes I want to zoom in and investigate what lies within that vastness. Where does one see the hand of men, and when … More Come closer (Nature Speaks)
The Port of Amsterdam as seen from the river IJ. ‘Havensafari’ offers exclusive boattrips ‘through the undiscovered areas of the Port of Amsterdam’. Allthough I have often sailed on this river, passed the enormous petroleum tanks, the ships loaded with coals and the always working cranes, I could never get as close to the real … More GrIJstonen – 100 Shades of Grey
