On november 23, 2022, Haarlem turns 777. To celebrate this, I made this 'birthday card' for the beautiful Spaarne City. The card shows a collage of twelve photos, with the old V&D building, the Haarlemmerhout urban park, the Grote Kerk (Great Church) and Laurens Janszoon Coster, the Reinalda Park and the Selimiye Mosque, the Adrian windmill, the Bakenesser Canal, the old Droste factory, the former Ripperda Military Base, the Schoter Bridge, the Dome Cathedral (Cathedral of Saint Bavo), a full moon rising at the Hummingbird windmill and the skyline where was once the old Mariastichting hospital.
Photography, a serious hobby. Or: the beauty of the ordinary and the essence of the extraordinary... Read more…