In the North Holland landscape, time often seems to have come to a stand still. To me, those landscapes seem almost unchanged, with old pointy church towers in the distance and colourful cottages in the Zaan region. This is the Purmerringvaart near Ilpendam, photographed from De Noord bridge. The photo is from May 2023, but because of the immutability of the landscape and the image, I developed the picture in old-school black and white, as if the photo were a hundred years old.
This photo belongs to the series Modern History and is therefore developed in black and white .
Hi there! Nice seeing you here! I'm Jan vd Knaap, a photographer in Utrecht. I normally deal with portrait photography, for humans and animals, and I give workshops to get the most out of the camera. But in the meantime, I fill my account here.. Read more…