It has been a long time since our last posting on our blog. May be we are just getting to picky…
Finding moments in a small space where we live are getting more difficult after living for a long time at the same place. You are forced to take what is presented to you. May be we need to move on to another place? A journey or travel for a week or so and take photographs, was not in our mind since we believe, to capture the spirit of a place you have to live there for at least 6 months. This is not an option for us at this moment. So we have to live with what is deliverd to us.
Capturing moments of life in a city is not and has never been easy. A trained eye will scan the environment continuesly, only to find those moments. A precious one. One that you can take home with some happiness like a caveman after a long hunt…
Most of our time, we didn’t get any trouble with people as they didn’t notice getting photographed. There are few times, where we have been asked by people what we are doing. Once Sari been yelled by a man: “I will kill you!”. Well I go to this guy and talk. It was a guy famous for asking money from shop owners, just for a cup of coffee. He left us and was never seen again. Some can be satisfied by a calm explanation, sometimes we have to go for the hard conversation….but this don’t stop us for doing our work. For us they are moments we can’t buy and was given to us as a gift.
Most of you did already saw our work in social media, some reappears here and some are new…so please enjoy!
A tired Mickey Mouse on a man shoulder until it became adult…or may be never be…
Leiden 2012
An old gentleman we met during the cold winter 2012, taking photos with his roller on the frozen small rivers called grachten. A good idea if you have to walk and take your gear on frozen ice!
Leiden 2012
One in a year a marathon is held in Leiden somewhere in spring. As usual we take a walk to see people gathering on the street. With a glimpse Sari saw an old gentleman stepping out of the crowd and raise her rangefinder and took this shot. He should be better suited for that event…
Leiden 2012
On a walk from the Saturday market I saw this window and felt I have to take a shot of it. We don’t know what the real intention was, but we like the composition they made.
Leiden 2012
The shot below was made during our coverage of the student demonstration at the Hague 2011. I like the word ZEN that appears in front of the guy in yellow-blue jacket. A word that associate with meditation, concentration and voila a guy with a Leica Rangefinder that I noticed in a fraction of second made the combination…
The Hague 2011
A dog to be taken and the word “gratis” means for free…
Leiden 2012
Rolling ice for a hot summer…
Leiden 2011
Oh yes, we love this one. In a Sunday morning we saw children gathered in front of an erotic shop “beate uhse” famous in germany beate for life. In this case the interpretation can be several…
Leiden 2011
What we very often met here is that people taking their little dogs with a child stroller…strange…
Leiden 2012
Ah yes, people take a break and having a small talk and wait until the traffic light switch to green…and this in middle of the street. Typical dutch!
Leiden 2012
BTW about typical dutch or at least what we think they are like that, is the ability to make improvisation for temporary solutions. I dont know if I will see this in germany…
Leiden 2012
City transportation of the future, flexible, small and doesn’t need any parking area…
Sunbathing with a sunscreen….
Which one that takes the money?
….you don’t have to collect things from garbage, join the SP (Sociaal Partij) Nederland. Someone reach her/his hand with a picture of Roemer head of the party.
The picture below cartoonized the bad image of the sport world due the dopping scandal…
Leiden 2012
The gap between old and young…
Leiden 2012
In this student city, there are always funny and strange things to enjoy…
Leiden 2012
We appreciate everyone who visit our blog and also to those who left their impressions in our work. See you on our next post. Cheers!
