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Art and Nature
Art and Nature Thousands of dried laurel leaves caught in an open wire construction.A play of infinite shades of brown.The richness of Arte Povera. Photos of the week: Breathing the Shadow (Respirare l’ombra), Laurel Leaves, 2005, detail and in full in the back of Earth Shadow (Ombra di terra), Bronze and Terracotta, 2003, by Giuseppe…
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Weeping Beech
Weeping Beech More than 50 years ago, in 1972, the Floriade world horticulture exhibition opened in Amsterdam. One of the young trees in what is now called Amstelpark has grown into this beautiful weeping beech.From the very beginning, individuals and couples in love have carved arrows and hearts with their names or initials into the…
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Our living soil
Our living soil A rhizotron is a type of underground laboratory in which the interaction between the soil, the roots and animals below the surface and the plants above can be studied. The invisible is made visible.Placed above ground in the light, the rhizotron becomes a true work of art. Photo of the week: Rhizotron…
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The ground under our feet
The ground under our feet It is not often that you get to see the intricate root system of a tree so clearly. Was the tree cut down because it lost the ground beneath its feet and was doomed to fall? Or was it cut down and then the earth between its roots washed away?…
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Before the big bang
Before the big bang A rock falls from the sky and appears to be about to hit another rock with a bang. But closer inspection reveals that we are mistaken. Both rocks lie peacefully next to each other in a pool of water, partially protruding above the surface. The sky and the tree branches have…
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What’s in a name?
What’s in a name? The Rue Ecce Homo is closed to traffic. The Rue du Repos, on the other hand, is a dead end. Maybe it leads to the ‘repos éternel’ of the cemetery? Photos of the week: Rue Ecce Homo and Rue du Repos, Cuiseaux, France 2025
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Saenredam’s St. Bavo
Saenredam’s St. Bavo In the Rijksmuseum, the Getty Museum, the National Gallery in London or the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, you can come face to face with an interior of the Great St. Bavo Church in Haarlem painted by Pieter Jansz. Saenredam. He made at least 12 of them, each from a different…
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The St. Bavo organ
The St. Bavo organ In 1738, word must have spread like wildfire among organists and composers that Christian Müller had built one of the largest organs in the world for installation in the Grote St. Bavo Church in Haarlem. As early as 1740, Georg Friedrich Händel came to the city to play the Müller organ.…
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The Great St. Bavo
The Great St. Bavo The Great St. Bavo Church has stood in the old centre of Haarlem, just 20 km from Amsterdam, since 1520. Initially Catholic, it was taken over by the Calvinists in 1578 with some violence and accompanying destruction. The well-preserved Gothic building still serves as a Protestant church but is now mainly…
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The Amstel
The Amstel On my way back from Ouderkerk, my favourite walk along the Amstel. Photo of the week: Amstel river, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2025
καιρός remembered
… the right moment, position chosen, shoot …
καιρός remembered 