Arrival in Sydney

2 days after I departed in Eindhoven, I arrive in Sydney. The sun is rising over the Harbour Bridge and skyscrapers take of their pyjama's. Am I overdoing it here, lyrically? No way, check this photo from the plane!


On the first day we go to carli's university's open day. Glass artists are molding wonderful sculptures. On the next day, we go into the big city (much to carli's dismay, but it's my needed shot of nostalgia), go into carli's old neighbourhood, and take some photos of things other people don't see.

Narita

I had about 8 hours between my flights in my transit at Tokyo Airport. Since Tokyo was about 1,5 hours away (!), I decided to have a little break at Narita, a town 15 minutes from the airport. There was not much to see tourist-wise, apart from some somewhat old temples, but the scenery of contemporary Japan was exciting enough from me as a photographer. It turned out to be about 28 degrees, extremely humid (so much so it could rain without clouds above my head!) and I was carrying about 10 kilograms of handluggage... My photo tour became an army drill that got me all sweating back to the airport, where a afforable shower was very welcome, but the prospect of my still-sweaty clothes (i didn't have any extra clothes in my handluggage) were not so much.

Voila, suburbian japan:

leaving the train station

they like pink...

...and they like vending machines...

this is where I got my hair cut! (and "beard" shaven and throat almost cut)

...and I ate all this sushi! (apart from the freaky octopus thingy)

The land of Oz: Departure

"I'm leaving on a jetplane
don't know when I'll be back again"
- Jefferson Airplane

Well I kinda do, on the 24th of September to be precise. But for now, I pretend I don't know. Almost 3 years ago I left on an adventure to Australia. This time I have a clearer view of what I will find: my love, finishing her last semester at SCA (Sydney College of Arts). This is the first photo series, depicting my departure from the Netherlands.

good old NS

Schiphol Airport - Untitled abstract

Ready to go with KLM (warning: crappy seats!)Guess to which continent I am flying first

demolition

An old building in Eindhoven that is about to be torn down, wearing the signs of delayed demolition.

hidden pub

A dutch pub in an Eindhoven neighbourhood is hidden behind vegetation.

Visiting Oirsbeek

Walking around near the "Maria-grot" (Maria cave) and the small forest in Oirsbeek. The old and familiar is turning into a dreamy myth... am I getting old?

Marian's flowers

Mama's Pride

Jona & Daan @ Mama's Pride festival.

studio:ludens website

studio:ludens is nu officieel online!
Zonder inhoud, maar met e-mail adres.

Little Mountain: impressions

on the balcony 2: my miss

on the balcony 1: details

Some details on the balcony of my student house. Yes, that's supposed to be a barbeque...

Little Mountain

This is the working place of studio:ludens, the design company of Alexander Rulkens and me. We are located on the right in this photo and are sharing this enormous space with other industrial and graphical designers.

We are still looking for some young & creative minds to join us, so feel free to contact us.
www.littlemountain.nl.

Looking up in my shared student living room, seeing it in a new perspective from the same old couch.

bicycle shortcuts

Shots from Eindhoven: a grid of bicycle tracks in the centre of Eindhoven, making moving around the train station way easier than by car.