Water brings life to the Okavango Delta in Botswana. It fills the lagoons and spills over onto the river plains, creating a labyrinth of papyrus-fringed channels, lily-pad-dotted lagoons and green termite islands. Beautiful abstract patterns, shapes and colors emerge in this abundance of life. Especially when you quietly move through the reeds in a traditional mocorro. More information on the...
We visited one of the big estancias near Torres Del Paine. The old houses and facilities of the estancia are conserved to maintain the cultural heritage…
Driving through Argentina we saw many churches, chapels, shrines and graveyards for the dead, the living and the holy…
Happy to see you again! It amazes me time and time again to witness how after a long grey, cold and dark winter nature comes back to life. Flowers miraculously reappear with a breathtaking abundance, bringing back colors and insects to our garden. The first sign of spring arriving are the snowdrops. While the garden is still barren the tiny white flowers appear. They are soon to be followed by...
We love the beach along the North Sea. This is where we grew up, making it our definition of a beach. Even so the beach is never the same. Rain or shine, storm or fog, the colors and shapes of the sea, the sand and the clouds change all the time. Over the years I have made thousands of Hipstas of the beach of Bergen aan Zee. For this post I made a somewhat grey selection to reflect the crazy...
Trees are living things and every one of them is unique in its form. They grow, straight or twisted, big or small, depending on the soil their roots stand in, the water level, the wind they are exposed to. I love to picture them as silhouettes, without leaves, when their bare shape is visible. Therfore my tree silhouette Hipstas are often spooky, most of them taken in the winter and in low...
We spent a few days in London for the launch of the Remembering Lions book. During those days we also visited the Wonderful Things exhibition of Tim Walker in the Victoria and Albert Museum. This exhibition explored the creative process of one of the world's most inventive photographers, through his pictures, films, photographic sets, and special installations. Walker has been creating signature...
On safari we use cameras and lenses that allow us to zoom in on a scene. But sometimes it is great to take a step back. Hipstamatic allows me to do this. Taking picture becomes more abstract this way. Instead of details you focus on the composition, the whole picture. And it is a nice way to kill time. On safari you have to be patient and wait for things to happen. Hope for animals to behave in...
