Throwback Thursday: Dordrecht marina

During my thirty years in Dordrecht (Netherlands) I took a great amount of pictures in the marine, a lovely area with canals partly filled with boats. This is one of those photos.

Throwback Thursday: The musician and his public

An open air concert at the medieval Hof, Dordrecht (Netherlands)

Throwback Thursday: Window cleaning

Man cleaning the windows of a primary school nearby my home when I lived in Dordrecht, Netherlands

Throwback Thursday: Bus station

Throwback Thursday: Another train

Throwback Thursday: The children in the mill

This month it is two years ago that we moved from Dordrecht (Netherlands) to Banyoles (Catalonia), but I still have lots of photographs of my former hometown to show you. So that is what I will do on Throwback Thursday.

Mother and daughter in the crowd

What are mother and daughter looking at? (Statenplein, Dordrecht, Netherlands)

Yesterday I was reading Eric Kim’s article on ‘Spot the Not’ about the difficulties of capturing multiple subjects and still getting clear what (or who) your main subject is. According to his article ““spotting the not” is the idea that one subject in the frame isn’t doing the same thing as the others, (…).”

Then this picture came to my mind. The occasion was a public holiday and a brass band had been playing on the main square of Dordrecht. The band had finished their program and was marching away. Everyone was watching their departure, except this mother and daughter.

Bus stop

Historic family

Spotted at a fair: 19th century family in today’s Dordrecht, Netherlands

Miniature

Stuffed birds

Dordrechts Museum (Dordrecht, Netherlands)

Legs, wheels and umbrella

Watching a soccer game, Dordrecht (Netherlands)

Attentive audience

Concert at the town hall, Dordrecht (Netherlands)

Conversation at the quay

Maps

Three duos

At the foot of the monument of the De Witt brothers, Dordrecht (Netherlands)

Down by the riverside

Taankade, Dordrecht (Netherlands).

Reflected couple

Outdoor terrace, Groothoofd, Dordrecht (Netherlands).

Alone together

Bomkade, Dordrecht (Netherlands)

Playing with shadows

Inside the Town Hall of Dordrecht (Netherlands).

For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Open Topic.

Two feet on a grave

In the Old Church of Dordrecht (Netherlands) many centuries’ old graves are still there. As you see, I am not the only one who tries to read the inscriptions and muse on the past.

Church visit

Every second weekend of September thousands of Dutch monuments, public and private, open their doors for a free visit. A unique occasion to enter buildings you know from the outside, but never could visit.

This picture was taken last year at the Old Church of Dordrecht; I am already looking forward to this year’s event.