https://www.mapdemaar.com/transfinite-et daily 0.75 2017-03-29 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58dba73986e6c00da4746584/1501144350291/ Transfinite E.T - E.T. 19.40-20.25. East Tibet, 2016 ...From sun up to sun down I walked - no path, no direction. Every hilltop a promise of what would ly behind. Down in the valleys the nomads and cattle. Me on the ridge, exposed to the wind. What I found there was pure magic - the bewilderment of an amazing beauty. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871de4be65949d5ad2f568/58871e0ad482e9581cc0f480/1490790201821/Trans19.40+-20.25.jpeg Transfinite E.T - E.T. 19.40-20.25. East Tibet, 2016 ...From sun up to sun down I walked - no path, no direction. Every hilltop a promise of what would ly behind. Down in the valleys the nomads and cattle. Me on the ridge, exposed to the wind. What I found there was pure magic - the bewilderment of an amazing beauty. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871de4be65949d5ad2f568/58a1c9379f745664e6b576fb/1487074322221/22-6-16+6.10-6.35.jpg Transfinite E.T E.T. 6.10-6.35. East Tibet, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871de4be65949d5ad2f568/58a1c95d9f745664e6b57ba5/1487074353956/26-6-16+17.05-17.30.jpg Transfinite E.T - E.T. 17.05-17.30. East Tibet, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871de4be65949d5ad2f568/58a1c9719f745664e6b57ca1/1487074381192/27-6-16+6.35-7.05.jpg Transfinite E.T - E.T. 6.35-7.05. East Tibet, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871de4be65949d5ad2f568/58a1c9849f745664e6b57dd0/1487074394935/27-6-16+14.35-14.55.jpg Transfinite E.T - E.T. 14.35-14.55. East Tibet, 2016 https://www.mapdemaar.com/walking-through-time-color daily 0.75 2017-02-24 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b060d2197aea0f261df6e7/1487846644698/ Walking through time color - Mangrove forest. Iriomoto, Japan, 2015 In 2013 I walked a part of the Shikoku pelgrimage - an earlier promise to myself. Here you walk through 800 years of history. More old trails followed, both in Australia and Japan. Those early footmarks from way back feel as my stepping stones for today. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e4d03596ecad26171c7/58871e64d1758e491a2b7849/1487846644698/mangrove.jpeg Walking through time color - Mangrove forest. Iriomoto, Japan, 2015 In 2013 I walked a part of the Shikoku pelgrimage - an earlier promise to myself. Here you walk through 800 years of history. More old trails followed, both in Australia and Japan. Those early footmarks from way back feel as my stepping stones for today. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e4d03596ecad26171c7/58aeb9a5c03026507eba315b/1487076220130/mangrove.jpeg Walking through time color - Mangrove forest. Iriomoto, Japan, 2015 In 2013 I walked a part of the Japanese Shikoku pelgrimage - an earlier promise to myself. Here you walk through 800 years of history. More old trails followed in Australia and - in 2015 - again in Japan. The earlier footmarks from way back feel as my stepping stones for today. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e4d03596ecad26171c7/58a1cf95414fb58de4ef5576/1487074944979/jap-ishfarm.jpg Walking through time color - Forest brook. Iriomoto, Japan, 2015. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e4d03596ecad26171c7/58a1cfaa414fb58de4ef568b/1487074922607/jap-ishpalmpark.jpg Walking through time color - Resting place. Iriomoto, Japan, 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e4d03596ecad26171c7/58a1cfc7414fb58de4ef5837/1487075062610/jap-blue+bamboo.jpg Walking through time color - Blue forest. Shikoku, Japan, 2013 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e4d03596ecad26171c7/58a1cffdf5e231ba9d0df211/1487075244047/aus-knot.jpg Walking through time color - Knot. Cape Tribulation, Australia, 2013 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e4d03596ecad26171c7/58a1d03e2994ca7355aae4dc/1487075289650/aus-palmenbos.jpg Walking through time color - Palm forest. Cape Tribulation, Australia, 2013 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e4d03596ecad26171c7/58a1d0662994ca7355aae7bc/1487075551850/aus-crocodilecemetry.jpg Walking through time color - Crocodile cemetery. Cape Tribulation, Australia 2013 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e4d03596ecad26171c7/58a1d0532994ca7355aae671/1487075390558/jap-grassen.jpg Walking through time color - Grasses. Shikoku, Japan, 2013 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e4d03596ecad26171c7/58a1d07d2994ca7355aae99d/1487075660861/jap-karpers.jpg Walking through time color - Carp pond. Shikoku, Japan, 2013 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e4d03596ecad26171c7/58a1d0912994ca7355aaead3/1487075702854/jap-pink+cloud.jpg Walking through time color - Pink cloud. Shikoku, Japan, 2013 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e4d03596ecad26171c7/58a1d0a42994ca7355aaec64/1487075785961/jap-rhodondendron.jpg Walking through time color - Rhododendron. Shikoku, Japan, 2013 https://www.mapdemaar.com/sediments daily 0.75 2017-04-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58e34951b8a79b81c29f2fa8/1491290449596/ Sediments - Puja - Jumbesi Monastery. Jumbesi, Nepal, 2012 Sediments is all about time. Time embodied in the landscape and the culture of a country. These are not pictures of a decisive moment, more images of time passing by.”, This image contains ca. 60 minutes from a three hour ceremony. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e8f893fc03ef0e8248f/58871e9dc534a5e184145665/1491290449596/sediments-puja.jpeg Sediments - Puja - Jumbesi Monastery. Jumbesi, Nepal, 2012 Sediments is all about time. Time embodied in the landscape and the culture of a country. These are not pictures of a decisive moment, more images of time passing by.”, This image contains ca. 60 minutes from a three hour ceremony. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e8f893fc03ef0e8248f/58a2fbb09de4bb76ba2ec125/1491290441264/sed.Gorepani+langs+de+weg+groot.jpg Sediments - Along the road to Gorepani. Nepal, 2012 Breathtaking sceneries - a pleasure to have an excuse to stop and rest for a few moments. Heavy climbing uphill to Gorepani. Then two more killing days down to Pokhara. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e8f893fc03ef0e8248f/58a2fc0ee4fcb5c4e22e7f16/1491290445352/sed.kalopani-farm.jpg Sediments - Farmhouse. Kalopani, Nepal, 2012 Along the road back from Lo Manthang, the so-called hidden, forbidden kingdom. Unfortunately not so hidden or forbidden anymore. Full of bill boards and tourist. Happy to be back on the simple country lane. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e8f893fc03ef0e8248f/58a2fc4ce4fcb5c4e22e809a/1487086393350/sed.jumbesi+klooster+keuken.jpg Sediments - Monastery kitchen. Jumbesi, Nepal, 2012 Food is served to all pelgrims attending the puja. The camera was there ca. 40 minutes, while I had a chat outside. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e8f893fc03ef0e8248f/58a2fcbeb3db2b3c69916e6d/1487078872371/sed.jumbesi+teahouse.jpg Sediments - Teahouse. Jumbesi Valley, Nepal, 2012 With the pinhole it took about 45 minutes to get this image. Time enough to enjoy my meal. On a tracking, direction Everest base camp. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e8f893fc03ef0e8248f/58a2fe1746c3c407af14c839/1487078184217/sed.Jumbesi+verlaten+gompa.jpg Sediments - Deserted Gompa. Jumbesi Valley, Nepal 2012 An empty farmhouse along the road. A few mooing cows in the stable. This "treasure" upstairs on the first floor. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e8f893fc03ef0e8248f/58a2ff7f37c581dbd7e2e7ff/1487077861795/sed.Thini+Monastery.jpg Sediments - Thini Monastery, Mustang, Nepal, 2012 A long, exhausting climb to come here. Unfortunately the monks had to leave for a Puja on the other side of the valley. Only 10 minutes to make this picture. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e8f893fc03ef0e8248f/58a2ff25e3df28d39e2f671a/1487078836033/sed.+Kalopani+cactus+groot.jpg Sediments - Cactus. Kalopani, Nepal, 2012 Natural hedges along the road in Mustang. On the way back from Lo Manthang. 9 days walking to Pokhara. From there the bus back to Kathmandu. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871e8f893fc03ef0e8248f/58a3002286e6c0b296a08ad8/1487077845445/sed.thupencholing+monastery+kitchen.jpg Sediments - Kitchen Thupencholing Monastery, Jumbesi, Nepal, 2012 Breakfast at the monastery. The nuns were preparing for the feast after the Puja. At least 45 minutes to eat and chat, while the camera took the scenery. https://www.mapdemaar.com/beyond-the-great-wall daily 0.75 2017-02-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58a822dcd482e97464703667/1485250283211/ China 2007 - Yunnan - plastic bags China, 2005-2010 Your private home is like a third skin. If that skin is hurting, it seeps down through all layers. In all these interiors - how frugal the life may have been - the house felt warm and welcome. It is that immaterial wealth, that I tried to captured in these images. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871ec79de4bbcf090a33f0/58871ed76a4963ab7b675ae1/1485250283211/Yunnan-PlasticBags.jpeg China 2007 - Yunnan - plastic bags China, 2005-2010 Your private home is like a third skin. If that skin is hurting, it seeps down through all layers. In all these interiors - how frugal the life may have been - the house felt warm and welcome. It is that immaterial wealth, that I tried to captured in these images. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871ec79de4bbcf090a33f0/58a7465d1b10e3bd25b09327/1487413676111/2007qinghai-guo+ma+ri-thermos+butter.jpg China 2007 - Qinghai, Tongren - thermos and butter https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871ec79de4bbcf090a33f0/58a746761b10e3bd25b094b4/1487413623007/2007qinghai-retired+nuns+home.jpg China 2007 - Qinghai, Zekog - old nun's house https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871ec79de4bbcf090a33f0/58a746951b10e3bd25b096cf/1487413723628/2007Qinghai-tent+with+carpet.jpg China 2007 - Guizhou, Madoi - tent with carpet https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871ec79de4bbcf090a33f0/58a746b21b10e3bd25b098c9/1487364001639/2007qinghai-tibetan+kitchen.jpg China 2007 - Guizhou - Tibetan kitchen https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871ec79de4bbcf090a33f0/58a746db1b10e3bd25b09b68/1487364051511/2007qinghai-tibetan+tent+with+altar.jpg China 2007 - Guizhou, Zekog - tent with altar https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871ec79de4bbcf090a33f0/58a4b392f5e231adba1f5f4b/1487413980713/2007xinjiang-tent+with+flower+rug.jpg China 2007 - Xinjiang, Illy Valley - tent with flower rug https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871ec79de4bbcf090a33f0/58a4b2c56b8f5b0cc48aa8d3/1487364136164/2007xinjiang-truckstop.jpg China 2007 - Xinjiang, Mazar - Truckstop https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871ec79de4bbcf090a33f0/58a4b2df6b8f5b0cc48aaa44/1487413815382/2007xinjiang-lightbeam.jpg China 2007 - Xinjiang, Karaköl - light beam https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871ec79de4bbcf090a33f0/58a4b2ff6b8f5b0cc48aad08/1487413858020/2007xinjiang-sewing+machine.jpg China 2007 - Xinjiang, Karaköl - sewing machine https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871ec79de4bbcf090a33f0/58a4b3b7f5e231adba1f61bf/1487413581272/2007xinjiang-desert+kitchen.jpg China 2007 - Xinjiang, Tonguzzbasti - desert kitchen https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871ec79de4bbcf090a33f0/58a4b34cf5e231adba1f5a97/1487364256925/2007xinjiang-birdcages.jpg China 2007 - Xinjiang, Kashgar - bird cage https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871ec79de4bbcf090a33f0/58a4b36ef5e231adba1f5cae/1487413932740/2007xinjiang-Kazakh%27+tent.jpg China 2007 - Xinjiang, Lake Sayram - bread on the floor https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58871ec79de4bbcf090a33f0/58a4b31d6b8f5b0cc48aaf14/1487413910612/2007xinjiang-cloth+over+door.jpg China 2007 - Xinjiang, Kargilik - cloth over door https://www.mapdemaar.com/walking-through-time-color-bw daily 0.75 2017-02-14 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58a3162215d5dbaa30dc5635/1487083046493/bw2013-zwshitempel11.jpg Walking through time b/w https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882041e5b6cd270ea55d7/58a3173f1b631b6ef6fe0c95/1487085794205/bw2013-zwshitempel11.jpg Walking through time b/w - Shikoku pelgrimage, near temple 11. Japan, Shikoku, 2013 Henro (pelgrims) have been walking clockwise around Shikoku for over 1000 years, following in the footsteps of the great Buddhist saint Kobo Daishi (774-835). Kobo Daishi achieved enlightenment on Shikoku, the island of his birth, and by following in his path, a millennium of pilgrims have hoped to do the same. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882041e5b6cd270ea55d7/58a31791cd0f68d988b75d79/1487086193106/bw2013-zwshitempel1501.jpg Walking through time b/w - Shikoku Pelgrimage, near temple 12. Japan, Shikoku, 2013 I was inspired to walk parts of the pilgrimage by the book of Takamure Itsue, a young Japanese girl that walked the whole pelgrimage in 1918. I often thought of her as I climbed the steep and often slippery hills on my mountain booth, while she had walked there on bare feet or at best on handwoven straw sandals, that only lasted for 2 or 3 days. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882041e5b6cd270ea55d7/58a317aacd0f68d988b75ec4/1487084038745/bw2013-zwshitempel1212.jpg Walking through time b/w - Shikoku Pelgrimage, near temple 15. Japan, Shikoku, 2013. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882041e5b6cd270ea55d7/58a317becd0f68d988b75fc8/1487084096899/bw2013-zwshitempel2102.jpg Walking through time b/w - Shikoku Pelgrimage, near temple 21. Japan, Shikoku, 2013 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882041e5b6cd270ea55d7/58a317d9cd0f68d988b76109/1487084159024/bw2013-zwshimuroto02.jpg Walking through time b/w - Shikoku Pelgrimage, Cape Muroto. Japan, Shikoku, 2013. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882041e5b6cd270ea55d7/58a317e9cd0f68d988b7619d/1487084253429/bw2015-zwiriojungle02.jpg Walking through time b/w - Fanpalms. Japan, Iriomoto, 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882041e5b6cd270ea55d7/58a317fdcd0f68d988b76269/1487084421928/bw2015-zwiriojungle16.jpg Walking through time b/w - Covered space. Japan, Iriomoto, 2015. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882041e5b6cd270ea55d7/58a31816cd0f68d988b7633b/1487084472856/bw2015-zwyakban01.jpg Walking through time b/w - Banyan tree. Japan, Iriomoto, 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882041e5b6cd270ea55d7/58a31828cd0f68d988b763fd/1487085238776/bw2015-zwyakrain08.jpg Walking through time b/w - Hollow tree, Kasugawa Trail. Japan, Yakushima,2015 During the feudal clan period, the Shimazu clan ordered islands people to manufacture shingles (hiragi), which were then collected as tax. This trail was then used to carry out these shingles.The trail has maintained its original form from when it was built some 300-400 years ago. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882041e5b6cd270ea55d7/58a3183acd0f68d988b76492/1487084895539/bw2015-zwyakrain14.jpg Walking through time b/w - Covered footpath, Kusugawa Trail. Japan, Yakushima, 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882041e5b6cd270ea55d7/58a31853cd0f68d988b765be/1487084959468/bw2015-zwyakrain27.jpg Walking through time b/w - Fallen tree, Kusugawa trail. Japan, Yakushima, 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882041e5b6cd270ea55d7/58a31887cd0f68d988b767db/1487085013688/bw2015-zwyakrain34.jpg Walking through time b/w - Rainforest, Kusugawa trail. Japan, Yakushima, 2015 https://www.mapdemaar.com/shine daily 0.75 2017-02-24 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b060861e5b6cfb033628f7/1487415800040/ monasteries - Sichuan, Chaktreng - Nobusanpili Tibetan Monasteries in East Tibet – part of the Chinese provinces Yunnan and Sichuan. These monasteries are the home of thousands of young people. Not being a Buhddist, I concentrated on the non religious spaces in the monasteries or at times when no services were going on https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882199f7456131b08c6e7/58a5b4cdf7e0ab543ec3f2b3/1487415800040/2010klooster+nobusanpili.jpg monasteries - Sichuan, Chaktreng - Nobusanpili Tibetan Monasteries in East Tibet – part of the Chinese provinces Yunnan and Sichuan. These monasteries are the home of thousands of young people. Not being a Buhddist, I concentrated on the non religious spaces in the monasteries or at times when no services were going on https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882199f7456131b08c6e7/58a5b4f7f7e0ab543ec3f4fb/1487416684993/2010klooster+So+Nan+Jian+Cu.jpg monasteries - Sichuan, Litang - Nan Jian Cu https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882199f7456131b08c6e7/58a5b5fa46c3c4b348c3bb1c/1487416286291/2010klooster+qu+ni3.jpg monasteries - Sichuan, Batang - Qu Ni https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882199f7456131b08c6e7/58a5b59a1b631ba87b521abd/1487416096054/2010klooster+puji+si3.jpg monasteries - Yunnan, Lijiang - Puji Si https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882199f7456131b08c6e7/58a5b5c71b631ba87b521c4c/1487416583796/2010klooster+ga+te+le+tempel.jpg monasteries - Sichuan, Kandze - Ga Te Le https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882199f7456131b08c6e7/58a5b67037c58180fd3147c2/1487416466866/2010klooster+ya+wo.jpg monasteries - Sichuan, Xinlong - Ya Wo https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882199f7456131b08c6e7/58a5b52bf7e0ab543ec3f6cc/1487416426454/2010klooster+Da+Mo.jpg monasteries - Yunnan, Tacheng - Da Mo https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882199f7456131b08c6e7/58a5b5751b631ba87b52187d/1487415737951/2010klooster+Ha+Mu.jpg monasteries - Sichuan, Litang - Ha Mu https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882199f7456131b08c6e7/58a5b63b9f7456f0cbeb5bc7/1487416647570/2010klooster+jian-cu4.jpg monasteries - Sichuan, Litang - Nan Jian Cu https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882199f7456131b08c6e7/58a5b6189f7456f0cbeb5a17/1487416734032/2010klooster+gen+qin.jpg monasteries - Sichuan, Derge - Gen Qin https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882199f7456131b08c6e7/58a5b6aac534a5ce68b2c29d/1487416797580/2010klooster+yi+jin+tan.jpg monasteries - Sichuan, Derge - Yi Jin Tan https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882199f7456131b08c6e7/58a5b6ccc534a5ce68b2c3f6/1487416175239/2010klooster+zomugun.jpg monasteries - Yunnan, Bensilan - Zomugun nun's monastery https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882199f7456131b08c6e7/58a5b6ecc534a5ce68b2c56a/1487416528077/2010kloster+jia+ro.jpg monasteries - Sichuan, Maniganggo - Jia Ro https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882199f7456131b08c6e7/58a5b716c534a5ce68b2c730/1487416832699/2010klooster+Ya+Dui+2010.jpg monasteries - Sichuan, Litang - Ya Dui https://www.mapdemaar.com/doma daily 0.75 2017-02-17 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58a75c7db3db2bfa5ddcfc25/1487328282617/ Japan 2006 - Aomori, A warm welcome.   When a Japanese person opens his house for you, he/she also opens her heart and gives you all the assistance you need. Many times it was overwhelming. Over many cups of green tea we had long “conversations” without being able to speak a word.     https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58988246579fb31dfbc7dd29/58a6066abe659445700b767b/1487328282617/j.welcome.jpg Japan 2006 - Aomori, A warm welcome.   When a Japanese person opens his house for you, he/she also opens her heart and gives you all the assistance you need. Many times it was overwhelming. Over many cups of green tea we had long “conversations” without being able to speak a word.     https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58988246579fb31dfbc7dd29/58a60695be659445700b7962/1487362750322/j.weduwe.jpg Japan 2006 - Kyoto - the widow https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58988246579fb31dfbc7dd29/58a606b6be659445700b7bc8/1487362775142/j.zwart+interieur.jpg Japan 2006 - Aomori - black interior https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58988246579fb31dfbc7dd29/58a606d9be659445700b7e3f/1487362799702/j.so%27s+brother.jpg Japan 2006 - Tanegashima - So's brother https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58988246579fb31dfbc7dd29/58a606f6be659445700b8026/1487362838820/j.strijkplank.jpg Japan 2006 - Aomori - ironing board https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58988246579fb31dfbc7dd29/58a60714be659445700b821d/1487362869809/j.poppenhuis.jpg Japan 2006 - Aomori - the doll's house https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58988246579fb31dfbc7dd29/58a60739be659445700b84e2/1487362903156/j.videoroom.jpg Japan 2006 - Aomori - video room https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58988246579fb31dfbc7dd29/58a6075ebe659445700b87ba/1487362922018/j.the+kiss.jpg Japan 2006 - Aomori - the kiss https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58988246579fb31dfbc7dd29/58a6077cbe659445700b89c4/1487362946415/j.petjes.jpg Japan 2006 - Tanegashima - caps https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58988246579fb31dfbc7dd29/58a607a9be659445700b8d05/1487363021097/j.ray+charles.jpg Japan 2006 - Hakata - Ray Charles https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58988246579fb31dfbc7dd29/58a607c9be659445700b8f5c/1487363044787/j.papaplui.jpg Japan 2006 - Aomori - umbrella https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58988246579fb31dfbc7dd29/58a607e4be659445700b9114/1487363067644/j.grootvader.jpg Japan 2006 - Kyoto - grandfather https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58988246579fb31dfbc7dd29/58a607ffbe659445700b92e6/1487363137746/j.dogparade.jpg Japan 2006 - Osaka - the dogs https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58988246579fb31dfbc7dd29/58a6082ebe659445700b9633/1487363158664/j.captain%27s+table.jpg Japan 2006 - Tanegashima - captain's table https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58988246579fb31dfbc7dd29/58a60851be659445700b989c/1487363181048/j.buurman.jpg Japan 2006 - Osaka - the neighbor https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58988246579fb31dfbc7dd29/58a6086ebe659445700b9a9f/1487363197707/j.badkamer.jpg Japan 2006 - Hakata - bathroom https://www.mapdemaar.com/hyva-tasson-olla-neien daily 0.75 2017-02-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58a84388e6f2e14f19520be9/1487421738953/ Karelia 2003-2004 - Jyskyjärvi, Gelvi. My first interiors from the cradle of the Finnish culture. For these women their destiny was written by the minute the Finnish-Russian war ended in 1944. Had some of these houses been 10 minutes further to the west, their future would have been so very different. For pictures from these series I received in New York the Lucie Award for the New Discovery 2004 and several other prizes. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882598419c2c357d5e900/58a5fcba37c58153e1c871e7/1487421738953/k.jysky-gelvi.jpg Karelia 2003-2004 - Jyskyjärvi, Gelvi. My first interiors from the cradle of the Finnish culture. For these women their destiny was written by the minute the Finnish-Russian war ended in 1944. Had some of these houses been 10 minutes further to the west, their future would have been so very different. For pictures from these series I received in New York the Lucie Award for the New Discovery 2004 and several other prizes. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882598419c2c357d5e900/58a5fcdb37c58153e1c87425/1487421725765/k.jysky-veera-foto.jpg Karelia 2003-2004 - Jyskyjarvi - Veera https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882598419c2c357d5e900/58a5fd4ecd0f6845be5b288b/1487421774354/k.jyskyjarvi-keuken.jpg Karelia 2003-2004 - Jyskyjärvi - Mirja https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882598419c2c357d5e900/58a5fd73cd0f6845be5b2aad/1487421875775/k.jyvoas-hondje.jpg Karelia 2003-2004 - Jyväoslähti - dog https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882598419c2c357d5e900/58a5fd99cd0f6845be5b2d9c/1487421945027/k.jyvoas-panther.jpg Karelia 2003-2004 - Jyväoslähti - panther https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882598419c2c357d5e900/58a5fdc0cd0f6845be5b308c/1487421978295/k.paana-anni-bed.jpg Karelia 2003-2004 - Paanajärvi - Anni https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882598419c2c357d5e900/58a5fde9cd0f6845be5b3a49/1487422006484/k.paana-anni-jongens.jpg Karelia 2003-2004 - Paanajärvi - the boys https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882598419c2c357d5e900/58a5fe0acd0f6845be5b3f20/1487422053606/k.paana-museum-dassen.jpg Karelia 2003-2004 - Paanajärvi - Marie (ties) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882598419c2c357d5e900/58a5fe31cd0f6845be5b41a5/1487422098601/k.paana-palaga-kerst.jpg Karelia 2003-2004 - Paanajärvi - Palaga's bed https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882598419c2c357d5e900/58a5fe55cd0f6845be5b442f/1487422132475/k.paana-palaga-keuken.jpg Karelia 2003-2004 - Paanajärvi - the stove https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882598419c2c357d5e900/58a5fe76cd0f6845be5b46ad/1487422158826/k.paana-palaga-peertje.jpg Karelia 2003-2004 - Paanajärvi - lightbulb https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882598419c2c357d5e900/58a5fe9dcd0f6845be5b498f/1487422221574/k.pirrti-tafel-print.jpg Karelia 2003-2004 - Pirttilahti - table https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882598419c2c357d5e900/58a5fecdcd0f6845be5b4dad/1487422251870/k.tallonjoki.jpg Karelia 2003-2004 - Tollonjoki - Wanja https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882598419c2c357d5e900/58a5fee9cd0f6845be5b4fef/1487422294932/k.uhtua-veera-kerst.jpg Karelia 2003-2004 - Uhtua - Veera https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882598419c2c357d5e900/58a5ff0bcd0f6845be5b5277/1487422344847/k.vieljarvi-large+picture.jpg Karelia 2003-2004 - Vieljärvi - Marie https://www.mapdemaar.com/nest daily 0.75 2017-02-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58a8409aff7c50f538d8bd7e/1487421031432/ Netherlands 2004 - Amsterdam - Puck The pictures in this series were taken in a care home for the elderly in Amsterdam. First when I finished this series I realized that it had turned into a history of Dutch home-decoration over the last 50 years. Many small items were also in the home of my parents, just as in my own homes over the years.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898826fbe6594a51d202d8c/58a620841b631bcc2e400522/1487421031432/nl.Amsterdam%2C+puck+2004.jpg Netherlands 2004 - Amsterdam - Puck The pictures in this series were taken in a care home for the elderly in Amsterdam. First when I finished this series I realized that it had turned into a history of Dutch home-decoration over the last 50 years. Many small items were also in the home of my parents, just as in my own homes over the years.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898826fbe6594a51d202d8c/58a620a61b631bcc2e400746/1487420993111/nl.56+Amsterdam%2C+Netherlands+2004.jpg Netherlands 2004 - Amsterdam - Else https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898826fbe6594a51d202d8c/58a620c01b631bcc2e400900/1487421071775/nl.Amsterdam%2C++2004.jpg Netherlands 2004 - Amsterdam - Lizzy https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898826fbe6594a51d202d8c/58a620f31b631bcc2e400bfa/1487421008657/nl.Amsterdam%2C+Netherlands+2004.jpg Netherlands 2004 - Amsterdam - Jenny https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898826fbe6594a51d202d8c/58a6210d1b631bcc2e400e05/1487421134464/nl.atie-87.jpg Netherlands 2004 - Amsterdam - Atie https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898826fbe6594a51d202d8c/58a6213c46c3c496c7cfd89b/1487421187394/nl.dientje-87.jpg Netherlands 2004 - Amsterdam - Lizzy and dog https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898826fbe6594a51d202d8c/58a62155cd0f6858b9559853/1487421212875/nl.el-81.jpg Netherlands 2004 - Amsterdam - El https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898826fbe6594a51d202d8c/58a62176cd0f6858b9559a93/1487421594327/nl.elsie-94.jpg Netherlands 2004 - Amsterdam - Elsie https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898826fbe6594a51d202d8c/58a62191cd0f6858b9559c16/1487421468846/nl.gesina.jpg Netherlands 2004 - Amsterdam - Gesina https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898826fbe6594a51d202d8c/58a621afcd0f6858b9559e6c/1487421345560/nl.katrien-90.jpg Netherlands 2004 - Amsterdam - Katrien https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898826fbe6594a51d202d8c/58a621cdcd0f6858b955a11a/1487421328903/nl.sienie-82.jpg Netherlands 2004 - Amsterdam - Sienie https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898826fbe6594a51d202d8c/58a621edcd0f6858b955a377/1487421387323/nl.tonnynieuw-91.jpg Netherlands 2004 - Amsterdam - Tonny https://www.mapdemaar.com/timeout daily 0.75 2017-02-17 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58a6d88a9de4bb34adc7c89d/1487329062463/ silent spaces 2002-2004 - Venray, living room. The structure of these buildings may still be sound, but the inside is considered "economically worn out". They are waiting for total renovation or else demolition is their destiny.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898827759cc68bf046e2a7d/58a61f5b1b631bcc2e3fefe0/1487329062463/to.huiskamer.jpg silent spaces 2002-2004 - Venray, living room. The structure of these buildings may still be sound, but the inside is considered "economically worn out". They are waiting for total renovation or else demolition is their destiny.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898827759cc68bf046e2a7d/58a61f811b631bcc2e3ff236/1487329127879/to.zustergang.jpg silent spaces 2002-2004 - Venray, corridor. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898827759cc68bf046e2a7d/58a61fa21b631bcc2e3ff4c3/1487329165879/to.zijkamer-zon.jpg silent spaces 2002-2004 - Venray, activity room. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898827759cc68bf046e2a7d/58a61fc31b631bcc2e3ff73f/1487329187083/to.mortuarium-normaal.jpg silent spaces 2002-2004 - Venray, mortuarium https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898827759cc68bf046e2a7d/58a6201d1b631bcc2e3ffd68/1487329276894/to.babypander-boven-gestr.jpg silent spaces 2002-2004 - Groningen, baby shop. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898827759cc68bf046e2a7d/58a61feb1b631bcc2e3ff994/1487329418073/to.lintula-kachel-behang.jpg silent spaces 2002-2004 - Linnunlahti, guestroom. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898827759cc68bf046e2a7d/58a620371b631bcc2e400048/1487329355968/to.linnun-zaal+lamp.jpg silent spaces 2002-2004 - Joensuu, loghouse. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898827759cc68bf046e2a7d/58a620521b631bcc2e4001f8/1487329376233/to.linnun-veranda.jpg silent spaces 2002-2004 - Joensuu, veranda. https://www.mapdemaar.com/observations daily 0.75 2017-02-26 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b2989a579fb3b2016b9cd4/1488039985702/ signs and senses - Amsterdam - Hazenstraat https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882942e69cfe932a0bc47/58b09c4886e6c0c943cc5913/1488039985702/air.jpg signs and senses - Amsterdam - Hazenstraat https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882942e69cfe932a0bc47/58b09cba86e6c0c943cc6212/1488040172929/bud.straat.jpg signs and senses - Gansu - Xiahe https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882942e69cfe932a0bc47/58b09ccd86e6c0c943cc6377/1488040225605/benen.jpg signs and senses - Amsterdam - Zuidas https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882942e69cfe932a0bc47/58b09ceb86e6c0c943cc6644/1488040249838/bastille.jpg signs and senses - Paris - Bastille https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882942e69cfe932a0bc47/58b0afe4e6f2e1db5df64114/1488040377994/lekken.jpg signs and senses - Paris - Le Marais https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882942e69cfe932a0bc47/58b0afbee6f2e1db5df63f11/1488040430900/schrift+op+trap.jpg signs and senses - Paris - Musée Cognacq-Jay https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882942e69cfe932a0bc47/58b09d92d1758e013283ca33/1488040459153/lichtvalvloer.jpg signs and senses - Bunnik - Amelisweerd https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882942e69cfe932a0bc47/58b09e4a46c3c4cbc110043d/1488040477288/verkeersstrepen.jpg signs and senses - Amsterdam - Zuidas https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882942e69cfe932a0bc47/58b09e6046c3c4cbc110058c/1488040519580/verkeerslicht+ny+l.i..jpg signs and senses - New York - Lower Eastside https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882942e69cfe932a0bc47/58b0afd3e6f2e1db5df64000/1488040495075/oversteekplaats.jpg signs and senses - Amsterdam - Zuidas https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882942e69cfe932a0bc47/58b09defd1758e013283cfc6/1488040550454/rooddoel.jpg signs and senses - Amsterdam - Beatrixpark https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882942e69cfe932a0bc47/58b0af97e6f2e1db5df63d1f/1488040612315/vijf+in+rood.jpg signs and senses - Amsterdam - Westerpark https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882942e69cfe932a0bc47/58b09e2746c3c4cbc11001c2/1488040572325/rode+stip.jpg signs and senses - Amsterdam - Zuidas https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882942e69cfe932a0bc47/58b1ec4229687f881c7132d6/1488055409363/signs+28-7-2015.jpg signs and senses - Berlin - Moabit https://www.mapdemaar.com/the-cornor-of-my-eye daily 0.75 2017-03-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58dace2db3db2b38d46aa1d6/1487953821693/ the corner of my eye - January 24th, 2017 Snapshots from my apartment. Something my eye falls on over breakfast, occasionally over a drink at night. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58af09e93a0411e385bfca49/1487953821693/balcon+mist.jpg the corner of my eye - January 24th, 2017 Snapshots from my apartment. Something my eye falls on over breakfast, occasionally over a drink at night. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58af0a513a0411e385bfd11e/1487950298219/deuropening.jpg the corner of my eye - September 1st, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58af0a633a0411e385bfd231/1487952116634/gootsteen.jpg the corner of my eye - August 24th, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58af0a303a0411e385bfcf59/1487950324484/contacten+schaduw.jpg the corner of my eye - November 11th, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58af0a9d3a0411e385bfd548/1487950197020/schaduw+bloemen.jpg the corner of my eye - September 4th, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58b1ec0129687f881c713013/1488055502239/corner+31-10-15b.jpg the corner of my eye - October 31st - 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58af0acb9de4bb6c70662b62/1487950270216/lichtvlekken+vloer.jpg the corner of my eye - July 24th, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58af0afc9de4bb6c70662e7b/1487950143112/stoel+avond+onscherp.jpg the corner of my eye - August 19th, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58af0b40bebafb36466c1275/1487950167063/kopje+avond.jpg the corner of my eye - August 19th, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58af0bb3bf629a82a10b1c71/1487950098472/foto%27s+vloer.jpg the corner of my eye - October 10th, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58af0b2abebafb36466c1140/1487950074269/stoel+tv.jpg the corner of my eye - October 24th, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58af0c169de4bb6c70663f4a/1487950044970/schaduw+schilderij.jpg the corner of my eye - November 8th, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58af0bdcbf629a82a10b1fbf/1487950000954/beeldscherm.jpg the corner of my eye - January 6th, 2017 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58af0ba3bf629a82a10b1b9b/1487949487083/fiigrain+regen.jpg the corner of my eye - November 6th, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58af0c715016e19bc90c94a9/1487949519634/wol.jpg the corner of my eye - January 26th, 2017 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58af0c4b5016e19bc90c9268/1487949586578/stoel+weerspiegeling.jpg the corner of my eye - July 23rd, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58b0547503596ed46ddd7a4d/1487951118361/oct24.jpg the corner of my eye - October 10th, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58af0c615016e19bc90c93d6/1487949554707/theeglas.jpg the corner of my eye - September 6th, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58b05998893fc055362dfe21/1487953090666/kopje.jpg the corner of my eye - August 22nd, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58b04a6ebebafbef7618938c/1487952184303/rio.jpg the corner of my eye - August 16th, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58af0ea05016e19bc90cb662/1487949639934/wol+en+man.jpg the corner of my eye - February 13th, 2017 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58b04a7fbebafbef76189508/1487952211248/zwart-wit.jpg the corner of my eye - August 15th, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58b049d046c3c46b1c39479d/1487949686211/rolgordijne+vierkantje.jpg the corner of my eye - February 15th, 2017 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58b04a94bebafbef76189679/1487952237557/ondertafel.jpg the corner of my eye - May 1st, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58dacd4086e6c0faa8ec10bd/1490734495157/schaduwbankje26-3-17.jpg the corner of my eye - March 26th, 2017 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58b054bd6a4963d61dabb865/1487951199534/nov11.jpg the corner of my eye - November 11th, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58b04a5abebafbef76189259/1487952160463/schaduw-plastic-keuken.jpg the corner of my eye - August 23rd, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58b1ee1be4fcb522157ad506/1488055906394/25-2-2017.jpg the corner of my eye - February 25th - 2017 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58daccd786e6c0faa8ec08fb/1490734512617/crocussen21-3-17.jpg the corner of my eye - March 21 st, 2017 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58dacc7abf629a6b605ed2f0/1490734463317/balconrand22-3-17.jpg the corner of my eye - March 22nd. 2017 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58b054ad6a4963d61dabb75c/1487951161153/oct10.jpg the corner of my eye - October 10th, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58b059b0893fc055362dffaf/1487952455996/mmei3.jpg the corner of my eye - May 3rd, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58af0c8c5016e19bc90c963a/1487949671234/mist.jpg the corner of my eye - January 24th, 2017 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882a146c3c4ce3446e363/58dacd0e86e6c0faa8ec0d8d/1490734485207/gordijn+24-3-17.jpg the corner of my eye - March 24th, 2017 https://www.mapdemaar.com/i-see-myself-everywhere daily 0.75 2017-02-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b29a28893fc0dc7cb74c8c/1488034808385/ I see myself everywhere - Berlin - Spandauer Vorstadt Women over 50 go unnoticed? I see myself everywhere. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58a71cead2b857d23a533886/1488034808385/plastic.jpg I see myself everywhere - Berlin - Spandauer Vorstadt Women over 50 go unnoticed? I see myself everywhere. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58b1e927f7e0ab0baa023e58/1488054734169/see+1-8-2015m.jpg I see myself everywhere - Berlin - Mitte https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58a722819de4bb34adca81ec/1488036449764/deus+ex+machina.jpg I see myself everywhere - Tokyo - Ueno https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58a71d3d3a04110ca9cfb7b0/1488035277448/we.jpg I see myself everywhere - Amsterdam - Nieuwe Zijsvoorburgwal https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58a722999de4bb34adca8330/1488035908004/high+heels.jpg I see myself everywhere - Armenia -Jerevan https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58a7405c37c581310175435f/1488036255032/red+cushion.jpg I see myself everywhere - Amsterdam - Zuideramstel https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58a722b29de4bb34adca84b6/1488099835893/tokyo.jpg I see myself everywhere - Tokyo - Ginza https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58b09e9946c3c4cbc11008f1/1488036906950/see+myself+-houston.jpg I see myself everywhere - Ishigaki - Tonoshiro https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58b1e90ef7e0ab0baa023d54/1488054708800/see+1-8-2015f.jpg I see myself everywhere - Berlin - Mitte https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58b1fac9414fb5caa4de0c00/1488059305213/see+11-09-2015.jpg I see myself everywhere - Amsterdam - Canal zone https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58a7409e37c58131017546f2/1488047740864/black+lace.jpg I see myself everywhere - Amsterdam - canal zone https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58a71d563a04110ca9cfb8e5/1488038578666/zwarte+shawl.jpg I see myself everywhere - Amsterdam - Kalverstraat https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58a71d243a04110ca9cfb663/1488099802356/hand.jpg I see myself everywhere - Amsterdam - Nieuwe Zijdsvoorburgwal https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58a740cf37c5813101754987/1488035230699/boy.jpg I see myself everywhere - Amsterdam - Nieuwe Zijdsvoorburgwal https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58a7414037c5813101755106/1488035976814/motor+helmet.jpg I see myself everywhere - Armenia -Jerevan https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58a7410537c5813101754d75/1488035715779/family.jpg I see myself everywhere - Armenia - Goris https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58a7412037c5813101754efe/1488036079434/candels.jpg I see myself everywhere - Armenia - Jerevan https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58b1f2b2c534a56dc36fd52c/1488057307116/see+neukolln.jpg I see myself everywhere - Berlin - Neukölln https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58b1f2cfc534a56dc36fd67b/1488057327263/see+neukollnb.jpg I see myself everywhere - Berlin - Neukölln https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58b1e2a0a5790a958ba22956/1488052956990/see+30-7-15.jpg I see myself everywhere - Berlin - Friedrichshain https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58b1f2dfc534a56dc36fd718/1488057350100/see+neukolnd.jpg I see myself everywhere - Berlin - Neukölln https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58b1fa9c414fb5caa4de0a4b/1488059297027/see+11-9-2015.jpg I see myself everywhere - Amsterdam - Kalverstraat https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58b1fb50414fb5caa4de1226/1488059326569/see+29-8-2015.jpg I see myself everywhere - Amsterdam - Canal zone https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58b1fb22414fb5caa4de101a/1488059319885/see+28-92015.jpg I see myself everywhere - Amsterdam - Gelderlandplein https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/589882b5f7e0ab698b43be25/58b5a6c717bffc88382abdcd/1488299731165/schipholflowers.jpg I see myself everywhere https://www.mapdemaar.com/beijing-the-center-and-the-coast daily 0.75 2017-02-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58a8246a8419c2e78d68035a/1487088149985/ China 2009 - The German house entrance. Your private home is like a third skin. If that skin is hurting, it seeps down through all layers. In all these interiors - how frugal the life may have been - the house felt warm and welcome. It is that immaterial wealth, that I tried to captured in these images.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898a2ef414fb5309fd4dde9/58a3298f86e6c0b296a255dc/1487088149985/Beijing-German+House+entrance.jpg China 2009 - The German house entrance. Your private home is like a third skin. If that skin is hurting, it seeps down through all layers. In all these interiors - how frugal the life may have been - the house felt warm and welcome. It is that immaterial wealth, that I tried to captured in these images.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898a2ef414fb5309fd4dde9/58a32c92ebbd1a3e2024c9c6/1487414169764/2009-yucuo.trap.jpg China 2009 - Fujian, Dehua - wooden staircase https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898a2ef414fb5309fd4dde9/58a32cadebbd1a3e2024cc10/1487414229102/2009.shuyang.grandfather.jpg China 2009 - Fujian, Yongding grandfather https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898a2ef414fb5309fd4dde9/58a32ce7ebbd1a3e2024d10d/1487414378418/2009-shangfen.delicious2.jpg China 2009 - Fujian, Yongding - delicious https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898a2ef414fb5309fd4dde9/58a337c16b8f5b1dfe1f6cdd/1487414109569/2009-guangtuo.jongemao.jpg China 2009 - Fujian, Zhixi - young Mao https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5898a2ef414fb5309fd4dde9/58a337e86b8f5b1dfe1f6f81/1487414327342/2009.zixhi.bluebasket.jpg China 2009 - 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Mickey Mouse https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58a6cabbebbd1a0f52b4ef42/58a74a6bd2b85712aed5e621/1487364802248/2008im-tablecloth.jpg China 2008 - Inner Mongolia, Hailar - table cloth https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58a6cabbebbd1a0f52b4ef42/58a74a85d2b85712aed5e75e/1487364858174/2008im-tipi.jpg China 2008 - Inner Mongolia, Arshan - tipi https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58a6cabbebbd1a0f52b4ef42/58a74aa6d2b85712aed5e99d/1487364941623/2008Yunnan-BlackCat.jpg China 2008 - Yunnan, Mengla - black cat https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58a6cabbebbd1a0f52b4ef42/58a74ac2d2b85712aed5eb14/1487365098254/2008Yunnan-BlackKitchen.jpg China 2008 - Yunnan, Binchuan - dark kitchen https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58a6cabbebbd1a0f52b4ef42/58a74ae0d2b85712aed5ecfe/1487413126565/2008Yunnan-BlackLoft.jpg China 2008 - Yunnan, Heqin - dark loft. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58a6cabbebbd1a0f52b4ef42/58a74b08d2b85712aed5ef41/1487413203530/2008Yunnan-YellowWindow.jpg China 2008 - 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Images that don't fit into any of the series, but are just too good to kill. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58b1e005e4fcb522157a3579/58b1e030d1758e01328e5507/1488060186046/dar+17-10-15.jpg global darlings - Armenia, Goris - October 17th 2015 Every photographer has images, that stand out from the others. Images that don't fit into any of the series, but are just too good to kill. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58b1e005e4fcb522157a3579/58b1e049d1758e01328e5619/1488058946570/dar+14-10-15.jpg global darlings - Armenia, Goris - October 14th, 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58b1e005e4fcb522157a3579/58b1e05bd1758e01328e5700/1488052803351/dar+8-9-15.jpg global darlings - Amsterdam - September 30th 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58b1e005e4fcb522157a3579/58b1e06fd1758e01328e580c/1488052556258/dar+10-6-15.jpg global darlings - Amsterdam - June 10th 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58b1e005e4fcb522157a3579/58b1e080d1758e01328e5919/1488052601888/dar+30-7-15.jpg global darlings - Berlin - July 22nd 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58b1e005e4fcb522157a3579/58b1e08ed1758e01328e59e6/1488052831610/dar+22-11-15.jpg global darlings - Japan - November 22nd 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58b1e005e4fcb522157a3579/58b1f985579fb3b2016684fe/1488058912196/dar+-armenia+goris+15-10.jpg global darlings - Armenia, Goris - October 30th 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58b1e005e4fcb522157a3579/58b1f9ca8419c27c6714d6e3/1488058866311/dar+22-7-15.jpg global darlings - Berlin - July 22nd 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58b1e005e4fcb522157a3579/58b5a7215016e1f1d41c0cc6/1488299931313/ish-krukken.jpg global darlings - Japan, Ishigaki - November 22nd 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58b1e005e4fcb522157a3579/58b5a7ad3a0411385471b39a/1488299996639/jerevanvrouwen.jpg global darlings - Armenia, Jerevan - October 19th 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58b1e005e4fcb522157a3579/58b5a859440243640319622f/1488300157363/dar-ny-man+schedel.jpg global darlings - New York https://www.mapdemaar.com/urban-poetry daily 0.75 2017-03-29 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58dba2fac534a5fcb3fd2acf/1490732439440/ Urban Poetry - Amsterdam-Zuidas, Baker&McKenzie, Claude Debussylaan. Amsterdam-Zuidas, the new cosmopolitan commercial and living district. Either you love it or you hate, opinions differ widely. I choose to live here. This is how it looks through my pinhole camera's. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58d8df0d440243314dcce400/58d8dfc2d2b857f33fc21804/1490732439440/zuidasstraat.jpg Urban Poetry - Amsterdam-Zuidas, Baker&McKenzie, Claude Debussylaan. Amsterdam-Zuidas, the new cosmopolitan commercial and living district. Either you love it or you hate, opinions differ widely. I choose to live here. This is how it looks through my pinhole camera's. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58d8df0d440243314dcce400/58d8dfded2b857f33fc218d3/1490789114507/zuidasitho.jpg Urban Poetry - Amsterdam-Zuidas, Vinoly and Ito, Mahlerplein. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58d8df0d440243314dcce400/58d8dfffd2b857f33fc219ac/1490731929791/zuidasmahler9000.jpg Urban Poetry - Amsterdam-Zuidas, Mahler 9000, Mahlerlaan. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58d8df0d440243314dcce400/58d8e017d2b857f33fc21a5f/1490731882715/zuidaswtc.jpg Urban Poetry - Amsterdam-Zuidas, WTC, Zuidplein. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58d8df0d440243314dcce400/58d8e02dd2b857f33fc21ae4/1490731841685/zuidasabnamro.jpg Urban Poetry - Amsterdam-Zuidas, ABNAMRO, Beethovenstraat. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/58d8df0d440243314dcce400/58d8e048d2b857f33fc21bc4/1490731783011/zuidaszonnebloem.jpg Urban Poetry - Amsterdam-Zuidas, The Edge, Mahlerlaan. https://www.mapdemaar.com/accidental-enchantment-1 daily 0.75 2018-02-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/5a79bfa1c83025531dce3a0b/1517928353542/ Accidental Enchantments Accidental Enchantments - Light that falls on aged old materials, sweeping away the dust of time. Seemingly instating them for a short moment in a new glory. That is what I was shooting during my travels through Europe. Light and time united in one image. Like the softly wavy lace curtain, all photos seem to dance. It is this love for authentic simplicity and beauty that remains the driving force behind all my photography.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59fa0e079140b79b2b57c423/1517928353542/ae-doorkijk-def.jpg Accidental Enchantments Accidental Enchantments - Light that falls on aged old materials, sweeping away the dust of time. Seemingly instating them for a short moment in a new glory. That is what I was shooting during my travels through Europe. Light and time united in one image. Like the softly wavy lace curtain, all photos seem to dance. It is this love for authentic simplicity and beauty that remains the driving force behind all my photography.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59fa0f9c419202bd812be400/1513717715462/ae-trap-raam-def.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59fadf590d9297f58622a266/1509613417590/ae-trap2reflections-nieuw-def.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59fadf76ec212d25c2c50386/1513717715461/ae-amelisweerd-vloer-def.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59fa0f1c9140b79b2b57efe2/1513717715892/ae-marriet-def-a.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59fa0d75c83025414860a88b/1513717715910/ae-77-chandelier-a.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59fa0f8d53450ae811b2da2c/1513717715880/ae-porch-bellen-def.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59fa0eaf085229bfdb427061/1513717715891/ae-gordijn+overstraald-def.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59fa0e362774d106340838c4/1513717715673/ae-fabriek-bogen3-def.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59fa0dafd6839a63d65f067b/1513717715666/ae-77-lampekap-def.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59fa0dbfe4966b8952501401/1513717715855/ae-77-organza-def.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59fa0e4de31d19decd64f48b/1513717715883/ae-fabriek-plafond-def.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59fa0f7e419202bd812bde7e/1513717716046/ae-oosterh-glas-def.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59fa0dddf9619a6f9480d5ad/1513717716063/ae-ark-hoefblad-def.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/5a397ef28165f52ed3ab9536/1513717716073/jap-rhodondendron-def.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59d8d07bd7bdcef131758c0c/1507714034984/lodz-poort-lichtbellen.jpg Accidental Enchantments - Lodz, Poland, 2017 Dreams and Memories make no pictures. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59fa0f2e64265f8c611e63a3/1513717716084/ae-raddichio-def.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/5953eebc414fb5b3ceca2f94/1507713992308/xamelisweerd-waterb.jpg Accidental Enchantments - Old Amelisweerd, Netherlands, 2016     https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59fa0dec9140b79b2b57bfe1/1517913217582/ae-dille-def.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59fa0e9a2774d106340847f0/1517913217585/ae-fluitekruid-def.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59fa0e18ec212dd897ee9187/1517913217583/ae-dubbelentree-def.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59fa0dcee4966b895250169a/1517913217584/ae-abandonned+house-def.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/5a397e964192026b13043f89/1517913217585/ae-laguna-def.jpg Accidental Enchantments https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/59541541ff7c5021d74c9896/59770d1febbd1a70471312ec/1500975035796/venetie-banken.jpg Accidental Enchantments - Riva Schiavoni. Venice, 2016 https://www.mapdemaar.com/past-prima daily 0.75 2018-09-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/5ba0c24bcd8366f6f56c6c99/1537262130171/ past prime The aesthetics of aging and decline https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5b509f98aa4a99a4f7368c7a/5b509ff12b6a2853e2d368d2/1537262130171/B1011147-def.jpg past prime The aesthetics of aging and decline https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5b509f98aa4a99a4f7368c7a/5b509fce03ce6465a20f5aea/1532010450073/B1011122-def.jpg past prime https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5b509f98aa4a99a4f7368c7a/5b509fe188251b6ef1646efd/1532010469699/B1011129-def.jpg past prime https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5b509f98aa4a99a4f7368c7a/5b50a02e70a6ad94de4c13c4/1532010547030/B1011203-def.jpg past prime https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5b509f98aa4a99a4f7368c7a/5b50a043575d1fc08bb89a5a/1537262076810/B1011360-def.jpg past prime https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5b509f98aa4a99a4f7368c7a/5b50a01bf950b763cdf4bdd6/1532010637326/B1011181-def.jpg past prime https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5b509f98aa4a99a4f7368c7a/5b50a0540e2e72f3e4d53939/1532010587202/B1011415-def.jpg past prime https://www.mapdemaar.com/the-day-the-mountain-remembered-she-was-a-vulcano daily 0.75 2019-07-19 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/5d322c8a3d3d95000107c862/1563569048180/ the day the mountain remembered she was a vulcano. - Reflection (self-portrait-1) ..……walking a thin line between the feelings of safety, vulnerability and strength . https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5d2ccd84c73906000150396a/5d3031ab7f0893000185f9ae/1563569048180/B9333305-1reflection3.jpg the day the mountain remembered she was a vulcano. - Reflection (self-portrait-1) ..……walking a thin line between the feelings of safety, vulnerability and strength . https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5d2ccd84c73906000150396a/5d322bde3c5b5f0001b2aaef/1563569258758/B9332021-eruption4.jpg the day the mountain remembered she was a vulcano. - Eruption-1 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5d2ccd84c73906000150396a/5d3030f608333c00014bd5f2/1563569240499/B9331594-1-eruption2.jpg the day the mountain remembered she was a vulcano. - Eruption-2 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5d2ccd84c73906000150396a/5d303112e0ae1b00013157c0/1563440319982/B9333459-1-eruption3.jpg the day the mountain remembered she was a vulcano. - Eruption-3 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5d2ccd84c73906000150396a/5d322c0d4535d000016d99db/1563569290973/B9332187-eruption1.jpg the day the mountain remembered she was a vulcano. - Eruption-4 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5d2ccd84c73906000150396a/5d3031476000f00001072870/1563440308343/B9332139-1-eruption5.jpg the day the mountain remembered she was a vulcano. - Eruption-5 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5d2ccd84c73906000150396a/5d30316d266b630001363fc4/1563440295243/B9333403-1reflection2.jpg the day the mountain remembered she was a vulcano. - Reflection (self-portrait-2) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/5d2ccd84c73906000150396a/5d3030adfc077d000179d289/1563441840250/B9332043-1reflection1.jpg the day the mountain remembered she was a vulcano. - Reflection (self-portrait-3) https://www.mapdemaar.com/home daily 1.0 2019-07-15 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/59fa0c3f8165f5b0102bd08c/1509559367270/ae-amelisweerd-vloer-def.jpg home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b34b1815d5dbf879ce12ce/1488145187008/2007xinjiang-Kazakh%27+tentsmal2.jpg home https://www.mapdemaar.com/contact daily 0.75 2017-02-23 https://www.mapdemaar.com/china-diary-2005 daily 0.75 2017-03-05 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b71dde20099e6457fed846/1488395753809/2005-beijing-forbidden+city.jpg China diary 2005 "Forbidden city" in the cornfield. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b71fcfe6f2e1c150e5459b/1488396270378/ China diary 2005 Sanitary building. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bad73be6f2e1592c9e119c/1488639906575/205-zhao-two+women China diary 2005 I heard them from the street these two old ladies keeping chatting and keeping themselves warm. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bac69a17bffc35905884bc/1488635579891/2005-pingyao-red+sofa China diary 2005 Hairdessers's shop. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b71d6720099e6457fecff4/1488395648887/ China diary 2005 Biljart with handicaps. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58badaeaf5e231916581f91f/1488640847482/2005-ping-mao+and+madonna China diary 2005 The house of an affluent farmer and trades man. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bac55ce4fcb597a232c9da/1488635343483/ China diary 2005 Silkscreen printing at home. For all business print work needed. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bacaf2ff7c50f6286784f8/1488636731206/2005-zhao-carpenters China diary 2005 Carpenters at work in the main courtyard. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bad83d59cc68b9695b747d/1488640213386/2005-zhao-man+in+the+street China diary 2005 The light outside is better for doing the book keeping. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b7239e15d5dbd36cd89e8a/1488634966420/2005-pingyao-sewing+on+the+kang China diary 2005 Sitting on the warm kang near the light. The grandmother is embroidering. The children will do their home work here, while other grown ups use the kang as kitchen to prepare the food. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bac230e3df28ba49715070/1488634525558/2005-beijing-vinex China diary 2005 Beijing Vinex - fashion dog and kite, the new life style. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b84a0e9de4bbe99bd5c9ec/1488472616306/ China diary 2005 Street restaurant. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b995a8b8a79b5e0168c5b9/1488557507261/ China diary 2005 Old man in his shop in Beijing centre. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bacbd1d1758e6cdb8212e7/1488636942996/ China diary 2005 Slaughtered pig brought home to be partitioned. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b6fb6be3df28700004b85e/1488387054243/2005-beijing-steenwoestijn.jpg China diary 2005 New housing blocks just outside the 3rd ring road in Beijing https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b73069e6f2e114e8429635/1488641474118/2005-zhao-man+with+pipe China diary 2005 Not everybody in Zhaoxing could reap the money from tourism. In 2005 many older people still live like this. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58babf39d482e9728b83dac8/1488633753486/my+studio+at+the+farewell+exhibition%2C+March+2005 China diary 2005 My studio - farewell exhibition, March 2005. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bac7bc6a4963d651af076d/1488635870590/2005-beijing-old+man China diary 2005 Beautiful old Mao poster. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b71f54f7e0ab0af0434b61/1488724851526/2005-beijing-redpaper-kids.jpg China diary 2005 Children in their evacuated house, soon to be demolished. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b6f8adb8a79b852d8936a9/1488386305855/A+typial+hutong+street+in+Beijing China diary 2005 A small alley in a hutong in Beijing   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b6f97b414fb5f538551596/1488386483114/ China diary 2005 Small eating place in Beijing center https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b84ad6db29d69336063f8a/1488724775738/ China diary 2005 Saving building materials. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bad4b2b8a79bbdc66e26ce/1488639184552/2005-zhao-motorbike China diary 2005 Typical Zhaoxing alley with little space for motorbikes. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b84a5adb29d6933606378f/1488472688504/ China diary 2005 Fence to keep animals out. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b72141cd0f68e934a89e55/1488558099163/young+workers+in+the+small+shoe+factory+near+Pingyao. China diary 2005 Young workers in the small shoe factory. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b71d9620099e6457fed32b/1488395713361/ China diary 2005 Candy floss. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b84aa3db29d69336063c07/1488724736914/ China diary 2005 My little emperor in his home. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b720afcd0f68e934a892f7/1488396496771/ China diary 2005 German house entrance. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bad54217bffc359058f934/1488639452392/2005-zhao%3Dbaskets China diary 2005 Main street market in Zhaoxing. Lunch is ready for the work gang. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bc243820099e5b487fb66c/1488725118936/ China diary 2005 2005 billboard for new housing estate. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b72016e6f2e1c150e54c47/1488634330605/2005-Beijing-Beijing%27s+First+Courtyard+Residency China diary 2005 Beijing's First Courtyard Residency in a more modern setting. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58badb90893fc0425597afa4/1488640944333/2005-ping-majongspelers China diary 2005 The grandfathers do not mingle in the kitchen. They have a good time with each other in the guards lodge, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b72102cd0f68e934a898a9/1488396577331/ China diary 2005 Entrance of a Chinese very affluent house. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b723df15d5dbd36cd8a385/1488635121141/2005-pingyao-kneeding+the+dough China diary 2005 Doing home work while watching TV. The TV is on the whole day. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bac09e5016e1f82f9f6fd5/1488634089990/Beigao+-+cooking+noodles China diary 2005 Beigao - cooking noodles https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bad626414fb53851211455/1488639605495/2005-zhao-naaister China diary 2005 Making the best use of the light for the daily work. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bacb7859cc68b9695b0da2/1488636860098/2005-zhao+cooking+in+the+street China diary 2005 The women prepare the food, but for cutting up the meat some men will help. Others warm themselves around the fire. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b7261d6b8f5bf480648498/1488397931763/ China diary 2005 Workers at their work- and living space in 798 - the Beijing Art District https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b7243fc534a53b3f45cd4f/1488725387572/ China diary 2005 Kitchen in the entrance in a very old house. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bad6ac59cc68b9695b673f/1488639710608/ China diary 2005 Two generations. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bac2b6b3db2b0887942777/1488634585146/2005-beijing-vangogh China diary 2005 Ikea, Van Gogh and lots of toys. The small family emperor gets very spoiled by parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles. He/she is the only child in the family. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58b5867d4402439d624cbaf2/1488291454575/Beijing-Angel.jpg China diary 2005 https://www.mapdemaar.com/china-diary-2008 daily 0.75 2017-03-14 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3f38559cc687d851f63cc/1489236895831/ China diary 2008 2008 Inner Mongolia - Red Flag Village. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3eeaecd0f68690ff3de61/1489235771534/ China diary 2008 2008 Heilongjiang - Beyan. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3f62a9f7456bf7d76a893/1489237600647/ China diary 2008 2008 Inner Mongolia - almost a Dutch painting. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3fa451e5b6c367856b32f/1489238612998/ China diary 2008 2008 Heilongjiang - we are near Hearbin, back in old China. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c816c446c3c43401f50a62/1489508253139/ China diary 2008 2008 Yunnan - pea harvest laying out to dry on a porch off the courtyard of another 'big house'. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3f08b5016e1ebfddc3f94/1489236199017/ China diary 2008 2008 Heilongjiang - This interior is more Russian than Chinese with this beautiful blue chair and the big leather sofa's. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3f9a61e5b6c367856aec1/1489238463004/ China diary 2008 2008 Inner Mongolia - tent with a bed that can be heated. We are higher up, so it can be cold in the night. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3ea37db29d6bfd8d14e76/1489234567715/ China diary 2008 2008 Heilongjiang - as there is a lot of snow here in the winter, all hay has to be stored inside. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3f5a0cd0f68690ff40598/1489237484894/ China diary 2008 2008 Inner Mongolia - a colorfull house. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3f3e046c3c4e3b224e795/1489237042537/ China diary 2008 2008 Inner Mongolia - Great Peace settlement, Gregory's house has seen better days. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3f03dff7c50ccf2216991/1489236082100/ China diary 2008 2008 Heilongjiang - around Mohe the people seem to be a little bit more affluent. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c81017e6f2e16d0cbe72f0/1489506391137/ China diary 2008 2008 Yunnan - a very basic house in a very small village near the Laos border in the county of Xishuangbanna. Here nobody talked about the Olympics. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c815a3893fc056466eda48/1489507786894/ China diary 2008 2008 Yunnan - a rice wine factory. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3f6c9e6f2e1378fbd050f/1489237773818/ China diary 2008 2008 Inner Mongolia - summer tent. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3f313bebafb01e03f5ae9/1489236809050/ China diary 2008 2008 Inner MOngolia - selling and buying sheep. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3f50a03596e9dc41e383f/1489237343687/ China diary 2008 2008 Inner Mongolia - the summer kitchen. I have seen many of these in Russian Karelia at the other side of the world. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3f7406b8f5b5e4d5554e2/1489237852638/ China diary 2008 2008 Inner Mongolia - a magnificent stag far away from home. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3f13c1b631bea2c3023b9/1489236478850/ China diary 2008 2008 Inner Mongolia - life on the Mongolian savannah. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c8191ed1758e93ff01e031/1489508788108/ China diary 2008 2008 Yunnan - on the porch you can clearly see the remnants of the old house. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3f8102994cae7ec635c5c/1489238128517/ China diary 2008 2008 Inner Mongolia - the yurt of a young, just married couple. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c81536ebbd1ac83349b756/1489507658808/ China diary 2008 2008 Yunnan - one of the courtyards in the big house. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3efe4a5790aa56a860463/1489235996148/ China diary 2008 2008 Heilongjiang - a house we visited along the road. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c81817197aeab4514bd371/1489508395812/ China diary 2008 2008 Yunnan - a small soja factory. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3f9482994cae7ec63644e/1489238403712/ China diary 2008 2008 Inner Mongolia - a tipi and a kitchen full of dirty black flies. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c812fec534a5e354fd7a69/1489507092913/ China diary 2008 2008 Yunnan - Altars for the ancestors in the loft. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3f22e6b8f5b5e4d553494/1489236583779/ China diary 2008 2008 Inner Mongolia - an old couple in front of their yurt. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c811ee9de4bb5cb7483b7a/1489506818315/ China diary 2008 Yunnan 2008 - the kitchen in the house above. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c81390cd0f68b0e77c49f5/1489507238657/ China diary 2008 Yunnan 2008 - living room/kitchen in a Lezo village. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c81272db29d6e87594bd9e/1489506948665/ China diary 2008 2008 Yunnan - a white chicken in a very black kitchen. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3f2ade4fcb5898b1c2342/1489236700843/ China diary 2008 2008 Heilongjiang - a visit from the butcher. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3f7cd725e25606fa8829b/1489238012932/ China diary 2008 2008 Inner Mongolia - a grand lady. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c8112fe3df28e446e29931/1489506629427/ China diary 2008 2008 Yunnan - an old farm. Only old people are living here on what the land has to offer. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c814566b8f5ba6ce6796b5/1489507567421/ China diary 2008 2008 Yunnan - looking at the big house from above. This once was one house. Now a number of families are living here. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c819cf3a0411f43d5b776c/1489508838151/ China diary 2008 2008 Yunnan - an altar for Mao at the loft together with the potatoes https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3ef5ab3db2b34ddf9f748/1489235912259/ China diary 2008 2008 Heilongjiang - goat herders shelter in the ruins of a house. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c3f48f1b631bea2c303b15/1489237213571/ China diary 2008 2008 Inner Mongolia - babouschka is baking real Russian blini's. https://www.mapdemaar.com/china-diary-2007 daily 0.75 2017-03-08 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bede95414fb5df906581ce/1488903923004/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - fruit merchant in Jinmuchangmuyebadul. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bf1e8fdb29d6ef0a5bbaec/1489007284843/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - woman out in her yard to oversee the baking of the bread. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bc3672414fb538512db0b0/1488729771466/ China diary 2007 2007 Qinhai - daily life on the grass lands. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bebf7e5016e1ddd040debc/1488896271061/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - Lining is in the Ili valley -a (rebellious) border region. A strong flavor of Central Asian luxury can be felt i many places. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bc3742be6594678df383f2/1488730057997/ China diary 2007 2007 Qinghai - nothing wrong with a good snuff. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bebf10bf629a847ab0b566/1488895833953/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - Yining Palm Beach Restaurant. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bf2dac17bffc3b2fc7161e/1488924133368/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - patrol station at Main Street. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bd474b3a04117b5340bd16/1488799638914/ China diary 2007 2007 Qinghai - The main road to Lhasa, Wenquan hot spring. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bf2286ff7c5007c993242d/1488921242384/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - wool is hanging to dry in the orchard. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bec7d659cc6866d229f57c/1488898063236/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - Karaoke bar in the country side. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bd8e4303596ebcd8a58b00/1488817755032/ China diary 2007 2007 Ginghai - small tent on the grasslands. The grassclad box in the back contains the dung for the fire. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bf2b99e4fcb5d05739a08a/1488923669273/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - interior of a home in the old city in Kashgar. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c06b388419c213fd585877/1489005507177/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - local market at Kuriyä. A full lane of women's delight. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bd42579de4bbb44fb9e899/1488798623445/ China diary 2007 2007 Qinghai - Zekog, friendly in daytime. In the evening we stay safe behind the locked gate of our guesthouse. Drunken Tibetan youngsters are not good company. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bedf098419c2956c20738e/1488904041365/2007-xin-familiemetkamelen.jpg China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - camel herding family at home. I got my first camel milk to drink. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bec169b8a79b7c599d8838/1488896421128/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang, Evening meal in the house of our host. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bd3de9414fb53851398745/1488797384112/ China diary 2007 2007 Qinghai - it is festival time and in many villages people are gathering on the grounds of the monastery for the traditional festivities. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bd41513e00be6887e44299/1488798215427/ China diary 2007 2007 Qinghai - the women tie the calfs to the rope. Their mothers will come soon to feed them. For the women an easy way to catch the yaks to milk them. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bd454dbebafb465e99e999/1488799339420/ China diary 2007 2007 Qinghai - midsummer on the grasslands. Small souvenirs of the hailstorm left. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bc31981b631b12e14baa42/1488728520263/ China diary 2007 The moslem Hui take care of the slaughtering. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c06ad1b3db2b6c6e7b7b44/1489005315789/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - airy kitchen in the desert. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bec21ebebafbf4b3dfd97f/1488896570314/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - around the yurt with the family. The girl left id baking bread in the traditional stove built from local stones and mud. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bf2476893fc05ff9911ddd/1488921772145/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - Kokyar grape market. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bee00759cc6866d22b83fc/1488904254407/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - a Mongolian cheese maker in his summer home. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bc320af5e23191658e4095/1488728708704/ China diary 2007 2007, Dawan - this small sideroom will be the new home for the second son .......when the family has saved enough money. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bedc5fd482e92a4344ebcb/1488903320848/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - Yurts and camels around Sayram Lake. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bd8c1cebbd1ad2e8ebe29e/1488817243987/ China diary 2007 2007 Qinghai - solar watercookers in from of a Tibetan housing block in Tongren. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c069d217bffc44f78bbc46/1489005086747/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - a home in the desert. It was very tricky to take the camera out, as there was still sand blowing everywhere. Later on it was sand only. No trees, no grass, no shadow. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bd912546c3c4c07ace263d/1488818530357/ China diary 2007 2007 Qinghai - country scene from a Tibetan village. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bf1f25414fb542366cf162/1488920473487/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - nomad women ready to leave the plateau to move to their winterhome. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bd8f44bebafb465e9d5b51/1488818161083/ China diary 2007 2007 Qinghai - road restaurant. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c06cbeebbd1af95b7954fd/1489005902113/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - grape farmer and grandfather at his home. In the back his grandson in his cradle. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bd4826d1758e6cdb9b06ee/1488799899820/ China diary 2007 2007 Qinghai - flimsy cotton tent near Mado. A sheepskin with yak butter in the back. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bd406f893fc04255aff811/1488797833772/ China diary 2007 2007-Qinghai -Nomad women at their tent. Many of the men will be deeper into the mountains with most of the yak. Solar power provides electricity for the butter separator and for the mobile phones to keep in contact with each other. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bd44e2b8a79bbdc686d827/1488799012600/ China diary 2007 2007 Qinghai - looking for shelter from the rain. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bf07bb2e69cf9dc76c1c16/1488914384748/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - Women preparing lunch in their small patio in the old centre of Kashgar. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bf2c295016e10ae1af127e/1488923714390/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - central patio in a large family house in the center of Yining. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bedf9ff7e0ab44aa9f0c49/1488904148716/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - a very warm welcome! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bd9027579fb33e05c7cf65/1488818297534/ China diary 2007 2007 Qinghai - Kambula National Park https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bf2d47bebafb56b89df43f/1488924058888/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - doing the family laundry in Kokyar. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c0673fbebafb6a6d9e511c/1489004420832/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - the Mazar onion. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bd467d1b631b12e157c332/1488799423306/ China diary 2007 2007 Qinghai - motorbike repairs on the grasslands. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bec58b46c3c478cf725092/1488897953378/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - Luo Ka Si Mi and his family. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bf2ed43a041163d8707335/1488924403750/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang -village family at breakfast. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c06912e4fcb5ea58a4aca4/1489004890987/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - Mazar guesthouse, home for the truckers. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bf2e7d59cc68cc3689f688/1488924355672/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - Buya, the welcome committee. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c0679b29687fb3baddc1a7/1489004524837/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - Mazar, two guesthouses and a truck repair place. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bf1d7cd2b8578f53fd030e/1488920046309/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - the Karaköl Plateau https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bd908b86e6c0c5a71a2834/1488818413463/ China diary 2007 2007 Qinghai - second bend in the Yellow River https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bc30c0197aeaa5d10fe8c0/1488728449380/ China diary 2007 I2007 - in He Shang Pu the whole village at work to bring the harvest in. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bc38a9b8a79bbdc67af04e/1488730301519/ China diary 2007 2009 Qinghai - colorful breakfast place. Unfortunately a big difference between imagination and reality. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c070e6b8a79b20f5a20099/1489006898082/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - mens' corner at a local market on the Silk Road. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bd442ddb29d66bb3bd9d59/1488798877089/ China diary 2007 2007 Qinghai - women at the festival, wearing their best clothes and jewelry. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bf2024579fb3647090d7d8/1488920650393/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - Tadjik women in their common room. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bee075e4fcb552bc24fa2f/1488904412515/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang - mobile knife-grinder along the road. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58bf2e1715d5db7d6b8b5349/1488924237257/ China diary 2007 2007 Xinjiang -Buya, the Patriarch and his wife. https://www.mapdemaar.com/red-roses-yellow-rain daily 0.75 2017-03-01 https://www.mapdemaar.com/about daily 0.75 2019-07-15 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58a846f317bffc6029c3338a/1502572327993/ background https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58a8451686e6c0c3738cebf7/1487422748920/zelfportret.jpg background https://www.mapdemaar.com/pagecv daily 0.75 2017-08-13 https://www.mapdemaar.com/china-diary-2009 daily 0.75 2017-03-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd3501893fc094657f83cc/1489843473379/ China diary 2009 2009 Fijian - private kitchen in a large compound - once the big house of the landlord. You walk through one 'home' to the next. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd32929de4bb535af39687/1489842870264/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - front of a Hakka house. On court level the living spaces, sleeping spaces higher up, storage above. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd3a139de4bb535af3cf9f/1489844779045/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - nicely decorated pig stable. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd33afbe6594524c61506f/1489843139258/ China diary 2009 209 Fujian - coming home from the fields. The water buffalo is here the draught-animal. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd2f74e58c62daeefe4838/1489842092979/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - entrance to communal courtyard of a Hakka house. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c96a1b46c3c4c7d512ebfe/1489594993688/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - an apartment in the former Japanese Embassy on Gulangyu. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd3715f5e2314657e69d42/1489844010360/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - storage in the front, private space in the back. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd30a3bf629a7051c449b6/1489842354334/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - home distillery in the Hakka house. The stuff tastes awful. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd31358419c2ea931c49ac/1489842507432/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - street around the Hakka house. Vegetables are laid out to dry. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd39216b8f5b67ee4f4310/1489844528841/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - our "stop kitchen". https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd48239f7456ef54ab0bf9/1489848375042/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian -Communal court and water basin. Rain water was collected here. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd358037c5819ccd138c8d/1489843608780/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - entrance hall to a part of the compound. High thresholds and no windows. An old defence against bandits and robbers. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd303a725e25717a2e85e9/1489842254565/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - private space in the communal Hakka house. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd3d0c9f7456ef54aaa708/1489845535041/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - the dentist. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd469adb29d633eb619151/1489847995739/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - The ancestral home. Here the red guards never entered. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c968c13a041171cffddd75/1489594586131/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - dilapidated house on Gulangyu. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd37dacd0f68a0be51eb48/1489844289199/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - the entrance to the village. Still a few persimmon on the tree. The car has to stay on the main road. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c96b2f440243f781d76e18/1489595217979/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - home along the road. All utensils, needed to make tea in the traditional way, ready for use. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd488f197aea521635008e/1489848481343/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - There is a small private kitchen in every crook, nook and corner. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd3c224402439656dc4b8d/1489845300872/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - entrance to the village. For motorbikes is inside the village no space. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd3d903e00be5662b8c487/1489845804873/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - altar in the village hall. All ancestor placards are gone, destroyed by the red guards. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd39699f7456ef54aa8b5a/1489844684612/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - enough firewood to heat the stove in this very airy home. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58c96ea1725e25ec86ab9db4/1489596091159/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - outside kitchen in a Hakka courtyard. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd3babb3db2b938ea761f8/1489845240211/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - a winery, nice surprise along the road. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd4738bebafb2e39a184f3/1489848139449/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - smaal village street. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd478c8419c2ea931cfc18/1489848231685/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - nice inner court.The basin has long been the only water source. Now there is a running tap in the village. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58cd3c81d482e9f3c6ade3a1/1489845398497/ China diary 2009 2009 Fujian - preparations for the festival. https://www.mapdemaar.com/china-diary-2012 daily 0.75 2017-03-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d6bf5686e6c087a92ff1da/1490468716671/ China diary 2010 2010, in the vicinity of Lugu Lake - a Yi family in their home. This is their daily costume. No tourists come this far into the mountains. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d7e91859cc68feaa4edbcf/1490544954828/ China diary 2010 2010, near Xinlong - kids are kids. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d7ee351b631bd2a70ae010/1490546251081/ China diary 2010 2010, near Yliang - a mountain full of prayer flags. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d6c14215d5db30257dc126/1490469244897/ China diary 2010 2010, in the vicinity of Lugu Lake - old Moso ladies herding their pigs. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d6c93215d5db30257e18b0/1490471244777/ China diary 2010 2010, Kandze - local diner. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d6c858725e25ffc9aa94b8/1490471025665/ China diary 2010 2010, near Litang - nomad tent along the road. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d6be881e5b6cc3c4f42086/1490468505153/ China diary 2010 2010, Gezan - one of the sons in this house is a high monk. He has his own room and the family has to take care that they keep certain Tibetan religious rules.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d7ea6c2e69cf94cd83cb81/1490545277449/ China diary 2010 2010, Batang - Qu Ni Monastery. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d78ecb893fc0519597c07c/1490521815143/2010-tacheng-2.jpg China diary 2010 2010, Tacheng - black Mao. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d7ec54d2b857f33fb86e65/1490545765039/ China diary 2010 2010, near Kandze - discussing monks. This practice is n important part of their training. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d7e598d482e995390e3d03/1490544050234/ China diary 2010 2010, near Bayu - calm village scene https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d78bfaf5e231abb44ecdc4/1490521100980/ China diary 2010 2010, Lijiang - Yu Feng Si. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d7e6ae17bffcffb809b3e4/1490544318150/ China diary 2010 2010, near Maniggago - grinding flour. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d6ca0ae58c627d57ea1065/1490471484094/ China diary 2010 2010, Xinlong - a vilage at the other side of the river. Payer flags on a rope over the water. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d7e301f5e231abb450cbf6/1490543382954/ China diary 2010 2010, near Maniggango - nomads along the road. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d6c32ca5790a257a8b7f09/1490469696853/ China diary 2010 2010, Xianceng - a total village building a mud house together. The women bring the mud. The men stamps that into a wall. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d79316e3df283d54c5ddff/1490522919568/ China diary 2010 2010, Lijiu - GatTe Leh kitchen. In this area seeing pictures of the Dalai Lama is very normal. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d7ed66893fc051959a11bb/1490546092426/ China diary 2010 2010, near Liang - moving for the summer pasturs. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d6c070d2b857f33fafe5d8/1490468998162/ China diary 2010 2010, in the vicinity of Lugu Lake - a Moso home. The brother in the house of his sister. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d7e4a437c581212abf7968/1490543869249/ China diary 2010 2010, near Bayu - young monks playing a computer game on a mobile phone. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d7e740414fb59196f6f08e/1490544465954/ China diary 2010 2010, Maniggango - main street in the early morning light. It is freezing cold. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d8e1655016e1c3ee72f185/1490608509045/ China diary 2010 2010, near Lugu Lake - Dag Den Dargue Monastery. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d7e7d859cc68feaa4ece10/1490544680967/ China diary 2010 2010, near Xinlong - street next to the monastery. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d7e1e96a4963a07f157491/1490543101571/ China diary 2010 2010, Kandze - the city and the surroundings as soon from the monastery. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d796d51b10e366b4269368/1490523882466/ China diary 2010 2010, Ya Chi - door of a monastery. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d791981b631bd2a7088d59/1490522538464/ China diary 2010 2010, Yading National Park - no windows in the house. Light is coming in through the hole in the ceiling. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d6c9952e69cf94cd7bb09a/1490471385643/ China diary 2010 2010, on the plateau - a mountain farm along the road to Ya Chi monastery. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d7eb1ba5790a257a93cb32/1490545457016/ China diary 2010 2010, near Litang - festival in the village. They are making ritual clay figurines. The more you make the beter. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d7e994db29d62600f1a5bf/1490545060321/ China diary 2010 2010, near Bayu - monks playing in their school during the break. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d7e28d6a4963a07f157a49/1490543268560/ China diary 2010 2010, near Maniggango - monks washing their cloth in very cold water. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d794f7d2b857f33fb6453c/1490523404082/ China diary 2010 2010, Ya Chi - In all those little huts young monks are living, praying, cooking. They live here summer and winter. Nobody cares about the danger. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d79590f5e231abb44ef41d/1490523552747/ China diary 2010 2010, Ya Chi - Young nun in the ice cold wind. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d78f5be6f2e12e70ffb6e1/1490521966948/ China diary 2010 2010, Gezan - Life centers around the stove. Source of warmth and light in de evening. Food for people and catle is cooked here. The plastic at the walls is there to protect the paintings. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d6c5111e5b6cc3c4f469e1/1490470182386/ China diary 2010 2010, Taziba - winterhome. The roof is open to let the smoke out. In winter it gets easily -25C and lower. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d795cef5e231abb44ef52d/1490523618024/ China diary 2010 2010, Ya Chi - along the river. The only source for water. One of the temples in the background. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d78cf78419c267b732392b/1490521757410/2010-Tacheng-do+ma+nei-3.jpg China diary 2010 2010, Yunnan - Do Ma Nei Si. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d6c0f59f7456928cc5f754/1490469166646/ China diary 2010 2010, in the vicinity of Lugu Lake - Moso men in the forest. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d6bfd5414fb59196ee88cc/1490468840799/ China diary 2010 2010, in the vicinity of Lugu Lake - the courtyard of a Moso home. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d7e531440243314dc305a0/1490543984517/ China diary 2010 2010, near Bayu - dung drying in the fields. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d6c7351e5b6cc3c4f48194/1490470729788/ China diary 2010 2010, near Kandze - men join the women for lunch. The equipment over their shoulder is used to break up lumps of hard soil. But there is a metal plow in the forefront. A yak will be used to pull it through the earth. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d7e878ebbd1aac62fef79f/1490544780946/ China diary 2010 2010, near Xinlong - Yiu Go Monastery. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/58d7e0debebafba8305dd333/1490542840724/ China diary 2010 2010, near Litang -this is the "romantics" of Nomad life. There were 4 more kids and a baby living in this tent. https://www.mapdemaar.com/news daily 0.75 2018-02-06 https://www.mapdemaar.com/from-poland-with-love daily 0.75 2017-09-02 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/59a1bee103596e3462cad4f2/1503775913534/candelaber.jpg From Poland with love. - Buddenbrooks - 26 -8-2017. "The Buddenbrooks" was my first association when I entered these rooms of spectacular opulence. In Lódz the industrialists palaces had their offices on street level , the family accommodations where on the floors above. In the corner of every room the sumptuous tile stove for heating. Electric light was installed around ca. 1910. The office clercs lived nearby, even often in the same street, but in much smaller apartments. Today you find richly decorated houses in almost good order with the neighboring house - front likewise decorated - in total decay. The number of doors on every landing equals the number of households in the building. A gate to the street keeps those not welcome out. In other places the yard is open, which adds to the degree of graffiti, decay, and dirt. Empty bottles everywhere. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/59aaed49cf81e025e86de1f7/1504374140095/gordijn+franje.jpg From Poland with love. - Shadow - 2-9-2017. Shadow and light - hope and comfort for both your sorrow and your beauty and joy. I set out to express all these elements in my images - the ambivalence in my feelings. My melancholic longing for things unknown. It has been quit a journey. Unlike Bauhaus at the beginning, this story holds no straight lines. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/599dd758e6f2e1230cd20d11/1503516512583/organza.jpg From Poland with love. - Melancholy- 23-8-2017. Melancholy can be very ambivalent. It comes with comfort and hope for your sorrow and pain accompanied by joy and beauty. I needed a break from the decay of the last days. A few days ago I found this fantastic restaurant and the owner let me take photo's in the early morning hours. The place is situated in one of the very few industrialists estates that came undamaged through the last hundred years. The upper floor of the house is still completely in its authentic state. For me it felt completely natural, as if I had been invited to the house around 1900. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/59a5ae99914e6bb725fed2cb/1504030372248/sober.jpg From Poland with love. - Sober, 29-8-2017. The sober elegance of this place would be the perfect setting for a monks cel or for a meditation centre. But in real life this is a place were families live! Now in summer the window can stay open and warm light comes flooding in. But imagine the long harsh winters, when it can be bitter cold and daytime is short and snow is black from all the smoke and dirt in the city. I should neither be naïv nor a romantic. There is nothing nice about decay. And often photographing it makes me feel really doubtful and uncomfortable. But still..... the light is beautiful and it makes a great picture.. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/599493f1f5e23118b939c2bd/1502909437602/ From Poland with love. - Lodz - 16-8-2017. More than 500 km straight east, pouring rain, the landscape softly rolling aside the road. Small hills, some trees. Immens open spaces, badly kept soil - perfect battle grounds. In my mind I see the armies marching. Napoleon on his white horse. La grande armee a group of tin soldiers. The next...no! This is going to be a positive journey.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/59a46eb8ccc5c5d3202f04c9/1503948484742/bedgoed.jpg From Poland with love. - Prude - 28-8-2017. Why is it that when we look at a bed, we either get prude or it starts feeling sexy. This bedroom - clearly a lady's - gives nothing away of her status or age. Is it the bed of a girl with still all life coming, the room of the misstress, awaiting the call or the old lady going to bed with her dreams and memories - the good old days of way back then. It is the warm tacitly of all materials that attracted me to make the picture. The promise of a good night sleep. A small nightcap before and an early tea in the morning, what could go wrong in a bed like this. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/59a98172197aea0d4c9722e4/1504281000077/arkadia.jpg From Poland with love. - Arkadia - 31-8-2017 These big leaves always inspire me. A porch and a path to a secret garden. Jugenstill in nature. To enjoy the sentimental romantic of Arkadia you have to follow the play of the Duchess Helena Radziwill. This is one big theatre, build and destroyed and rebuild over time by both family members and governmental institutions. But first and foremost it forms an ideal background for the pictures of the newlywed. At least 20 couples were there today with their photographers. All very young and beautiful. Making very romantic images for the most important day of their lives. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/5995f58c8419c2a373a4218f/1502999961243/ From Poland with love. - Ghetto - 17-8-2017. Tymoteusz - fellow photographer - takes me for a swift tour around town. First stop a whole street of very big, empty houses - clearly once a very prosperous neighborhood. He has a key so we can look inside.. A completely derelict building with an endless number of rooms. No glass in the windows, floor boards missing, rubble everywhere. But still tender remnants of earlier occupation. This is a part of the old Ghetto. The germans let the people work in army factories inside the Ghetto. In the evening they went back to their 'homes', often more than one family in one room.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/59a317a7d55b41551e1c4c59/1503860656481/trapleuning.jpg From Poland with love. - Fantasy - 27-8-2017 As a child this was definite a "don't touch" area. Now just imagine the spin could tell . All those hands that caressed, pushed, clapped or beat it - in joy and happiness, in anger and fear. How many hands, what people.... A staircase for me is very intriguing. The doorstep the start of a mystery book. Wooden steps worn out by heavy work boots or soft cracked marble, broken by age. The landings - 'rag bags' for all not wantees, or tidy, well kept, even some plants. Fantasy-lands' borders are wide open. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/59974809e58c62595987f334/1503086611716/trapleuning.jpg From Poland with love. - Neglect - 18-8-2017. Around 1900 Lódz was a wealthy industrial town, mainly due to five large industrialist families. Their immense redbrick factories and luxurious palaces for their families characterized the town. For their workers they built grey blocks of houses, but also schools and hospitals, The palaces have been restored to their former splendor and are now often governmental buildings. Social housing however still pays the toll for 80 years of war, occupation and neglect.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/5999ab2e6b8f5bbfeca96a21/1503243069539/graffiti.jpg From Poland with love. - Contemplation - 20-8-2017. Another gray day. The City Art Gallery of Lódz has four exhibition spaces. Driving is easy today as the city seems empty. Neither the art nor the spaces are very inspiring. In all I am the only visitor and the attendants eyes follow me by every step I take. The streets turn out to be a more interesting. I am totally overwhelmed by the amount of decay and graffiti everywhere around. Making pictures here is not easy. Although combining the two may result in a kind of art, the look of it is not very enchanting.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/59a9c911a9db090b4651c5fb/1504299300590/nieborow-+wit.jpg From Poland with love. - Camera Obscura - 1-9-2017. Again 'camera obscura' has proven to be the key to get permission to live and work in this museum. It is great to be here in Nieborów Palace, but at the same time difficult to catch the mood of the place, so that it fits into my own story. The project itself is still a black box. I haven't seen most of the work and have no idea how it all fits together. Here in the big hall this mood of timeless melancholy. The chair of the warden holds me back in real time. Still one more day of both dreaming and fighting - the usual ambiguity in my way of work. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/599c716bccc5c5f3b6dabf68/1503424885554/koordje.jpg From Poland with love. - Pendulum, 22-8-2017. Today I went back to the abandoned house in what was during the war the Lódz ghetto. Everything that could have any use or value has been ripped out. For squatters no chance of settling in. But one tiny practical object survived the thorough demolition. This so very familiar porcelain knob was still where it always had been. A knot on a nail helped placing the cord from the socket at the ceiling right over the middle of where once was a bed. In the draught the knob was moving slowly, like the pendulum of a clock. How many people put their head down in this corner. What happened that last day they stepped out of that bed? The answers are only in our imagination. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/599b2320197aeae631799022/1503339308837/venus.jpg From Poland with love. - Venus - 21-8-2017. Is it safe to go alone to an impressive derelict factory? Not without at least sturdy boots. So much rubble and broken glass everywhere. There is beauty in the place, that is undeniable. But all imaginable shots already taken, is there anything new for me. Searching for a different perspective, my eyes fall upon her and all doubts gone. She is my Venus! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/59986c76914e6bf5daa4b7d2/1503161473380/plafondlamp.jpg From Poland with love. - Art - 19-8-2017. Rain today, grey, no light for photography . Time for housekeeping, making my place inspiring. The lady at the corner had bunches of dill, beautiful delicate, soft yellow and green flowers. The smell in the room is now very uplifting. Time to see some art. The Herbst Palace that used to belong to a family of Lódz industrialist - the Herbsts - has interiors from the turn of the 19th and 20th century, some rooms very dark, very gloomy, but others in the much lighter Jugenstil style. Small silver artifacts, decorative wallpaper and elegant lamps. In the garden pavilion - in a romantic rose garden - Polish paintings from around 1850-1920. It is always interesting to go and see the paintings from local artist, work you never get to see otherwise. Very lively scenes from polish country life. Not much different from what I have seen in reality in Karelia in Northern Russia.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/599f2fbce9bfdf4288f4ed9d/1503605832914/stilleven.jpg From Poland with love. - Vanitas - 24-8-2017. You can read this photo as a "Vanitas" image. Clearly the clock is ticking for this building. Maybe the stick a last call for action. How scary, gloomy, dark and dirty a place may be, all that matters for the outcome of the image is the quality of light. This morning I felt very lucky. The whole factory looked brighter and perhaps even beautiful. A faint resemblance to a cathedral - founded in honor of times gone by. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/59a6f7f3197aea7e6631cbb1/1504114686075/memento.jpg From Poland with love. - Memento - 30-8-2017. Already two weeks in Lódz. I feel most of the work done. Tomorrow I will leave for Arkadia - an 18th century romantic park in English garden style, ruins and follies included. Back to nature! Not far from there is the Radziwill's Palace in Nieborów, again an Artist Residency, where I can stay for a few days. A very elegant surrounding - no greater contrast imagenable. Good to start afresh. So bye for now from Lódz. Arkadia, I can't wait to come! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/5993286bd482e9e6d3e0007d/1502817086230/ From Poland with love. - Dessau - 15-8-2017. On the way to Lodz a stop over in Dessau. Bauhaus a good start of this trip. The school building World Heritage - beautiful - all form, but what happened with function, the arts, the passion? With the original people gone, the spaces feel cold and empty. Little work on display, more a historical archive of papers and contracts - all very detached and intellectual. No friendly smiles from the people at work. But clearly for Dessau a big tourist attraction.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b73e06a49637ca1842c49/t/59a07d8e579fb3e4063fb3c2/1503690135099/jugendstil.jpg From Poland with love. - Jugendstil - 25-8-2017 I am born and raised in a house from 1914 - a beautiful Jugenstil house with stained glass windows and colorful peacocks above the doors. But my parents modernized the house in the '50. In those days Jugendstil was considered ugly. Now again it is widely appreciated and I feel terribly ashamed that we took the peacocks out. Going back in memory is not always fruitful, but here it felt straight like home. Climbing the stairs was The Hague revisited, going down in picture mood. Then out on the road again - real time. https://www.mapdemaar.com/books daily 0.75 2018-02-06