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Moon Rise

England, Walmer – December 2023

The moon is up over an off shore supply vessel.

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The White Cliffs of Dover

England, Dover – December 2023

Arriving by LeShuttle (formerly known as Eurotunnel) and passing through Dover to catch a different glimpse of the famous white cliffs.

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The Last of Christmas

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2024

Last weekend we stored the Christmas decorations for this season of light.

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View on Deal Pier

England, Kingsdown – December 2023

A view up north towards Deal.

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St. Margaret’s Bay

England, St. Margaret’s Bay – December 2023

St. Margaret’s Bay, seeing the ferries to and from Dover.

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As Below So Above

England, Walmer – December 2024

The panoramic mode on the iPhone is not a favorite setting for me. On Instagram you get bombarded by adds about all Apple did not tell you about taking photos on iPhone: some work, eg using panorama setting for a wider angle (the fun for me using an iPhone is to be curious about all you can do finding it out for yourself).

But making a panorama having a straight line in front of you (a road eg) is hilarious. What would a sky panorama look like? So I did a 360 sky and a 180 horizon of the sea front at Walmer. Just for fun.

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Deal Pier

England, Deal – December 2023

The Pier of Deal on a wet evening at the end of December.

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A colorful road to Christmas

Belgium, Aalter – December 2023

On the road to Christmas to Le Shuttle in Belgium.

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Wired

France, St. George-sur-L’Aa – December 2023

Each time I pass here on the way to or from Calais, I take a picture of the power lines in St. Georges-sur-l’Aa.

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On the road to Christmas

Belgium, Veurne and Koksijde – December 2023

On the road to Calais and Le Shuttle, on a dark grey morning through le plat pays of Jacques Brel.

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A Brand New Day

England, Walmer – December 2023

The start of a brand new year, the first day with 365 following, given this is a leap year. A calm sea, the light breaking into the waves, painting a gorgeous sky in the clouds. It’s all in the details. The small boat heading out to a new port of call.

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On the edge of 2023

England, Walmer – December 2023

2023 is in its final day, tomorrow opens a brand new year. Not a complete blank canvas, but one with lots of room and opportunities for new initiatives, changes, life! I wish you a wonderful new year in freedom, as a gull on his wings soaring the sea and land. Carpe diem!

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On the road

France, St. George-sur-L’Aa – December 2023

Each time I pass here on the way to or from Calais, I take a picture of the power lines in St. Georges-sur-l’Aa.

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Jingle

The Netherlands, Leidschendam – November 2023

Jingle in monochrome, time to put the decorations away, and focus on the new coming year.

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Flying Circus: Merry Christmas

The Netherlands, Leidschendam – November 2023

Wishing you all a merry Christmas, as darkness and shadows seem to grow in the world, our own bright lights are able to light up all corners of the world. Simply be.

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Cheese

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2024

Each year the supply of items for the Christmas tree grows. How more Dutch can it get with this cheesy one?

Merry Christmas to all!

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Amaryllis

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2023

Some photos do not fit the LAPC’s themes, so there is a rest category ‘last chance’ being #280. I never am guided by the themes in the photos I shoot. Some fit in, some don’t. But I never know the theme while shooting. I’m privileged to live in a country with lots of flowers, having fresh ones weekly in the house.

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Roses

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2023

Some photos do not fit the LAPC’s themes, so there is a rest category ‘last chance’ being #280. I never am guided by the themes in the photos I shoot. Some fit in, some don’t. But I never know the theme while shooting. I’m privileged to live in a country with lots of flowers, having fresh ones weekly in the house.

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Hill of Slane

Ierland, Slane – October 2008

Some photos do not fit the LAPC’s themes, so there is a rest category ‘last chance’ being #280. I never am guided by the themes in the photos I shoot. Some fit in, some don’t. But I never know the theme while shooting. Here is one from the archive I recently stumbled upon, never published.

Slane Hill in Ireland. Close to Slane Castle castle that is famous among other historical facts, for being the recording site for U2’s The unforgettable fire’ in 1984. And famous open air concerts.

Outside the village is The Hill of Slane with a small old ruined chapel, a ruined monastery and a graveyard, overlooking the landscape and the river Boyne.

The most interesting place is a small hill with undergrowth right behind the site, from which this photo was taken.

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Gypsophila

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2023

Flowers are colorful but sometimes more color is added artificially. The lens artists photo challenge #279 is ‘magical’.

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Ceiling

The Netherlands, Leidschendam – November 2023

Two days ago I published a detail of the ceiling at Westfield Mall of the Netherlands in color. This is the monochrome version of the same image, in my opinion even more magical than the color version. In the feedback some wondered how this structure can be a ceiling. Here is an earlier publication showing the top light window in the ceiling in mono.

The lens artists photo challenge #279 is ‘magical’.

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It’s easy to hold a lot of balls in the air at Christmas

The Netherlands, Leidschendam – November 2023

A detail of the ceiling at Westfield Mall of the Netherlands, showing it is easy to hold lots of balls in the air at once at Christmas, but it looks kind of magical. The lens artists photo challenge #279 is ‘magical’.

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Ceiling

The Netherlands, Leidschendam – November 2023

A detail of the ceiling at Westfield Mall of the Netherlands, quite uniqe. The lens artists photo challenge #279 is ‘magical’.

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Black Friday

The Netherlands, Leidschendam – November 2023

Westfield Mall of the Netherlands, quite uniqe. The lens artists photo challenge #278 is ‘unique’.

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Elgin Marbles

England, London – September 2004

These sculpture (nicknamed The Elgin Marbles) are originally from the Parthenon in Athens. Lord Elgin supposedly bought them from the Ottomans, who occupied the present Greece at that moment. The Greek try to return these marbles for decades, the UK government refuses, saying it’s British heritage. Last week a meeting of the UK prime minister with the prime minister of Greece was cancelled, after the Greek PM reiterated the ownership of the marbles. How mesmerizing and wonderful must it be to see these ornaments in the place they belong, on top of the Acropolis over Athens.

The lens artists photo challenge #278 is ‘unique’.

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Rain and Shine

A Magnolia tree. Autumn is a time of rapid changes. It can be light and sunny with wonderful colors on display, or grim and dim in rain. Both have its unique beauty in my humble opinion.

The lens artists photo challenge #278 is ‘unique’.

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Rain

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2023

The pattern of raindrops or the clouds through the window is unique each time you watch it. The wind being the big agency driving it all. The lens artists photo challenge #278 is ‘unique’.

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Dark: Hoop Doet Leven

The Netherlands, Voorhout – November 2023

The windmill ‘Hoop doet leven’ between Oegstgeest and Voorhout in a backdrop of rain with matching cars to the dark sky.

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In memory of Elliott Erwitt

One of my favorite photographers passed last Wednesday. I post a Magnum newsletter, honoring his legacy. The photos of the original one are not in my post, but please click the links and enjoy the work of one of the most inspirational masters of photography. On the bottom you find a link where you can subscribe to the Field Notes Magnum newsletter if you please to do so.


Field Notes

December 2023, No. 118
Elliott Erwitt (1928–2023)

Remembering Elliott Erwitt
(1928–2023)

Elliott Erwitt passed away peacefully on Wednesday night at his home in Manhattan, surrounded by his family. This week, we look back and celebrate the life and career of the legendary photographer and long-time Magnum member. 

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Early Work in Pittsburgh

In 1950, a 22-year-old Erwitt stepped off a Greyhound bus in Pittsburg, armed with a Leica IIIc and Rolleiflex. Today, looking back at his early series on the post-war city in Pennsylvania, we see the makings of his distinct and iconic photographic style. 

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Behind the Image:
The Kitchen Debate

In July 1959, Erwitt captured the iconic image of what appears to be a moment of serious confrontation between U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in a model American kitchen during Nixon’s visit to Moscow. 

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Inside the World of
Elliott Erwitt 

“It’s hard to portray someone as big as him,” says Adriana Lopez Sanfeliu, past assistant to Erwitt and director of the documentary Silence Sounds Good. Released in 2019, it follows then 80-year-old Erwitt on a trip to Cuba and going about his busy days in New York.

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The Art of Looking at Art

“I am a dedicated people watcher who loves to see art and art watchers watching,” Erwitt wrote in his book, Museum Watching, published in 1999. “In the end all museums are interesting. Even when they’re not.”

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The Benevolent Voyeur

“In Erwitt’s work,” writes Darran Anderson, “we find the revelatory thrill of the benevolent voyeur; a position occupied not just by the photographer but also by the viewer and, very often, the subject.”

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Behind the Image: 
A Bulldog in New York

“I don’t know of any other animals closer to us in qualities of heart, sentiment and loyalty,” Erwitt once wrote of dogs. Here, we revisit the story behind the comical photograph of a bulldog on its owner’s lap — a shot that he had to hastily borrow a camera to capture. 

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Elliott Erwitt: 
A Retrospective

Currently on view at La Sucrière in Lyon, France is a major retrospective of Erwitt’s work, featuring 215 black and white and color photographs. The exhibition reflects the diversity of subjects addressed throughout his career and the profound unity of Erwitt’s work. 

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Working from a Train

The Netherlands, Voorschtoten – November 2023

The commute from Den Haag to Leiden by train.

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Leidse Hout

The Netherlands, Leiden – November 2023

The Leidse Hout, a local park.

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Advertising (Empty) Space

Empty spaces along a motorway used for commercial expressions. Empty spaces is the theme of LAPC #277.

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Autumn Paths

The Netherlands, Leiden – November 2023

The Leidse Hout, another cycle track on a dijk. 

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Light Travels

The Netherlands, Leiden – November 2023

The Leidse Hout, another cycle track on a dijk.

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Autumn Paths

Autumn is coloring the trees in the local park Leidse Hout.

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Layered Panorama

Two prints from the same panorama source on the iPhone. Choose your favorite! LAPC #276 is ‘looking up/looking down’.

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In betweens

The Netherlands, Waardenburg – November 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #276 is ‘looking up/looking down’. Road side view while not driving myself. 

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