Between Hoogezand-Sappemeer and Veendam in the province of Groningen lies the village of Tripscompagnie. The Tripcompagniesterdiep was dug in 1640, 8 years later the village of Tripscompagnie came into existence. Here, peat was mainly extracted in the surrounding peat bogs. A peat colony is a settlement created by workers moving to an area where high peat was excavated for peat production. The lower social stratum consisted of peat and agricultural workers, ship's servants and ship hunters. The diggers of the canals had their own hierarchy. The many kilometres were dug by hand. The man at the bottom of the canal was the lowest in esteem and earned the least. The middle man slightly more and the man who stood at the top of the shore had the most prestige and earned accordingly. So from the world of canal digging comes the term 'getting higher up'.
I took this photo in autumn on a very foggy morning where the sun later started to come through.
"From my hometown Hoogezand, I regularly go out to take photos in the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe. Photography has always been my interest. In 2008, I bought my first SLR camera and after that I started to delve more and more into photography and photo editing and.. Read more…