A minimalist photo at the Vinkeveense Plassen. By using a long shutter speed, the water is completely still. The Vinkeveense Plassen is a nature and water sports area in the northwest of the Dutch province of Utrecht, northeast of the village of Vinkeveen. The Vinkeveense Plassen are connected to the river Amstel. They were created from the Golden Age onwards by the extraction of peat for the benefit of Amsterdam. The present oblong islands are legakkers; they used to be used as drying fields for the still wet peat. After the peat was dredged away, peat ponds were left behind, formed by the migration holes that grew larger and larger due to erosion of the banks. Much later, the underlying sand layer was also dredged away here and there. This sand was used in the construction of the A2 motorway and Amsterdam-Zuidoost. As a result, the ponds reached a depth of 50 metres, unprecedented for the Netherlands.[1]
I'm Remco, and I make both minimalistic and atmospheric photography in the Netherlands or while traveling. In my collections you will find beautiful landscapes, fine architecture and wild animals, but also minimalist images that I can really enjoy myself. Feel free to look around here. If you.. Read more…