For Sunday Street day, I’m digging up some summer Dam stories today, made earlier this year, on the Dam square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (July 2014)
Pirates on the Dam
Street performer – spinning on his head
TWO birds in the hand is worth…
About three weeks ago I posted photo’s of three of the male athletes that I photographed at the National Championship Fitness and Bodybuilding on November 2, 2014, the Netherlands.
Today, I finally catch up to give some of the female athletes their share of attention too – so here are three of the female athletes.
More photo’s made at this event you can see in my Demotix photo reportage .
Black female athlete who won three special distinction awards
Female athlete in the category 40+ Athletic posing on stage
Blonde female athlete during the free performance. A row of her competitors in the background.
Spirit of Winter decoration – detail
Lackey host at the Spirit of Winter fair
Colourful hydrangea flowers
Deze blog post in het Nederlands (link)
… following his mom and dad through the sunlit fountain, and leaving a trail of light … – the fairytale continues –
(see part one in my previous blog post here)
Little Prince following his dad through the sunlit fountain
Walking through the fountain of light
Follow your own path, little prince
Your mom will wait for you at the other side
… and you will leave a trail of light …
Deze blog post in het Nederlands (link).
It’s Sunday Street day again, and for today, I picked 3 coloured street-photo’s.
No time for Rolex
Seem to agree
Leashed
Deze blog post in het Nederlands (link)
Last weekend I was at the National Championship Fitness and Bodybuilding. Not one of my usual subjects to photograph, but I had a very good reason to be there 😉 . So I made use of the occasion to make a photo reportage. Always a challenge to work on a subject out of your own comfort zone… Here a selection of three of the male athletes. What do you think of the result?
More photo’s made at this event you can see in my Demotix photo reportage
Black male athlete during the free performance – close-up
Male athlete during Free Performance – portrait
Male fitness model in orange shorts in the spotlights
Deze blog post in het Nederlands (link).
Well, summer is really over in Amsterdam. Actually, fall has taken over, and it’s beautiful outside. It’s time to get out there for both great autumn street and nature shots. But I’m still a little house-bound because of loads of organisational work to do, so I have to bind myself to my chair for a few days more.
No problem as for the photo blogging though, since I have a lot of great material left to process from the past months of photo shoots on the streets. So now let’s reminisce on a great summer with these last three street photo’s from the June series 😉 .
Starbucks morning coffee
Los Angeles Team – duo street portrait
Sore feet
Deze blog post in het Nederlands (link)
Last week I was in Leiden for the International Photo Festival. I wanted to make a photo story about it for Demotix. And if you were able to follow my blogs these past days, then you know already that this wasn’t the only thing I photographed… Indeed, after a very long day, I came home with over 800 photo’s and enough material to make not just one, but at least 4 photo stories! And I wasn’t bored for one moment!
My story about the Photo Festival for Demotix is life on Demotix in the meantime, and you can find it here: International Photo Festival Leiden with as theme ‘New Photographers’
Ten of my own favourites of this series, I’ve selected for this blog. Some of them are also on Demotix, in colour, but there are some others that didn’t fit into the Demotix series, and I’d like to show those here. I transmitted them all into a nice light sepia.
I think that this series gives a very nice impression of the Photo Festival, and my interpretation of it. So I’m really happy to show them to you here.
The second International Photo Festival Leiden takes place in the autumn of 2014, Oct 11 till Nov 8. It aims at providing a platform for young talented, professional photographers, by giving them a chance to expose themselves to a broader audience.
278 international photographers entered their work : more than 1100 unique images. A jury existing of experts from the photography and art world selected 20 talented new photographers. On different locations in Leiden, the open air exhibition leads visitors along 80 of their works.
Noon break
Children’s play
Inside-outside, darkness and light
Ready to climb
Passing by
Unloading flowers
Vulnerability
Ultra right reflection
Silent strength
Veiled women
Deze blog post in het Nederlands (link)
Yesterday I was in Leiden, a small historic town in the Netherlands. I wanted to make a photo-reportage about the International Photo Festival in Leiden – which I did – but then happened to walk into a totally different event.
On one of the church squares where the displays with photo’s were set up, a large crowd of people had gathered before the entrance of the church. I wondered what was going on, saw a lady with a camera who was obviously a press photographer or reporter, and asked her whether she could tell me more. She told me that in half an hour, the official opening would take place of a two- day info market, in which vocational training schools would present themselves to young potential students, who will soon have to make their choice for a vocational training next year. That sounded quite interesting to me, so I decided to stay around and make a photo-reportage about this event as well.
The total story and a selection of the photo’s I made on the vocational training info-market you can find here on Demotix. I really loved to see how young people who are already in vocational training were eager to demonstrate their skills, and share about it with others.
There were a few more images that just didn’t make it into my Demotix story any more, but I like to show them here:
ROC student kneading dough
Building on a wooden construction
Group of boys show interest in metal instrument parts
Paramedics training: first aid can save lives…
Dit artikel in het NEDERLANDS
Previous weekend, I had a really busy photojournalistic weekend. On Saturday, I was photographing on the “Day of 1000 cultures”, the opening of the new cultural season In Amsterdam SouthEast: a colourful festival where all kinds of cultural and sprts organisations presented their programs.
And on Sunday, not only did I make use for the first time of my newly earned press card from DEMOTIX, to make a photo story about the Amsterdam City Swim 2014… I also spend a few hours making a reportage of a demonstration against the horrific actions by ISIS, the terrorist group that is very active in Irak and Syrië
It has taken me some time to sort out and edit all those photo’s, but now at least a few of the reportages are uploaded at DEMOTIX , the worldwide network for free lance and amateur photo journalists.
The Amsterdam Cityswim was organized this year for the third time, as a fundraising for the ALS foundation in the Netherlands. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is one of the most serious, invalidating and deadly diseases of the nerves system. The Netherlands counts about 1500 patients. Every year, about 500 of them die, and 500 new patients are diagnosed with the disease. While there is investigation done all over the world, the cause of the disease is still unknown, and no cure is found. For those 1500 patients, with a life expectancy of 3 to 5 years after diagnosis, there is still no hope for a future…
The 2000 participants to the City Swim, together with the 200 kids that participated in the Cityswim for Kids, raised together an amount of over 2 million €, by finding sponsors for their swimming effort. This money will be used for further investigation and support to people with ALS.
Participants of the Amsterdam Cityswim for Kids and lifeguards swimming under the bridge towards the Keizersgracht channel. Public on the bridge is cheering them on.
Celeste (14) and Lianne (11), two of the 200 young swimmers who participated in the Amsterdam Cityswim for Kids.
Eva & Mathijs, twins (10) proudly show their medals, earned in the Cityswim for Kids. Well done!.
Quinten Helmstrijd (3d place), Sam Boorsma (2nd place) Carolien Beckers (1st place) – winners of the Cityswim for Kids.
First group of swimmers ready to dive in.
With a big splash, the first swimmers hit the water
First group of athletes in the water – all along the route, life guards are standby to keep an eye on the swimmers’ safety.
View on the finish and the Keizersgracht where crowds of supporters are looking as groups of swimmers finally reach the finish after a swim of 2014m through Amsterdam’s channels.
Participants carrying orange balloons arrive at the last strecht of the Keizersgracht Channel, in view of the finish of Amsterdam City Swim 2014. A life guard is standby, keeping an eye on the swimmers’ safety.
Exhausted but satisfied, one of the swimmers comes out of the water, a black and white football on his back
Two women friends have now time to recuperate and relax, after the long swim of 2014 m.
