Miriam's Photos

Biesbosch in winter

2012-02-05T06:35:00.000-08:00

Lost in Venice

2011-10-23T08:50:00.000-07:00

Especially when the weather’s fine and you’re curious to find out what’s hidden behind the next corner or bridge, iIt’s not difficult to lose your way in Venice. There’s no risk whatsoever in just following your nose, because it’s a safe place and it’s full of cute little restaurants. A “ cafe americano” or “prosciutto con melone” is always within reach. And if your feet don’t like your strolling any longer there are lots of waterbuses to take you to the other end of the city along the “grand canal” or to one of the nearby islands.

Apart from the Biennale and beautiful old Venice we enjoyed the islands of Burano and Murano. In Burona you find happily coloured houses and in Murano artists obviously had big fun in creating amazing structures by blowing pieces of glass (as you can see in my photo impression ;-).

Venice, an interesting combination of very old en modern stuff, a great place to have a romantic and adventurous time!

Stockholm

2011-10-02T10:47:00.000-07:00

As a present from heaven, my daughter and I suddenly found ourselves in the middle of the beautiful old town of Stockholm. Although we were only there for a long weekend, the trip was more than worthwhile. The people we met were obliging, good looking (trendy, androgyne and in good shape ;-) and eco minded. It was fun to explore the islands of the city and the environment on foot and by bike. The sunny weather made the yellow houses, the parks and the reflections in the water even more attractive. It was our first, but certainly not our last trip to this friendly and special place!

From Seattle to Salt Lake

2011-08-16T13:18:00.000-07:00

While vast parts of North America suffered from the heat and thunderstorms lately, the North-West of the USA enjoyed a few months of really mild and nice weather.
We were glad to celebrate this time of year, together with all sorts of mammals (bisons, bears, chipmunks, deer, moose), birds, flowers, insects and a few people. Coming from Seattle we travelled through friendly Washington and admired the mountanous and amazing scenery of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. In Yellowstone Mother Earth was quite activ; she was bubbling and spouting all over the place and coloured the steamy pools in an unusual and pleasant way.
I'm thankful I have been able to fully enjoy this fresh and wonderful part of the world and hope to share some of it through my photos.

Texas Southcoast

2011-05-22T05:06:00.000-07:00

Having a son living in Texas is a motive to explore this funny state every now and again. This time we went to the coastline at the gulf of Mexico to experience the sea, the rivers and the swamps.
Being a lover of birds, butterflies and reptiles, I was happy to encounter a variety of long-legged seabirds, alligators, pelicans and swallowtails. It seemed to be the right time of year to visit the wild refuge areas and canoe along the rivers.
In the evenings there were of course the refreshing margaritas, nothing wrong with this side of Texas!

Portrait

2011-05-09T23:51:00.000-07:00

Portrait photography is not my kind of thing. It seems to me that it's almost impossible to catch the complexity of a human character in one frame. This time I made an exception. A fortnight ago, just before the performance of " Louis", a musical about the origin of jazz, our conductor, Jaap Schallenberg, appeared. He had just transformed himself from a casual type of guy into a real "chef d'orchestre". He had this somewhat naughty and exited look upon his face. He felt self confident to bring this evening, together with a big choir, his theatre orchestra and some sixty children, to great heights and a happy ending. And so he did!

Sechelles

2011-04-04T12:27:00.000-07:00

A month ago we had the luck to visit three of the Sechelles (Mahe, Praslin, Curieuse).

I never experienced a paradise like this before: happy, peaceful people, proud women, fruit all over the place, funny animals like crabs, palmspiders, fodies, geckos and fruitbats and last but not least flowers in happy colours and palmtrees in all sorts of which the Coco the Mer was the most special one.

The temperature was quite high, it was too warm to make a long walk, but the sea was clear, clean, luke warm and very swimmable:-)

Hope to be back there one day, enjoy my photo impression!

"Young civil servant of the year 2011" award

2011-01-30T07:50:00.000-08:00

In the beautiful environment of the old town hall of Rotterdam, at the 27th of January,

a serious battle was fought between four contestants to win the prestigious award "young civil servant of the year 2011".
I was asked to create an appropriate photopainting, which was well-received ;-)

The winner, Pieter van Hofwegen, projectmanager at the ministry of general affairs.

The future civil servant: transparant, idealistic and open minded.

Cabo Verde

2011-01-04T07:45:00.000-08:00

Last spring we went to Cabo Verde: Sal, Sao Vicente and San Antao. Islands which were covered in sunlight and where houses, people, flowers and even the sea looked more than colourful. A combination of brand new and very old roads made it possible to admire all wind directions of the islands. Apart from the visual pleasure and the nice temperature we enjoyed the rich seafood and the friendliness of the people. Cabo Verde, a great place to be!

Exhibition

2011-01-01T15:03:00.000-08:00

At the beginning of 2010 I was asked by the mayor of Dordrecht to brighten up the meeting rooms in the new wing of the municipality office. This resulted in the exposition "Water, living and working". In combination with the beautiful blue of the interior decoration I created 28 photo works in which the purpose of the place and the movement of nature come together. A few examples are shown in this blog. For people who are interested it is possible to make an appointment and enjoy the exhibition live.

The opening of the exhibition

Some of the meeting rooms

Sandy structure

Bear Island

Figuras Habana

Death valley

Zabrisky point

Welcome!

2010-12-29T06:59:00.000-08:00

Welcome to my photo blog!

I'll be posting my new photographic works here; to see my older work, visit pixinity.nl