Posts tagged ‘Amsterdam’

I’ve been wondering what people can do on these two exercise “structures”, for lack of a better word. And even more why would you want to do anything like that in the middle of a forest?! 77. Forest Exercise. Click on the photo to enlarge.

On the Zuidas, in the south of Amsterdam, an open air exhibition called Paris Street View opened recently. Michael Wolf took pictures of his monitor on which he used Google Maps street view functionality to look at the streets of Paris. Here are two snaps I took of this exhibition. 70a. Paris Street View. Click [...]

Walking around in the business district near my neighborhood yesterday afternoon I saw this scene: strict architectural lines, a knotty tree crown and the moon. I was walking around the area because of a photo exhibition by Michael Wolf called Paris Street View. More about that in another post. 70. Lines and moon. Click on the [...]

Yesterday I received the intriguing photo book of Bernard Fuchs called “Roads and Paths“. When I was in my early teens I would often fantasize about where a path or road would lead to. Some of these ancient roads would lead to other continents of over high mountains, up to the top, where they would [...]

Snow in the Netherlands. Just a little, many people would say, but the whole infrastructure is out of order. For many kids it is great fun since their holidays started this weekend. 351. Snow and Dogs. Click on the photo to enlarge.

This evening I walked around on the ArtZuid sculpture route near my home in Amsterdam. The sculpture Translucide of Antoine Poncet reflected the light and the color of the sky beautifully. I’ve also added some more photos to the ArtZuid gallery. 227 Antoine Poncet – Translucide. Click on it to enlarge.

In my neighborhood for the first time a sculpture route will be opened on the 16th of August. It is called ArtZuid, Sculptures & Architecture in Amsterdam (“Zuid” means South). Although it is not yet officially opened many of the sculptures are already in place. It is suddenly much more lively on these avenues. I [...]

This is another form of panorama photography I am experimenting with. I sat on a bench in the Amsterdam Forest which is close to Schiphol Airport. I took a couple of panoramas while the planes were flying over and combined the results. I failed a bit in the execution. As you can see the sky [...]