New year, new try, new photos

To late to ride

And so a new year it is. And again it is my wish to photograph much more! On film if possible but digital has a place, a old Nikon D90, usable with my old Nikon lenses is one to use this coming year. Continue reading “New year, new try, new photos”

A single frame: Lockdown memory

Voigtlander Bessa R, 35mm Skopar F/2.5. December 2020
Voigtlander Bessa R, 35mm Skopar F/2.5. December 2020

A photowalk during the Covid lockdown in december 2020. I took some pictures in my neighbourhood with the Voigtlander Bessa R. I have many camera’s, mostly SLR and I have to get used to a rangefinder. I like this image. People and businesses had to find ways to get around during the lockdown and here you can see what they came up with.

Rotterdam Grid Project. Photographing Rotterdam in squares!

Rotterdam Grid Project
Rotterdam Grid Project

Why I start this project
I’ve got it from reading “The Street Photographer’s Manual”


The idea or inspiration: “In October 1995 photographer Christopher Rauschenberg took a pair of scissors to a standard map of Portland and cut it into 98 pieces. He then invited a group of 12 Portland photographers, using a variety of cameras, films, formats, and digital processes, to all photograph the randomly selected square each month. Continue reading “Rotterdam Grid Project. Photographing Rotterdam in squares!”

Station to station project, a portrait of the city, one station at a time

Station to station project
Station to station project

Inspired by a citywide portrait of New York City, circa 2002-2004
A series by Lisa Gidley.


Lisa Gidley: “Station to Station is a project in which I took a photo within a square block of each of New York City’s subway stations. It began when I realized that despite living in the city for seven years, I’d been to barely a quarter of the subway stops. I decided to make a portrait of the city, one station at a time.

Each photo was made within a square block (square block is 264×900 feet/80mx274m) of one of the station’s entrances or exits, generally less than two minutes’ walk away. No photo could include the subway station itself. (Elevated outdoor tracks were fair game, though.) All photos were made with a medium-format camera on negative film and printed in a color darkroom. Continue reading “Station to station project, a portrait of the city, one station at a time”