Playground

I've accepted that I'm always in this annoying photography block. 

Not sure what exactly I want to tell with my images. I only know that I have the urge to capture everything.

Life seems to be one big project. And during this experience I come across things I probably want to make. There is no correlation between topics. This is not a portfolio, more a scrapbook or diary and never finished. Some topics are just an idea. I'm not sure they'll end up as a proper series.

To organise my images here, I hope to get more clarity and maybe at some point I understand my meaning in the making. 

I'm not really a fan of a series. I want to be able to capture everything in one single image. Always trying to make that one image that says it all. But it is true that several images sometimes emphasize a story better.

01. Color on Wheels

Beautiful people of color in Amsterdam East with their rides.

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02. From the Wall to the Pole

In Amsterdam, some parking meters are decorated with works of art.

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03. Follow the leader

It's that time again. Students departing or arriving from Amsterdam SciencePark. 

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04. My Dark Side

The streets are a dangerous, fearful and chaotic place. That's probably why the streets are calling me.

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05. Pedestrian Crossing Adventures

People are abruptly stopped from what they are doing. In that little moment you see another expression.

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06. You're not alone - I see you

Maybe you feel lonely. Maybe you feel left out. Don't close your eyes. You're not alone. I see you.

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07. Do you know Buko?

Once you know BUKO, you will see Buko everywhere.

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08. One with nature

Somehow we are all still connected with urban nature.

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09. Urbanimals

Urban animals, sometimes it is no longer possible to see whether it is a real animal.

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10. Strange Bike Rides

Amsterdam and its thousands of bicycles can be ridden in countless ways.

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11. Almost - Watch out

You will come across all sorts of things while cycling ... just be careful!

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12. Fantasy Soccer Goals

With a shortage of soccer fields, children draw their own goals on the walls. 

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13. Work and Chill

It's a thin line between work and chill

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14. Happy Place

They say you photograph what you are. So this should be my happy place. 

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15. Get me out of here

Is this finally the path I need to take to get into Wonderland? 

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16. Weesp, the place to be?

Since March 2022 a so-called urban area within Amsterdam. 

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17. The end or the beginning

Is it your beginning or end of the road?

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18. Hide and seek

It is a joy to be hidden, and disaster not to be found.

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19. Where's your head at

Whatever you are thinking right now, that's what's on your mind.

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20. Lost objects, just leave it there

You and I will be lost and found a thousand times along this cobbled road of us.

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21. Restricted Areas

It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.

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22. It's an Omen

Learn to recognize omens, and follow them.

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23. My favourite busstop

Although I hardly ever take the bus, I do have a favourite bus stop. Always curious where and especially how people travel.

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24. All packed

Packed and ready to ship.

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25. Everybody Pickup

An initiative from Guno Esajas. 

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26. Travel through your home

Make exactly 7 photos of your house in 7 days.

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27. Disneyland not in Paris

Mickey and his friends can be found everywhere.

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28. Chinese gas station

Chinese restaurants at a gas station

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