Tag: monochrome
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Powered by the neighbourhood
In Maastricht social housing company Servatius started an initiative with local volunteers in the neighbourhood of Wittevrouwenveld to improve the quality of life. In the last decade, they’ve turned around the neighbourhood by literally walking the streets with volunteers, and taking notes and following up. The housing company took a chance of using one of…
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Catching the bells
When Radio BBC3 requests its listeners to record carillon bells in actionthey make an effort, even if there’s background noise so a redo is needed.Lovely Brittish granny of Danish triplets, where Maastricht is (as I always say) close to all other places in Europe, from Brittany to Danmark. Maastricht, 4th april 2023
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Polish entrepreneurs
Friendly Polish folks on a business trip to Maastricht.Posing for me in very tricky lighting, with super bright skies & city hall. Still, love the composition of the last shot, they were so at ease.(I humbly apologise for the injection of light the last photo needed) Maatricht, 4th april 2023 (just email me if you’d…
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20 : 1
There’s 23.4 million bicyles in the Netherlands, over 1.2 millon scooters.With every third person even owning a second bycycle …… this is any Dutch city centre anywhere. Equally universal are the kids flocking to enjoy the last rays of sun, feeding the pigeons in front of the city hall. Maastricht, 4th of April
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At the train station
Picking up my daughter at the station, I noticed the details: the well-groomed hair, the pretty lady and the can of Red Bull, not disposed on the street – there’s hope! Maastricht central train station, 2 April 2023
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Museum aan het Vrijthof
Maastricht isn’t exactly Istanbul in terms of scale and liveliness but it does have the cutest tiny museums Maastricht, 26 March 2023
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Cattle class
Lonelinessis a hall full of people that do not engage. Terminal 2 in Lisbon is for the cheap airlines. Do not be fooled by the pictures, they are highly misleading.The usual amount of people is about 3x to 4x as many, and it should be clear that the chances of finding a seat while waiting…
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Lisbon by night
The old expo area in Lisbon harbours great architecturewith the same typical smooth cobble stoned pavements. From the Casino (nerver been), via the Oceanium (highly recommend, but reserve a full day to visit, and chuckle at feeble attempts of all other “big” aquariums that frankly don’t even come close to this) to the Honest Greens…
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Tivoli Oriente Lisboa
Impeccable lobbyand super friendly staffLook at those radiant smiles! I managed not to ruin all the shots but the super bright background made it hard to make a decent picture of these beautiful young people. Mail me if you’d like a higher resolution version without the watermark.
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Ode to the truck drivers (2)
They come from far away,wearing the story of their liveson their always-friendly faces. Maastricht, 11 March 2023 Thanks Bram! Send me a mail to get any of these images at full resolution and without watermark, like the first one. They’ll be about 25mb each, as fairly high resolution.
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