STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
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RUUD LEEUW

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STREET PHOTOGRAPHY (B&W) | STREETS IN COLOUR COLOUR ONE + TWO| EARLY YEARS |
| PHOTOGRAPHERS & MUSICIANS

DECEMBER

AMSTERDAM

LEICA Q2 | 10DEC2024

(MORE) AMSTERDAM WALKABOUT

Ice hockey on the rink near the Rijksmuseum
SONY RX10 IV | 10DEC2024

RHEDEN, GELDERLAND

Stalls with Christmas products as well as soup ('snert') and glühwein mark the start here of Christmas

Start of Christmas on the town's square, two fires to stay warm (the glühwein helped too!)

This kind gent gave me the full explanation of the region's discussion 'honey bees versus wild bees'. He sells honey.

It was the evening of the newly placed Christmas tree, to see its lights lit up for the first time, but I got cold & hungry.

NOVEMBRE

DIEREN (SINTERKLAAS)

Handing out sweets to the children. 'Sinterklaas' is a children's tradition ingrained in Dutch culture

Sinterklaas had retired already, it was bitterly cold. The Black Pete's danced themselves some warmth.

Handing out 'pepernoten' to the small children.
(the above and the B&W below) PANASONIC FZ1000.II | DIEREN, GELDERLAND 23NOV2024

CANON S120 | DIEREN, GELDERLAND 23NOV2024

OCTOBRE

AMSTERDAM SUBWAY

LEICA Q2 REPORTER | AMSTERDAM 20OCT2024

SLOT ZEIST, RETROSPECTIVE ON WORK BY PHOTOGRAPHER AD VAN DENDEREN
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Ad van Denderen (photographer), talking at his Retrospective. A deviation of 'streetphotography but on purpose!

Van Denderen had no problem captivating his audience on the purpose and background of his photographs!

Some early results of assignments (a.o. magazines like 'Avenue'), but he soon went for long term projects

I've discussed this talk also on MyBlog-2024Q, which has a link to more of his work.

LEICA Q2 REPORTER | ZEIST (NETHERLANDS), 13OCT24

SEPTEMBER

PARIS

One for my #OnReading series I think..

Several parks and fences were decorated with photographs such as historic photos of the Olympics

PANASONIC FZ1000.II + LEICA Q2 | PARIS, SEPTEMBER 2024

HERNEN CASTLE VINTAGE MARKET ('BROCANTE')

LEICA Q2 REPORTER | HERNEN (GELDERLAND), 29SEP24

DAHLIA FLOWER CORSO | DUTCH CULTURE

The cannibal with reenactors playing out prisoners

Prisoners of the cannibal

Wood nymph

Dancing in the street!

A secret in tow, the secret being...

... the Lion of Lichtenvoorde, seen raiing its head

A moster on chains

Money being handed out

My 1st prize would go to 'Anubis and the priestesses'!

SONY A7 IV w/ SONY FE 4/24-105 G OSS | LICHTENVOORDE 08SEP2024

VINTAGE TRAINS


Dirty work on the steam loc!

SONY A7 IV w/ SONY FE 4/24-105 G OSS | BEEKBERGEN, 07SEP2024
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WANTED

->In late octobre she finally contacted me: no longer 'wanted'! <-
Visited last Sunday a vintage market (below) and I approached this young lady for her 'western wear'.
Lianne kindly allowed me to take a few impromptu photos of her, Lianne's smile & blue eyes came out splendidly!

LEICA Q2 w/ SUMMICRON 1.7/28 | BRUMMEN BROCANTE MARKET 01SEP24

VINTAGE ('BROCANTE') MARKET

A closer look

Superbly dressed for the occasion

LEICA Q2 | BRUMMEN @'VROOLIJKE FRANS' - 01SEP24

AUGUST

FOTOGRAFICA MARKET

Vintage cameras and lenses, photographs and photobooks & magazines

LEICA M10-P w/ SUMMICRON 2/35 ASPH | DOESBURG 18AUG2024

BROCANTE (VINTAGE) MARKET

LEICA M10-P w/ SUMMICRON 2/35 ASPH | KASTEEL MIDDACHTEN, DE STEEG - 11AUG24

MURALS @GORINCHEM (GORKUM/GORCUM)

I've selected most of the 10 murals we found.
This here is LEES ('Read') at the side of a bookshop in the Gasthuisstraat.
I must have overlooked DE PIJP (Pipe) here in the Tinnegietersstraat.

BLIK MET ZOUTE BOLLEN @Gasthuistraat
Here in the Gasthuisstraat at no.36 was the bakery of Jacob de Kroes since 1849. Jacob bought the bakery from his boss for 2.125 guilders. He came up with the savoury biscuits that grew into a specialty: the Gorcumse Zoute Bollen.

DE NAAIMACHINE @Burgstraat
The Burgstraat is the oldest shopping street here. The mural is a reminder of the first sewing machine shop in the Netherlands. It was here in Gorinchem, more than 150 years ago. And the store still exists. The youngest member
of the family, Yvonne van Keekem says: "My great-great-grandfather, tailor Johannes Cornelis, went to a fashion fair
in Paris in 1870. There he saw a Singer sewing machine. Something completely new at the time. He was so enthusiastic that he decided to import the machine into the Netherlands. It was a bull's-eye!"

DE KROKET @Karnemelksteeg
Viewed from the Hoogstraat,on the corner of the Karnemelksteeg we see a larger-than-life 'croquette'.
Behind a glass door, like at the snack bar next door. This idea of vending machine probably came from Germany
at the beginning of the 20th century. From there, the phenomenon spread to other countries.

DE JENEVERFLES @Zustersteeg
When you see this image, do you also get an appetite for a hassebassie, a neut, or a glass of gin? That was the intention of Jacobus van Ouwerkerk, born in 1875. Every two years he painted a new advertisement here. Like this one for his Holland brand of gin. That's one of the spirits he distilled around the corner, at Zusterhuis 1-2.

HAMER EN BEITEL @Kerksteeg
The people of Gorcum have always been an industrious people. This hammer and chisel refer to it.
Pipe makers, tanners, potters, carpenters, brewers... You could find them all here.
www.mooigorinchem.nl/nl/ontdek-de-vesting/routes/wandelroutes/ - /stegenroute

KEUKEN VAN DE HOOFDWACHT (@Kraanstraat).
Do you see those pots simmering? A nice view of the kitchen behind this. But it's only been there since 2016.
This used to be the main location for the guards, the soldiers who made their rounds. Hence 'Hoofdwacht'.
It is one of the many reminders of Gorinchem's military past.
De 'Hoofdwacht' is a nice place to enjoy food and/or drinks @Grote Markt (across the 'VVV').

THE DAHLIA @Knipsteeg. dates from 2022.
LEICA M10-P w/ SUMMICRON 2/35 ASPH | GORCUM 08AUG24

DEVENTER

Two photos I took getting to grips again with my Leica M10-P (+Summicron 2/35) which I hadn't used in a long time.

It reminded me of William Eggleston's famous photograph! 04Aug24

DEVENTER BOOKMARKET

Deventer bookmarket 04Aug2024

Book stalls winding along the banks of the IJssel into the historic center of Deventer

Podcast or local radio...

Playing Scrabble on a massive scale

Plenty to choose from..

Historic 'De Brink' square

Reading is thirsty work, even if father is reading it out loud

Plenty to select from for young readers
LEICA M10-P w/ SUMMICRON 2/35 | DEVENTER 04AUG24

JULY

VELP - DOLLE DONDERDAG

Balloons and bright colours

I did NOT need another book, but...

If sales are slow...

LEICA Q2 | VELP, 25JUL24

MAY

AMSTERDAM

"A good photograph is knowing where to stand." ¬Ansel Adams (1902 -1984)
LEICA Q2 | AMSTERDAM, 12MAY2024

WOUDRICHEM (N.BRABANT)

Woudrichem, fortified town walkabout

Yearly tradition, on Ascension Day, there's this fish (a.o. cod, gurnard) baking competition.

'Poffertjes', traditional Dutch delicacy!

I met this original & friendly fisherman, retired but still living locally on his boat.

APRIL

KONINGSDAG (THE KING'S BIRTHDAY APRIL 27TH)

KING WILLEM ALEXANDER OF THE NETHERLANDS, FROM THE HOUSE OF ORANGE

Orange is the colour of this day, as well as the Dutch National Flag
SONY A7IV w/ SONY FE 2.8/35 | DOESBURG 27APR2024

KONINGSDAG (THE KING'S BIRTHDAY APRIL 27TH)

Since Doesburg had little to offer worthy of photo ops, we quickly went over to nearby Velp

LEICA M10-P w/ SUMMICRON 2/35

SONY A7IV w/ ZEISS FE 2.8/35

LEICA M10-P w/ SUMMICRON 2/35

LEICA M10-P w/ SUMMICRON 2/35 | VELP 27APR24

DE KEUKENHOF

More on MyBlog-2024Q2

SONY A7IV w/ SONY FE 24-105 G OSS | LISSE/HILLEGOM 23APR24

WAGENINGSE BOEKENMARKT (BOOKMARKET)

We suffered an occasional shower but mostly we had dry conditions; some of the booksellers may have stayed home.

The transaction

The pin collector (that threw me back decades -ages- ago!)

MARCH 2024

ANDALUSIA

More on my Travelogue CÁDIZ 2024

PANASONIC FZ1000.II / CADIZ, 23MAR24

LUNCH

CANON S220 | HILVERSUM 10MAR24

ZILVEREN CAMERA 2023 AWARD | EXHIBITION MyBlog2024Q1
SONY A7 IV +FE 2.8/35 | HILVERSUM 10MAR24