Tag:Photography
Murals – A form of public art (II) During our campertrip in late summer 2023 we came across beautiful murals in two small villages in Spain, in respectively Caltojar and Villangómez in Castilla y León. More information can be found in our Travelogue under BLOG.
Pilgrimage in Spain Santiago de Compostela Photo impressions of our visit to Santiago de Compostela, the most important pilgrimage site in the world after Jerusalem and Rome. It is a beautiful city, with a lot of atmosphere and colour thanks to the pilgrims who have completed the difficult pilgrimage, each with their own story.
Country Series Portugal This is the third publication in our country series. Our intention is to share with you in one page our relation with the pertinent country. Our relationship with Portugal We both became interested in Portugal when, on 25 April 1974, the Carnation Revolution broke out in Portugal, transferring Portugal into a democratic country. In 1976, the first democratic elections were held, and the sympathetic Mário Soares became prime minister. By chance, Yvonne was there when Soares arrived by train […]
travelogue Spain and Portugal 2023 (2) Travelogue of our camper trip through Spain and Portugal that we made in August and September 2023 with a stop in Normandy in France Although the plan was to travel to the Lofoten in Norway this summer, we had to change our plans and instead we travelled to the south of Europe. We first spent a few days in Normandy in France and then we went south to Spain and Portugal. Our visits to […]
Murals – A form of public art (I) A mural is an ancient form of artwork that consists of painting directly onto a wall or ceiling surface. More and more we come across this this form of public art in cities but also in small towns and villages. We hope to capture and build up a nice collection of these beautiful pieces of art.
Every picture tells a storyEach photograph invites us to discover the stories hidden within its frame. ‘At the end of a long day on the land ‘ In 2002 we visited Karpathos, one of the most beautiful islands of Greece. At the end of the day we were invited by three elderly sisters who lived together in a small farm just outside Olympos. They were still working on the land despite their age. Here one of the sisters is unloading […]
travelogue Spain and Portugal 2023 Travelogue of our camper trip through Spain and Portugal, that we made in early spring 2023. In the winter period we both suffer from the winter blues. A good remedy for this is to look for the warmth of the sun and that is what we did. At the beginning of March, we left for Southern Europe to the border area of Spain and Portugal. The weather gods were good to us and during the […]
Photography Anton Corbijn – Ikonen IKONEN presents a selection of his portrait photographs and brings three unseen series to Antwerp Last week I visited the exhibition IKONEN by the Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn in the beautiful Handelsbeurs (Trade Fair) of Antwerp. Anton Corbijn is considered as one of the most influential photographers of our time, both in the music world and in portrait photography. IKONEN presents a selection of his portrait photographs and brings three unseen series to Antwerp: Cemeteries – Intriguing […]
Country Series Scandinavia This is the latest publication in our country series. Our intention is to share with you in one page our relation with the pertinent country. Our relationship with Scandinavia The bond we have with Scandinavia was formed in 1982. In that year I joined Det Norske Veritas (DNV), a Norwegian company, and I worked in DNV for almost 35 years. The head office of DNV is in Høvik at the Oslo fjord. Because of this I visited […]
Country Series Spain This is the 5th publication in our country series. Our intention is to share with you in one page our relation with the pertinent country. Our relationship with Spain Looking back, we’ve been to Spain quite many times. I don’t count the two holidays I (Adriaan) spent as an 18- 19-year-old in Benidorm and Lloret da Mar. Beach and going out, that was it. The first time we went to Spain together was in the spring of […]
