Rotterdam is always busy and there is always construction or demolition going on. Katendrecht, a lively neighbourhood, called 'de Kaap' by the Rotterdammers themselves, used to be a notorious sailors' quarter. Now it's home to hip businesses and an artistic disorder.
The hard structures and muted colours together with the threatening sky give this photo a tough urban look.
Bert-Jan de Wagenaar (1974), photographer, graphic designer, artist, musician.
In the 1990s he studied for a number of years at the art and graphics academy. There he was taught the craft of (then still analogue) photography and graphic design. In the end, he decided on a..
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