James Waldron's 6foot6 Holland travelogue

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Holland:

Stories and images
by Jim Waldron

I reccomend to all my traveling pals that the most fun, and best experiences occur when you spend a month or so in the same place. Three days just doesn't cut it, which is what I spent in Amsterdam. And though I had a month's worrth of fun and professional development, including giving a lecture, I made very few images. Then again, I didn't have to pay for a single drink during the visit. I guess short visits have their advantages too.

Stories

Aside from a woman conflicted
about defending her South African culture
you can ask me in person why I understand the joy of shopping here.

Photographs

Some favorites

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Look at thumbnails of all the photographs from this country.
Each picture was made with the Agfa ePhoto 1280 digital camera.

Amsterdam
Going into a new town with a camera in your pocket, and the wish to give someone else an idea about what that city is like through your pictures is difficult. I always feel completely empty when faced with this task. In Amsterdam I only spent two hours walking around. I'd been to the city before, which made the task easier, along with the fact that i suspect nearly everyone has been to, or heard of the place. Instead of creating some documentery about the place I instead decided to just look for interesting shapes in this new environment. As far as cities go, there's lots to look at in a small spece here, and my brief visit offered lots to take back.

Construction barrier - A wild painting in a sedate neighborhood for the builders
ConstSignnBike - Perhaps a little more descriptive of the city
Biketails - Tours of the city and pubs herd these bikes together
BikeWheels - More nice patterns of similar bikes
BeggersFeet - The tourist walk is not without it's tragedies
Furniture Shapes - This is how I look at couches in airports. Passes the time.
Furniture Shapes 2 - Abstract of furniture
Furniture Chairs - Abstact of furniture
Chair and Table - Abstract of furniture
Stone Cat - Love the nameplates of local buildings
Airport - Not always the place for modern art, but ther's something here.
Boat - Blurry and appropriate
Posters - Nice to be in a city that allows good work to be displayed big.
Buildings - The famous architecture surrounding the canals
Red Brick Roof - Sunset color on red brick eaves
Sunset - Yup, the sun sets in Amsterdam too, when it shows up at all.
Boatname - riverbarge abstract
Buildings - Canalside architecture
Bummed girl - Blue weather and it's effect on the populous
Smoking - Same
Glass2 - Stained Glass from Laura's house
posters - Nice to see a humming poster business around town
Sunny Bldg- Eaves at sunset

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