Florence
The concept is of this series is pretty simple. I’m a cheerful romantic and I like a good story. During my Rotterdam street dives, I discovered that the streets contain many secret messages of love, hope and encouragement. You can see it, if you only bother to look for them.
Florence
Today, somebody asked me when a photo is considered a street photo. Does it have to include a street? I think the only rule of street photography is that you have to be outside. Your street shot can have people, animals, art, architecture, shops, traffic, trees or random objects in…Read More
Florence
A strong bass line. A woman fiercely singing the blues and a music man plays his trumpet. The soulful sound travels the distance to the 125th Street Subway station. Harlem says hello. When I get of the Subway station on 125th Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard, I’m instantly blown…Read More
Florence
On the relative short walk from East to West I encounter the many different faces of Harlem through bold fashion choices, musicians, protestors and street workers washing up at the fire hydrant after a long work day. A street photographers dream, but how long will it say this way? Harlem…Read More
Florence
A strong bass line. A woman fiercely singing the blues. The soulful sound travels the distance to the 125th Street Subway station. Harlem says hello. Harlem Dark, mysterious and slightly dangerous. If you have never set foot in Harlem, chances are this is the first image that springs to mind.…Read More
Florence
The Van Nelle factory building is now home to more than 80 big and small businesses in media and design. Until 25 years ago this used to be a thriving tobacco, coffee and tea factory. During 64 years the mixed aroma of tobacco, coffee and tea would greet you at…Read More
Florence
The Van Nelle factory building is now home to more than 80 big and small businesses in media and design. Until 25 years ago this used to be a thriving tobacco, coffee and tea factory. During 64 years the mixed aroma of tobacco, coffee and tea would greet you at…Read More
Florence
I feel like such a city girl! On a cold Sunday morning I’m looking for the front door of the Van Nelle Factory. Quite the undertaking, because there doesn’t seem to be an obvious entrance to this industrial high rise. With beautiful blue skies and a bright winter sun, icy winds…Read More
Florence
Who says you can’t take great pictures with a smartphone? I certainly wasn’t carrying my DSLR camera coming back from a day trip at the railway station. This blinding light and those perfect lines just begged for a photograph.
Florence
When is the best time to photograph a huge Christmas Tree in the middle of a busy shopping corridor? Sunday morning 08:00h. I couldn’t sleep. My mind was doing overtime and I figured a steady walk would do me some good and help relax. I wandered all the way to…Read More
Florence
“You can stand under my umbrella, ella, ella, ella” – Rihanna With light like this, you absolutely have to take this shot. In the entire iPhone photography series this was the shot that supported the saying: ’the best camera is the one you have with you’. Autumn in the City…Read More
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“The best camera is the one you have with you” ~ somebody wise Welcome to Autumn in the City. The final episode in the 4 season street photography series in my hometown Den Haag. If I only had a camera… I’ve noticed that many people believe you can only…Read More
Florence
A stately museum provided an interesting backdrop for a series of portraits. With it’s stately halls and smaller, dated galleries Ingrid spent hours sketching while I was drifting around looking for different set-ups to portray her. Part of the Portrait of an Artist series.
Florence
A stately museum provided an interesting backdrop for a series of portraits. With it’s stately halls and smaller, dated galleries Ingrid spent hours sketching while I was drifting around looking for different set-ups to portray her. Part of the Portrait of an Artist series.
Florence
I’ve always been fascinated by artists at work. Whether it’s a dancer learning the steps to a new choreography in an empty studio. Or a musician composing a song with just a guitar or piano. And in this case, the graphic artist working in an industrial atelier with sturdy machinery…Read More