Faces in the crowd at the Keti Koti Festival in Amsterdam, 2013. With the abolition of slavery in 1863, the Surinamese people were finally emancipated from slavery in the Netherlands Antilles (formerly Dutch West Indies) and in Suriname. Today the people from these communities provide a key aspect of the Read more…
“O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, Alone and palely loitering? The sedge has withered from the lake, And no birds sing.” “La Belle Dame sans Merci” – John Keats The phrase “alone and palely loitering“, always comes into my mind when I am photographing people who are ……… well……. alone and Read more…
Walking the Walk in the MonoZone. Please click on any image for full-size slideshow: (This is my entry for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge: Pedestrians) To see more of everyday life in the MonoZone, why not visit my alternative photoblog. It’s very much a work in progress and I’d Read more…
StreetLife in Barcelona. For the second in my StreetLife series we’re going to the Gothic Quarter in Barcelona. (all pictures taken on iPhone 6sPlus and edited on iPhone or iPad using Snapseed) If you missed StreetLife Part 1, you can find it here: LISBON from Read more…
StreetLife in Lisbon as seen from a Tram. A new series starts here today on StreetLife. One very easy way to enjoy street photography is to bag a seat by an open window on one of Lisbon’s traditional wooden trams and snap away. This first one shows our tram driver: Read more…