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I have rediscovered my love for film. And nature for that matter. Going in to this 52 week project, I partially felt like it had to consist of extravagant conceptual images. So I dreamt up some concepts and went to work in camera, and later manipulating in photoshop. Although I did receive quite a few comments on those and everyone seemed to like them, I now realize that's not where my heart is in photography. The world around us is so amazing that it doesn't need crazy editing. And when you shoot with film, the pictures come out that much more beautifully. I'm not saying I'm going to stop with concepts altogether, just the unreal manipulations, and I'm definitely going to start shooting film more often.
Also, I hope everyone stayed safe during hurricane sandy!
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In the south of Laos, in Champasak Province near the Cambodian border, some 200 km from Angkor Wat and about a one hour drive from Pakse on a good road, is the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Vat Phou. It is an exceptional archeological site originating in the 6th century and thriving until the 15th Century. Its influences come from Khmer, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions that blend elegantly in its architectural, ritualistic, and artistic designs. Construction on what we see today as Vat Phou started around 1000AD, and bears clear visions of Hinduism. Taking advantage of a natural axis from Phou Kao Mountain - from which flows a natural spring that is still considered sacred nowadays - to the Mekong River, the ancient khmers designed a geometric pattern of temples, shrines, and man-made waterways. The deliberately chosen location of Vat Phou along an east – west axis, is coupled with the fact that the peak of Phou Kao Mountain is shaped like a lingam. Such a phallic shape is usually associated with the Hindu God Shiva, as is the worship of the rising sun, hence the east – west alignment of the temple. After centuries of lying in ruin, hidden within the jungle, a French explorer, Henri Pamentier, rediscovered Vat Phou in 1914. After photographing the site, it once again disappeared form the world’s consciousness. Interest resurrected itself again in the mid 1980’s when UNESCO initiated an archaeological survey of the site. This survey led to heritage legislation being implemented, with the conferring of protected status being given to the site in 2001.
Vat Phou is known for the intricacy of its carvings. This carving is of a kala, a mythical creature representative of time and of the God Shiva. Vat Phou is built largely of sandstone, a medium that lends itself to the elaborate decorative wall carvings which are still observable today. The buildings themselves are miniature in scale, unusually so when measured by the standards of Angkorian construction. These factors have made this temple a pleasure to explore, and have led to its being widely praised as a "precious gem", or the "jewel of Khmer art.". Vat Phou in Champasak is a scaled down version of Angkor Wat but that can only mean a change for an almost tourist free experience at a one of the most significant Buddhist religious sites of Laos. I enjoy to photograph ruins, trying to catch that ancient atmosphere. Here you don't feel like a tourist but more like an explorer.
Het Wat Phou tempelcomplex ligt op een uurtje fietsen vanaf Champasak. Een fiets kun je voor 0,50 per dag huren via je guesthouse. Je kunt Wat Phou ook met een gecharterde tuk-tuk bereiken. Wat Phou betekent in het Laotiaans bergklooster. De Wat Phou, de meest interessante Khmer-ruine buiten, ligt op 8 kilometer ten zuidwesten van Champasak. Het is in feite een verzameling tempels en heiligdommen aan de voet van de Lingaparvata berg. Het Khmertempelcomplex werd in de 9de eeuw door koning Jayavarman IV als Shiva-heiligdom gebouwd. In vroegere tijden verbond een 200 km lange weg deze tempel met Angkor Wat in Cambodja. Hoewel de plek nu verbonden is met het Theravada Boeddhisme, wijzen zandstenen reliefs erop dat de ruines ooit aan de Hindoe-goden gewijd waren. Met de ondergang van het Angkor rijk werd Wat Phou overwoekerd door de jungle. In 2001 is Wat Phou door UNESCO uitgeroepen tot een World Heritage Site. Met steun van de UNESCO zijn restauratiewerkzaamheden in volle gang. UNESCO heeft inmiddels wel geleerd van eerdere restauratiewerkzaamheden aan Angkor Wat. De inmiddels gestarte herstelwerkzaamheden stuitten daar op opmerkelijk verzet van deze bezoekers. Ze waren ontstemd over de pogingen het overwoekerende oerwoud terug te dringen. Voor hen werden een paar gebouwen ongemoeid gelaten, zodat het beeld gelijk bleef aan de op foto's vastgelegde dromen die ze, eerder thuis hadden gezien. Gelukkig krijg je hier als je door de gedeeltelijk overgroeide ruïnes dwaalt een goede indruk hoe groot het complex geweest moet zijn. Boven op de heuvel staat een verborgen tempel in het oerwoud. Je voelt je even geen toerist maar ontdekkings-reiziger! Vanaf de boven op een heuvel gelegen centrale tempel kijk je uit over een groot deel van het complex en de in de verte gelegen Mekong.
I rediscovered this picture over the weekend. I do wonder what my motives were in attempting this picture? I had completely shaved off all of my male body hair, plucked my eyebrows, painted on lots of make-up onto my face, donned a wig, tucked away my male genitals and tried to create the illusion of breasts and a female genital area and slipped on high heels and female underwear. What kind of a man does such a thing? Well, me!
I still wonder why I adore dressing up as a woman and the conflicting emotions and that occur can both be exciting and concerning. Transvestism is an experience of thrills and delight fighting alongside angst and fear.
As a man dressing up and posing in this outfit and I won’t deny absolutely loving how I felt and was getting quite emotional about it as it was was such an incredible experience to have as a male. I’m a man that likes to portray himself as female and at times really wish I was female but inevitably I return to being a man. At times I do winder what on earth is going on inside me.
I won’t deny when I cross-dress as a woman I try to become a woman and act like one and it feels right on an emotional level. I get a thrill out of it also in terms of the whole illusion and the fun of dressing up so it’s not a clear cut display of transsexualism I am also most definitely also a transvestite. I like both aspects so I think being transgender is not a clear cut thing at all. Each individual will have different degrees of the transsexual/transvestite balance. I do know though I would never transition full time as I do get quite a buzz out of the dressing up and creating an illusion and the performance required to pretend I am a woman. Yet at times I desperately want nothing more than to truly be a female. I suppose I want it all!
I was thrilled to dare o pose and take a photo in this outfit, as I say something was motivating me but i felt no clarity on why I wanted to do it. The picture may be seen as embarrassing, in fact I am partly embarrassed myself yet I;m also thrilled that i did it. Being a transvestite is a bit of an up/down experience but their is always a moment of sheer joy and absolute euphoria when I transform myself into an illusion of being a woman. That high is almost beyond words, part of me comes fully alive at that moment and I think I could be female. It s difficult to sustain the illusion and the powerful high will tart to fade and return o being a man at some point.
I say that but I am always aware of a lingering exhilaration and a sense I’ve tasted freedom and completeness albeit briefly by setting free my feminine self that is usually hidden and suppressed..
A Tiny Larch Cone in a Sea of Moss – Rediscovering Photography with an Old Companion Shoot with an Nikon Coolpix P7100 from 2012. The next image is a macro shot taken in the Langenhorster Wald near Velbert. Softly nestled in fresh white moss on a tree stump, a tiny little larch cone has landed and now takes center stage in this picture. The background features a beautiful bokeh, barely revealing the reflective surface of the small forest path with the surrounding trees.
I shot this image with my Nikon Coolpix P7100, which I rediscovered during spring cleaning after almost forgetting about it!
It’s incredible—this camera is 13 years old, and yet, despite all the new and better cameras that keep coming out, it has reignited my passion for photography. After taking many pictures with my iPhone 11 Pro Max, this old camera reminded me of the joy of capturing moments. I also have a Nikon Z6, but it’s too big to carry around all the time. Right now, I’m considering getting a Ricoh GR III. What do you think?
Here's another shot I took with my Leica M8, which I recently dusted off and started using again on my walks in Ghent. This picture was taken in Citadelpark. The park is between my home and the city center, so I walk through it every time I head downtown. I continue to be charmed by the vivid colors this camera's CCD sensor produces. The simplicity of the camera is also appealing—you basically have aperture, speed, and ISO, with the latter being relatively limited because anything above ISO 160 introduces electronic noise. And of course, the sound of the shutter makes taking pictures with this device an absolute delight – Citadelpark, Ghent, Belgium.
SERIES: REDISCOVERING MEXICO CITY
A drop is set on top of a very curious plant that grows on a pond.
This image was taken at morning in the botanical garden of Chapultepec Park, Mexico City.
Reviewed on March 2012 (original image from 3rd of July 2007)
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In the south of Laos, in Champasak Province near the Cambodian border, some 200 km from Angkor Wat and about a one hour drive from Pakse on a good road, is the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Vat Phou. It is an exceptional archeological site originating in the 6th century and thriving until the 15th Century. Its influences come from Khmer, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions that blend elegantly in its architectural, ritualistic, and artistic designs. Construction on what we see today as Vat Phou started around 1000AD, and bears clear visions of Hinduism. Taking advantage of a natural axis from Phou Kao Mountain - from which flows a natural spring that is still considered sacred nowadays - to the Mekong River, the ancient khmers designed a geometric pattern of temples, shrines, and man-made waterways. The deliberately chosen location of Vat Phou along an east – west axis, is coupled with the fact that the peak of Phou Kao Mountain is shaped like a lingam. Such a phallic shape is usually associated with the Hindu God Shiva, as is the worship of the rising sun, hence the east – west alignment of the temple. After centuries of lying in ruin, hidden within the jungle, a French explorer, Henri Pamentier, rediscovered Vat Phou in 1914. After photographing the site, it once again disappeared form the world’s consciousness. Interest resurrected itself again in the mid 1980’s when UNESCO initiated an archaeological survey of the site. This survey led to heritage legislation being implemented, with the conferring of protected status being given to the site in 2001.
A downwards view of the stairway up the main temple complex. Between the terrace are the remains of six small shrines destroyed by treasure-hunters. It ends at the sixth and final terrace located about 100 m above the baray and commanding an impressive view over the whole complex and over the plain to the Mekong River and beyond. Once the pilgrims reached the end of the 72 lotus column lined causeway they began their long aromatic journey beginning with the first stairway leading to the main sanctuary. The stairways are lined with plumeria trees making the senses become overwhelmed with the scents of the white flowers filling the air. It was their ultimate journey of becoming immortal gods. There was a temple on the site as early as the 5th century, but the surviving structures date from the 11th to 13th centuries. The temple has a unique structure, in which the elements lead to a shrine where a linga was bathed in water from a mountain spring. The site later became a centre of Theravada Buddhist worship, which it remains today. Local people come to worship at Vat Phou.
Het Wat Phou tempelcomplex ligt op een uurtje fietsen vanaf Champasak. Een fiets kun je voor 0,50 per dag huren via je guesthouse. Je kunt Wat Phou ook met een gecharterde tuk-tuk bereiken. Wat Phou betekent in het Laotiaans bergklooster. De Wat Phou, de meest interessante Khmer-ruine buiten, ligt op 8 kilometer ten zuidwesten van Champasak. Het is in feite een verzameling tempels en heiligdommen aan de voet van de Lingaparvata berg. Het Khmertempelcomplex werd in de 9de eeuw door koning Jayavarman IV als Shiva-heiligdom gebouwd. In vroegere tijden verbond een 200 km lange weg deze tempel met Angkor Wat in Cambodja. Hoewel de plek nu verbonden is met het Theravada Boeddhisme, wijzen zandstenen reliefs erop dat de ruines ooit aan de Hindoe-goden gewijd waren. Met de ondergang van het Angkor rijk werd Wat Phou overwoekerd door de jungle. In 2001 is Wat Phou door UNESCO uitgeroepen tot een World Heritage Site. Met steun van de UNESCO zijn restauratiewerkzaamheden in volle gang. UNESCO heeft inmiddels wel geleerd van eerdere restauratiewerkzaamheden aan Angkor Wat. De inmiddels gestarte herstelwerkzaamheden stuitten daar op opmerkelijk verzet van deze bezoekers. Ze waren ontstemd over de pogingen het overwoekerende oerwoud terug te dringen. Voor hen werden een paar gebouwen ongemoeid gelaten, zodat het beeld gelijk bleef aan de op foto's vastgelegde dromen die ze, eerder thuis hadden gezien. Gelukkig krijg je hier als je door de gedeeltelijk overgroeide ruïnes dwaalt een goede indruk hoe groot het complex geweest moet zijn. Boven op de heuvel staat een verborgen tempel in het oerwoud. Je voelt je even geen toerist maar ontdekkings-reiziger! Vanaf de boven op een heuvel gelegen centrale tempel kijk je uit over een groot deel van het complex en de in de verte gelegen Mekong.
With my rediscovered interest in succulents and, in particular, photographing them, it was an obvious choice for me to pay the well-known Sukkulenten Sammlung (succulent collection) in Zurich a visit. It was actually high time for just that - I'd been hearing about it off and on for a few years already, but never managed to make it there. So on one fine Summer's day I packed up my 500C, extension rings and a handful of Fomapan 200 and set out to see what I could find.
Committed to Fomapan 200 using a Hasselblad 500C and 100 mm lens with a 56 mm extension ring. Developed using Ars-Imago R9 (rodinal) 1:25 as per the Massive Dev chart (though I think the listed times are too short and will be adding at least a minute to them in the future) and scanned with an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion and contrast done with Negative Lab Pro. Dust cleaning, sharpening and final contrast in Photoshop.
Update: 2016-09-28
Having just rediscovered this image from a couple of years ago, i added it to some more groups.
Today, when i opened the image to accept some invites, i was surprised and moved to see that the biggest fan of this image was 'Gerard / Pifou 2010' who had given it 5 awards in the last 2 years - So, This One's For You Pifou ! (for the memory of Pifou)
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A friend experiences what I felt when seeing the Lost City for the first time from the West Tongue Viewpoint. How small he looks in this grand scene! The Lost City is over 300 yards from him and 300 feet lower.
My first look from where he is standing was in May 2018. A year later, two friends hiked out there with me on a beautiful day. Having a hiker in the photo really contributes to the sense of scale. The views out here are breathtaking. Do you think this area has national park quality? Only a few people I know have been out to this viewpoint.
This is a frame from a 4K video I took on this 2019 hike. I hope to post our story on YouTube in the future.
Rediscovering the f/1.8 20mm fixed lens. I used to use it for indoor sports. It has other talents as well.
It’s that moment where I’m in my bedroom allowing my body to break, to move, to fall and to move to the beat of a song. I don’t dance. I’m not flexible. I’m not graceful. I couldn’t even define rhythm if I tried. But I know the love of God and because of that I dance in his throne room. I dance with Him. I dance for Him. He dances through me.
However, frustration seeps in because I am not a dancer. I get angry. I kick things. I feel discouraged, lost and hurt. I leave my room angry and the peace of God leaves me because I allow the enemy to convince me I am not good enough.
Although, God reveals different things to me than he does to you, or him, or her and that’s the beauty right there.
So when you’re frustrated that those around you are telling you that you are WRONG or discouraging you. Understand that God gave you a piece of him, like lovers do with one another. Hold it close to you.
Do not try to pry open the eyes of those around you. Instead ask God to open your OWN eyes.
I cannot paraphrase this lie as one concept but I can say this – stop comparing your spiritual level, your revelations and your walk with God with those around you. God created you for an entirely different purpose than the person sitting beside you on the bus.
1 Corinthians 4:3-4 says “But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself, for I know of nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this, but He who judges me is the Lord.”
In the end it is God who judges us for all we’ve done and the relationship we chose to have or not to have with him. That judgement will ONLY be directed at us. God is only focused on US. So why are you spending so much time comparing yourself to those around you?
Have faith that God is speaking into your life and in your times of doubt, go to your Word and ask God to show you the Truth.
Have faith in your relationship with God by building it with Him through love, patience, prayer and perseverance.
And finally, do NOT look to your LEFT or your RIGHT but instead, keep your eyes focused on God. In the end, that connection between you and Him…that’s all that matters.
Will you open your eyes to that or will you continue to only view God through the views of those around you?
A little different, but looking back through some pics for a few more to choose from on my current theme, I rediscovered this one. To me, a photo of a couple snoozing on the ferry back from Manly on a sunny Spring afternoon is pretty much the street photography classic version of the me time shot.
I’ve rediscovered that Billy Boy "Le Nouveau Théâtre de la mode" Barbie my BFF Dean gave me some time ago! I decided to put BS Christie back in her box as I love the way she looks in it- the whole presentation! So that gave me a little more room on that Superstar shelf, and as I was moving around my pink boxes, I discovered her in one and thought how pretty she was! I also loved her ‘Jeans Barbie’ outfit that she was already dressed in from the last time I put her away in storage (as it’s so of that era!) so there she is reclining on the Superstar shelf! 😛 Kissing Barbie also changed into a favourite 1976/77 Best Buy outfit.
The Milkmaid, Johannes Vermeer, c. 1660
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A maidservant pours milk, entirely absorbed in her work. Except for the stream of milk, everything else is still. Vermeer took this simple everyday activity and made it the subject of an impressive painting – the woman stands like a statue in the brightly lit room. Vermeer also had an eye for how light by means of hundreds of colourful dots plays over the surface of objects.
Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675)
Today Johannes Vermeer is one of the most celebrated Dutch 17th century masters. Yet for centuries little importance was attached to his name. Works now known as Vermeers were attributed to other artists. It was only in the 1870s that he was rediscovered and 35 paintings identified as his. The son of a silk worker who bought and sold art, Vermeer lived and worked in Delft all his life. He may have served his apprenticeship under fellow townsman Carel Fabritius. In 1653, he joined the local artists guild, which he led at various times. Vermeer’s early paintings of historical scenes reveal the influence of the Utrecht Caravaggists. His later paintings are meticulous compositions of interiors featuring one or two figures, usually women. These are intimate genre paintings in which the subject is engaged in some everyday activity, usually in the light of a nearby window. Vermeer could render the way light plays on objects like few others. The Rijksmuseum has three domestic interiors by Vermeer and one outdoor scene: his world-famous Little Street.
Rijks Museum - National Museum of Netherlands
Vision:
The Rijksmuseum links individuals with art and history.
Mission:
At the Rijksmuseum, art and history take on new meaning for a broad-based, contemporary national and international audience.
As a national institute, the Rijksmuseum offers a representative overview of Dutch art and history from the Middle Ages onwards, and of major aspects of European and Asian art.
The Rijksmuseum keeps, manages, conserves, restores, researches, prepares, collects, publishes, and presents artistic and historical objects, both on its own premises and elsewhere.
From 1800 to 2013
The Rijksmuseum first opened its doors in 1800 under the name ‘Nationale Kunstgalerij’. At the time, it was housed in Huis ten Bosch in The Hague. The collection mainly comprised paintings and historical objects. In 1808, the museum moved to the new capital city of Amsterdam, where it was based in the Royal Palace on Dam Square.
After King Willem I’s accession to the throne, the paintings and national print collection were moved to the Trippenhuis on Kloveniersburgwal, while the other objects were returned to The Hague. The current building was put into use in 1885. The Netherlands Museum for History and Art based in The Hague moved into the same premises, forming what would later become the departments of Dutch History and Sculpture & Applied Art.
The beginning
On 19 November 1798, more than three years after the birth of the Batavian Republic, the government decided to honour a suggestion put forward by Isaac Gogel by following the French example of setting up a national museum. The museum initially housed the remains of the viceregal collections and a variety of objects originating from state institutions. When the Nationale Kunstgalerij first opened its doors on 31 May 1800, it had more than 200 paintings and historical objects on display. In the years that followed, Gogel and the first director, C.S. Roos, made countless acquisitions. Their first purchase, The Swan by Jan Asselijn, cost 100 Dutch guilders and is still one of the Rijksmuseum’s top pieces.
Move to Amsterdam
In 1808, the new King Louis Napoleon ordered the collections to be moved to Amsterdam, which was to be made the capital of the Kingdom of Holland. The works of art and objects were taken to the Royal Palace on Dam Square, the former city hall of Amsterdam, where they were united with the city’s foremost paintings, including the Night Watch by Rembrandt. In 1809, the Koninklijk Museum opened its doors on the top floor of the palace.
A few years after Willem I returned to the Netherlands as the new king in 1813, the ‘Rijks Museum’ and the national print collection from The Hague relocated to the Trippenhuis, a 17th-century town-palace on Kloveniersburgwal, home to what would later become the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Much to the regret of the director, Cornelis Apostool, in 1820 many objects including pieces of great historical interest were assigned to the Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden [Royal Gallery of Rare Objects], which had been founded in The Hague. In 1838, a separate museum for modern 19th-century art was established in Paviljoen Welgelegen in Haarlem. Contrary to the days of Louis Napoleon, very few large acquisitions were made during this period.
Cuypers Cathedral
The Trippenhuis proved unsuitable as a museum. Furthermore, many people thought it time to establish a dedicated national museum building in the Netherlands. Work on a new building did not commence until 1876, after many years of debate. The architect, Pierre Cuypers, had drawn up a historic design for the Rijksmuseum, which combined the Gothic and the Renaissance styles. The design was not generally well-received; people considered it too mediaeval and not Dutch enough. The official opening took place in 1885.
Nearly all the older paintings belonging to the City of Amsterdam were hung in the Rijksmuseum alongside paintings and prints from the Trippenhuis, including paintings such as Rembrandt’s Jewish Bride, which had been bequeathed to the city by the banker A. van der Hoop. The collection of 19th-century art from Haarlem was also added to the museum’s collection. Finally, a significant part of the Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden, which had by then been incorporated into the new Netherlands Museum for History and Art, was returned to Amsterdam.
Renovations
Over the years, collections continued to grow and museum insight continued to expand, and so the Rijksmuseum building underwent many changes. Rooms were added to the south-west side of the building between 1904 and 1916 (now the Philips wing) to house the collection of 19th-century paintings donated to the museum by Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser. In the 1950s and 1960s, the two original courtyards were covered and renovated to create more rooms.
In 1927, while Schmidt-Degener was Managing Director, the Netherlands Museum was split to form the departments of Dutch History and Sculpture & Applied Art. These departments were moved to separate parts of the building after 1945. The arrival of a collection donated by the Association of Friends of Asian Art in the 1950s resulted in the creation of the Asian Art department.
The 1970s saw record numbers of visitors of almost one-and-a-half million per year, and the building gradually started to fall short of modern requirements.
‘Verder met Cuypers'
The current renovation reinstates the original Cuypers structure. The building work in the courtyards are removed. Paintings, applied art and history are no longer displayed in separate parts of the building, but form a single chronological circuit that tells the story of Dutch art and history.
The building is thoroughly modernized, while at the same time restoring more of Cuypers original interior designs: the Rijksmuseum has dubbed the venture ‘Verder met Cuypers‘ [Continuing with Cuypers]. The Rijksmuseum will be a dazzling new museum able to satisfy the needs of its 21st-century visitors!
Every year, the Rijksmuseum compiles an annual report for the previous year. Annual reports dating back to 1998 can be found here (in Dutch only). Reports relating to the years before 1998 are available in the reading room of the library.
O Museu Rijks é um dos maiores e mais importantes museus da Europa.É o maior dos Países Baixos, com acervo voltado quase todo aos artistas holandeses. As obras vão desde exemplares da arte sacra até a era dourada holandesa, além de uma substancial coleção de arte asiática.
Esse é o Rijksmuseum, o Museu Nacional dos Países Baixos. E aproveite, caro leitor, porque o Rijks esteve parcialmente fechado para reforma durante 10 anos – voltou a funcionar só em 2013. Ou seja, quem esteve em Amsterdam na última década não conheceu o Rijks, pelo menos não completamente.
Mas o quê tem lá? Muita coisa. Destaque para as coleções de arte e História holandesas. Os trabalhos dos pintores Frans Hals e Johannes Vermeer são alguns dos mais concorridos, mas imbatível mesmo é Rembrandt van Rijn, considerado um dos maiores pintores de todos os tempos. Se você não é um fã de museus de arte, mas faz questão de conhecer o trabalho desses grandes artistas, uma dica: assim que chegar ao Rijks, vá direto para a ala onde estão as obras-primas. Assim você vê o mais importante no início da visita, quando ainda está descansado e poderá dedicar o tempo necessário para essas obras.
A mais famosa delas é a “A Ronda Noturna”, de Rembrandt, uma obra que inspirou músicas, pinturas, filmes e até um flash mob. Quando o Rijks foi reaberto, artistas recriam a cena mostrada no quadro dentro de um shopping de Amsterdam. A ação está no vídeo abaixo e eu te garanto que vale a pena dar play.
Read more: www.360meridianos.com/2014/01/museus-de-amsterdam.html#ix...
Read more: www.360meridianos.com/2014/01/museus-de-amsterdam.html#ix...
Rijksmuseum, Museu Nacional
42 Stadhouderskade
Amsterdam
O museu Rijksmuseum de Amsterdã é o Museu Nacional da Holanda, onde você encontrará uma impressionante coleção permanente, formada por 5.000 pinturas e 30.000 obras de arte, além de 17.000 objetos históricos.
Esse museu nacional foi fundado em 1885 e está instalado em um edifício de estilo neogótico. A sua principal atração é a extensa coleção de quadros pintados por artistas holandeses, abrangendo um período que vai do séc. XV aos dias de hoje. A obra de arte mais famosa em exibição é o quadro A Ronda Noturna, de Rembrandt.
O museu Rijksmuseum está dividido em cinco departamentos: pintura, escultura, arte aplicada, arte oriental, história dos Países Baixos e gravuras. O núcleo da coleção é a pintura e suas obras mais representativas são as que pertencem ao Século de Ouro holandês, com quadros de artistas como Rembrandt, Vermeer ou Frans Hals.
Ver fonte: dreamguides.edreams.pt/holanda/amsterda/rijksmuseum
Museu Rijks, Amesterdão
O Museu Rijks (Museu Nacional) é um edifício histórico, sendo o maior museu nos Países Baixos. O Museu é o maior no numero relativamente às suas colecções, na área do edifício em si, no financiamento e no numero de funcionários empregados.
Cada ano, mais de um milhão de pessoas visitam o Museu Rijks. O Museu emprega cerca de 400 pessoas, incluindo 45 conservadores de museu que são especializados em todas as áreas.
O Museu Rijks é internacionalmente reconhecido pelas suas exibições e publicações, mas não só apenas por estes produtos de grande qualidade, mas também pelas áreas no museu em si que são fonte de inspiração e encorajam a criação de novas ideias.
O museu também tem recursos consideráveis para a educação, para a decoração e apresentação de exibições. Importantes designers são regularmente chamados a trabalharem em projectos no Museu Rijks.
O edifício principal do Museu Rijks está a ser renovado. A boa noticia é que a melhor parte da exposição está apresentada na redesenhada ala Philips. O nome desta exposição denomina-se "The Masterpieces'.
O museu abre diariamente das 10 da manhã até ás 5 da tarde.
A entrada é pela Stadhouderskade 42.
Rijksmuseum
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O Rijksmuseum é um museu nacional dos Países Baixos, localizada em Amsterdão na Praça do museu. O Rijksmuseum é dedicado à artes e história. Ele tem uma larga coleção de pinturas da idade de ouro neerlandesa e uma substancial coleção de arte asiática.
O museu foi fundado em 1800 na cidade da Haia para exibir a coleção do primeiro-ministro. Foi inspirado no exemplo francês. Pelos neerlandeses ficou conhecida como Galeria de Arte. Em 1808 o museu mudou-se para Amsterdã pelas ordens do rei Louis Napoleón, irmão de Napoleão Bonaparte. As pinturas daquela cidade, como A Ronda Nocturna de Rembrandt, tornaram-se parte da coleção.
Em 1885 o museu mudou-se para sua localização atual, construído pelo arquiteto neerlandês Pierre Cuypers. Ele combinou elementos góticos e renascentistas. O museu tem um posição proeminente na Praça do Museu, próximo ao Museu van Gogh e ao Museu Stedelijk. A construção é ricamente decorada com referências da história da arte neerlandesa. A Ronda Nocturna de Rembrandt tem seu próprio corredor no museu desde 1906. Desde 2003 o museu sofreu restaurações, mas as obras-primas são constatemente presentes para o público.
A coleção de pinturas inclui trabalhos de artistas como Jacob van Ruysdael, Frans Hals, Johannes Vermeer e Rembrandt e de alunos de Rembrandt.
Em 2005, 95% do museu está fechado para renovação, mas as pinturas da coleção permanente ainda estão em mostra em uma exibição especial chamada As Obras-primas.
Algumas das pinturas do museu:
Rembrandt van Rijn
A Ronda Nocturna
Os síndicos da guilda dos fabricantes de tecidos
A noiva judia
A lição de Anatomia do Dr. Deyman
Pedro negando Cristo
Saskia com um véu
Retrato de Titus em hábito de monge
Auto-retrato como Apóstolo Paulo
Tobias, Ana e o Bode
Johannes Vermeer:
A Leiteira
A Carta de Amor
Mulher de Azul a ler uma carta
A Rua pequena
Frans Hals:
Retrato de um jovem casal
A Companhia Reynier Real
O bebedor alegre
Retrato de Lucas De Clercq
Retrato de Nicolaes Hasselaer
Retrato de um homem
Página oficial do Rijksmuseum
Virtual Collection of Masterpieces (VCM)
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Se você visitar Amsterdam, precisará conhecer o Museu Nacional da Holanda: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. O Museu Nacional fica na Praça do Museu, situada no centro de Amsterdam. O Museu Nacional, ou Rijksmuseum, possui uma maravilhosa coleção de arte e história holandesas. Após uma visita ao Rijksmuseum, você saberá mais sobre história e arte e terá visto alguns dos maiores marcos culturais da Holanda.
Obras-primas do Museu Nacional
Ao todo, a coleção do Rijksmuseum apresenta a história da Holanda em um contexto internacional, desde 1.100 até o presente. Há alguns ícones da história e cultura da Holanda que você não pode perder:
Ronda Noturna (de Nachtwacht) de Rembrandt é uma das mais famosas obras desse mestre holandês e é de tirar o fôlego.
O Rijksmuseum tem uma das melhores coleções de pinturas dos grandes mestres do século XVII, como Frans Hals, Jan Steen, Vermeer e Rembrandt.
Assim como o Museu Histórico de Haia, o Rijksmuseum apresenta lindas casas de bonecas, mobiliadas em detalhes, datando de 1676.
Se você não puder ir ao Delft Real, pode ainda apreciar algumas das melhores cerâmicas de Delft, de conjuntos de chá a vasos, no Museu Nacional.
Museu que é visita obrigatória em Amsterdam
Quer sua estadia em Amsterdam seja breve ou longa, você deve visitar o Rijksmuseum. Chegue cedo para evitar enfrentar filas. Combine a visita ao Rijksmuseum com várias outras atrações próximas, como o Museu Van Gogh, o Museu Stedelijk Amsterdam e a Coster Diamonds
Para obter mais informações sobre Amsterdam, retorne à página sobre Amsterdam ou à página sobre os museus de Amsterdam.
She stood there, in front of the familiar door, feeling a mix of excitement and apprehension rising within her. It was a return to a place that had witnessed so many moments, both sweet and bitter. Every street corner, every building evoked memories, some sparkling with joy, others heavy with sadness. Yet, she was determined to confront these memories, to rediscover the streets she had once walked with passion and innocence. This return meant more than just a visit; it was a journey to her past, a chance to reconcile with the shadows that had haunted her thoughts for so long. So, with a deep breath, she pushed open the door and ventured into the streets that had been the backdrop of her past life.
Another older shot from Autumn 2019 rediscovered courtesy of Lockdown 3.0 here in UK.
Had seen The Scott Memorial stone online and managed to scout and find it a couple of evenings earlier when the light was flat. On the last day of my trip the forecast for sunrise wasn't great for any cloud but I thought I'd give it a go and this is one of the Panoramas I shot.
Tarn Hows, should not be missed if in the area yet isn't entirely typical of the local landscape. It's partly artificial as originally it was 3 separate tarns that were joined together in the 19th Century, and most of the trees surrounding it are conifers.
When the Tarns and its setting came up for sale in 1929, they were bought by Beatrix Potter who sold the half containing Tarn Hows to the National Trust. The rest was bequeathed to the National Trust by Sir Samuel Haslam Scott in memory of Sir james & Lady Scott. The large stone on the right is inscribed on the other side to acknowledge this gift to the nation.
There are many good viewpoints both at a high level overlooking the water and along the shore. I returned in Autumn 2020 for another high vantage location but have yet to explore the lakeshore path.
© All rights reserved Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
Rediscovered this one and, re-engineered it because, well, I wanted to. The lighting has gawn a bit haywire though...haha! I love this cost effective little red dress. Nice fit, length and nice (cost effective) material :)
I've un-re-engineered it again now so back to original'ish!
Well it all started with finding the Lite Bright then moving more goodies I forgot I bought this dolly house/case while on vacation so the girls had some fun today playing in their vintage house.
*This darling case may be available, I can't handle smells and the vintage plastic and this one is killing me, so is having to get rid of this. I had no idea even after cleaning it I would react :(
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Please take your time... and enjoy it large on black
In the south of Laos, in Champasak Province near the Cambodian border, some 200 km from Angkor Wat and about a one hour drive from Pakse on a good road, is the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Vat Phou. It is an exceptional archeological site originating in the 6th century and thriving until the 15th Century. Its influences come from Khmer, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions that blend elegantly in its architectural, ritualistic, and artistic designs. Construction on what we see today as Vat Phou started around 1000AD, and bears clear visions of Hinduism. Taking advantage of a natural axis from Phou Kao Mountain - from which flows a natural spring that is still considered sacred nowadays - to the Mekong River, the ancient khmers designed a geometric pattern of temples, shrines, and man-made waterways. The deliberately chosen location of Vat Phou along an east – west axis, is coupled with the fact that the peak of Phou Kao Mountain is shaped like a lingam. Such a phallic shape is usually associated with the Hindu God Shiva, as is the worship of the rising sun, hence the east – west alignment of the temple. After centuries of lying in ruin, hidden within the jungle, a French explorer, Henri Pamentier, rediscovered Vat Phou in 1914. After photographing the site, it once again disappeared form the world’s consciousness. Interest resurrected itself again in the mid 1980’s when UNESCO initiated an archaeological survey of the site. This survey led to heritage legislation being implemented, with the conferring of protected status being given to the site in 2001.
Photo of the northern palace of the World Heritage Site of Vat Phou in Champasak - Laos. In the background the Phou Kao Mountain. Reconstruction and renovations have begun, with help of UNESCO, in the hope of restoring Vat Phou to its original magnificence. The walls of the northern palace's corridor are laterite, while those of the southern palace are sandstone. The northern building is now in better condition. The palaces are made in the early Angkor Wat style.
Het Wat Phou tempelcomplex ligt op een uurtje fietsen vanaf Champasak. Een fiets kun je voor 0,50 per dag huren via je guesthouse. Je kunt Wat Phou ook met een gecharterde tuk-tuk bereiken. Wat Phou betekent in het Laotiaans bergklooster. De Wat Phou, de meest interessante Khmer-ruine buiten, ligt op 8 kilometer ten zuidwesten van Champasak. Het is in feite een verzameling tempels en heiligdommen aan de voet van de Lingaparvata berg. Het Khmertempelcomplex werd in de 9de eeuw door koning Jayavarman IV als Shiva-heiligdom gebouwd. In vroegere tijden verbond een 100 km lange weg deze tempel met Angkor Wat in Cambodja. Hoewel de plek nu verbonden is met het Theravada Boeddhisme, wijzen zandstenen reliefs erop dat de ruines ooit aan de Hindoe-goden gewijd waren. Met de ondergang van het Angkor rijk werd Wat Phou overwoekerd door de jungle. In 2001 is Wat Phou door UNESCO uitgeroepen tot een World Heritage Site. Met steun van de UNESCO zijn restauratiewerkzaamheden in volle gang. Als je door de gedeeltelijk overgroeide ruïnes dwaalt krijg je een goede indruk hoe groot het complex geweest moet zijn. Vanaf de boven op een heuvel gelegen centrale tempel kijk je uit over een groot deel van het complex en de in de verte gelegen Mekong.
Rediscovered in 1951 the Melissani Cave (Greek: Μελισσάνη) or Melissani Lake, also Melisani is a cave located on the island of Kefalonia, northwest of Sami, about 5 km SE of Agia Efthymia, NE of Argostoli and NW of Poros. The Ionian Sea lies to the east with the Strait of Ithaca. Forests surround the cave and the mountain slope is to the west.
Lost & Found: Rediscovering Fragments of Old Toronto, permanent garden exhibition, Campbell House Museum, city centre
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The ruins of Machu Picchu, rediscovered in 1911 by Yale archaeologist Hiram Bingham, are one of the most beautiful and enigmatic ancient sites in the world. While the Inca people certainly used the Andean mountain top (7,972 feet or 2,430 meters above sea level) erecting many hundreds of stone structures from the early 1400's, legends and myths indicate that Machu Picchu (meaning "Old Peak" in the Quechua language) was revered as a sacred place from a far earlier time. Whatever its origins, the Inca turned the site into a small (5 square miles) but extraordinary city. Invisible from below and completely self-contained, surrounded by agricultural terraces sufficient to feed the population, and watered by natural springs, Machu Picchu seems to have been utilized by the Inca as a secret ceremonial city.
Photo taken in 1979 using a nondigital Zeiss camera.
A rediscovered file, as ever when looking for something else. The Flickr Camera Roll shows that I was in Zaragoza earlier on this day, thus I think that this city transport map was at Barcelona Sants station on the way home.
Rediscovering the joy of film photography.
Canonet QL 17 GIII, 40mm/f1.7 lens, Kodak Ultramax 400 ISO, nominally exposed, 1/500, f16. No digital edits made to the scan other than cropping to 5x7.
Film developed and scanned at The Darkroom, CA.
Playing around with my first rangefinder film camera, testing out the replaced light seals (seems to be tight) and Ultramax. The colors are spot on when exposed for 400 ISO.
I've rediscovered a passion for pashminas! They add that lovely splash of colour to a black dress - but let's not forget the lovely soft grey lace top stockings either.
Malabar Whistling Thrush ( Myophonus horsfieldii)
A wonderful singer and a real beauty but difficult to photograph due to its activity pattern.
...an image of a old Voigtlander Bessa folding camera...I took out of storage...justice was due to shoot this utilizing a light box...
...rediscovering analog in a digital world...this camera will be brought back to its intended use very soon...
In 1812 Louis Burckhardt, rediscovered Petra for the West after it had dropped off all the maps. When trade routes linking Europe to China shifted the Nabataneans civilization declined and a series of earthquakes in 363 and 551 AD destroyed the city. Petra’s ruins became the home of the Bedouin and its location their closely guarded secret... until Burckhardt, disguised as a holy man, saw the Treasury (Al-Khazneh) partially obscured by the Siq’s narrow walls. His heightened interest alerted his guide that the pale holy man might actually be an ‘infidel’.
I’ve had Petra on my ‘bucket-list’ since boyhood. An avid reader of the Adventures of Tintin, one particular journey (see Red Sea Sharks, p28) took Tintin and Captain Haddock to Petra. My visit did not disappoint! Petra is wild, weird, and evokes a strange other worldly atmosphere. Go!
I recently rediscovered this old slide from 1981, taken in late sun before my popular photo of this tree at sunset, Yosemite's Aged Lookout. This angle highlights the rugged, twisted trunk of this dying Jeffrey pine that Ansel Adams photographed when it was still green.
A beautiful destination just outside Asheville, NC. A 70-foot waterfall that is worth the trek! I don't usually look back to shots that missed my first cut but sometimes rare exceptions.
Noticed my f/22. Must have done some climbing without my 10-stop ND.
Happy trails this summer.
[Crabtree Falls | Blue Ridge Parkway, NC]
It was only a matter of time until I rediscovered the river...and forgot everything else. The same thing happened nine years ago when I moved here, so how could I expect it would be any different now? And since I've found the river again, I want to wake up every morning next to the river, and sleep by the river each night. So when can I get back to the river? And is it October yet? And why can't it always be October at the river? And soon it will be, and when it is, I hope that's where you'll find me.
A BNSF loaded grain shuttle rolls geographically south, railroad east, as the setting sun races for the Iowa bluffs, casting long shadows across the Mississippi backwaters at the end of a perfect summer day. For a week in July, Maureen and I had this spot as our front yard from the AirBnB we rented just outside of Galena, Illinois, for a change of scenery in a working vacation. It might very well be the best thing to come out of this bizarre year.
Just rediscovered these slides shot in 2009 on Kodachrome 200 while in Burbank, CA.
CanonAE-1 Program / Canon 20 - 35mm FD L Lens
The ruins of Machu Picchu, rediscovered in 1911 by Yale archaeologist Hiram Bingham, are one of the most beautiful and enigmatic ancient sites in the world. While the Inca people certainly used the Andean mountaintop (9060 feet above the Urubamba river) erecting many hundreds of stone structures from the early 1400's, legends and myths indicate that Machu Picchu (meaning "Old Peak" in the Quechua language) was revered as a sacred place from a far earlier time. Whatever its origins, the Inca turned the site into a small (5 square miles) but extraordinary city. Invisible from below and completely self-contained, surrounded by agricultural terraces sufficient to feed the population, and watered by natural springs, Machu Picchu seems to have been utilized by the Inca as a secret ceremonial city.