Film was for years my profession but (amateur-)photography was always my passion, as it was my mother's and grandfather's before me. (I post some of their images here as well.)
A single guy until I was way into my thirties I traveled a lot, laughed a lot, drank a lot and lived through many adventures. Being a husband and father since then brought different but no less intensive adventures. Humor still abounds, although I must say this cannot be said for the booze...
Photography links both periods of my life, as evidenced here on Flickr.
Still curious, still looking, still recording, still seeing, I hope!
NB: people with no public profile and/or no public photo's of their own can and may be blocked from my site.
Jump to some random spot in my photostream! Better still, check out those images that ended up in explore.
Don't forget to check out my 
website at <a href="http://www.docmans.nl.
GROUPS/POOLS I (CO-)ADMINISTER::
COLLECTIONS & SETS:
GENERAL CATEGORIES: people, bicycle, buildings & architecture, landscapes, around beach and seaside, dike & ditch, pump & polder, rural, sunlight, clouds, fog & mist, a fungus amung-us, flower and plant, bulbs 2006, animals, Ruby's pups, Dutch folklore, sailing
INTERESTING OBJECTS: romanesco's fall, manhole covers around the world, windows and doors, Smallegange, pulley, antiques, wagon(wheel), pretty foods, fine arts, scanned, sculpture, museum amstelkring, allard pierson museum: color, things and places
(PERSONAL) HISTORY : house on a dike, family history, docman's childhood, my grandfather's pictures: first album, my mother's pictures, my great-grandmother's photoalbum, photoalbums, self, Paquita ('s people), DILO sep 22nd 2005: a day in docman's life, Sara and others, early movement: hand, first steps, Klaertje laugs..., memory lane
NON-LINEAR: the signboard, a building, short walk on the beach, demolition of squatters'haven: 'De Raad', hidden and (almost) forgotten, house on a dike
FORMAL: texture, pattern and rhythm, lowscapes, surfaces, dinner squircle, beautiful decay, abstracts, black & white, reflection
MATERIAL: stone and rock, brick and concrete, iron, cast and wrought, wood, water, glass
BUILDINGS AND ARCHITECTURE: buildings and architecture, windows and doors, a building, demolition of squatters' haven 'de Raad', Pampus, Zaandam railwaystation, Howard Beach, Paris: Institut du Monde Arabe, City Depot, Dordrecht
HOME TURF: Alkmaar, backyard, Alkmaar, fork at Koedijker Vlotbrug, Commute from Groet, Hondsbossche Zeewering, Schoorl, dunes, de Zes Wielen, Molen C, Hoornse Vaart Alkmaar, Gardening
PLACES IN HOLLAND: Amsterdam, Veere, Zeeland, old pics, Walcheren, Westerwolde, Westerwolde Names, Oosterschelde, Places in Holland
TRAVELS: Afghanistan 1972, Greece1972-1980, Czecho-Slovakia 1976, Prague, Jewish Cemetary 1976, England, Wales 1978, Rocky Mountains, Colorado 1980, Mountain winter 1980, Kilauea, Hawaii 1981, Manhattan, USA 1986 - 2006, Switzerland 1991, Morocco 1993, Boricua 1993, 1994, Puerto Rico flora & fauna 2006, Puerto Rico, Fajardo buildings 2006, St. Croix, US V.I. 2006, Walking across Williamsburg Bridge, NYC 2006, Howard Beach, Queens, NY, Barcelona 2006, Barcelona, details 2006, Barcelona, Gaudi's Parc Guell 2006, Barcelona, smithy 2006, Rothenburg 0b der Tauber 1911-2007, Bavarian towns 2007, Paris, autumn 2008, Paris: Institut du Monde Arabe, Istanbul, December '08: ceramics and mosaics, Istanbul, December '08, Istanbul, December '08, details and abstracts
DOCFLICS: docflic1: home turf, docflic2: New York, docflic3: P.R. & St. Croix
MISCELLANEOUS: photocombi, squares, jubilees and other occasions, NYC expo,Wanted, Jeugdtheater Heiloo feb. 2006, most views 2005: predigital, your favorite 2005 predigital pics, most views 2005: digital, your favorite 2005 digital pics, 1952: ADS FROM "BEATRIJS CATHOLIC WOMEN'S WEEKLY"
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Groups (50)
- Books/libros/livros 6861 photos, 1618 members
- Grunge Textures Showcase 1559 photos, 229 members
- Hairy Caterpillars 10 photos, 25 members
- Caterpillars 5269 photos, 1734 members
- Insects and Spiders 40902 photos, 4605 members
- ALL ABOUT INSECTS & SPIDERS (Only CLOSE, CLEAR, DETAILED) 32998 photos, 3535 members
- Insect Photography 105380 photos, 9466 members
- Insects Macro World - Feel free to join us! 8159 photos, 1120 members
- Square Images of A Single Color 1593 photos, 196 members
- World Abstraction 1321 photos, 293 members
- Carrot Fun 148 photos, 109 members
- RED TOMATO 712 photos, 174 members
- The Surface Group 11017 photos, 456 members
- Surfaces 22257 photos, 941 members
- Red Rule 286054 photos, 29447 members
- tomatoes! 1676 photos, 509 members
- Tomato! 4641 photos, 1253 members
- roots 605 photos, 265 members
- Pink Flowers 60358 photos, 7850 members
- Pink N Powerful - Pink Flowers ONLY- Contest #17 Now in voting 25221 photos, 3255 members
- ThE wOrLd In PiNk - Post 1 & awards 3 6390 photos, 1881 members
- grape 1034 photos, 386 members
- Walnuts 56 photos, 39 members
- Are You Nuts? 245 photos, 115 members
- Nuts - and the trees they fall from! 368 photos, 193 members
- Blue Houses 328 photos, 40 members
- Roses 53080 photos, 8491 members
- A Rose - A Queen in itself... 29890 photos, 4698 members
- Dance, dance, dance! 31516 photos, 3972 members
- Dance (new rules) 29865 photos, 5675 members
- Dance No Limit (Family Friendly) 23855 photos, 4822 members
- Jazz 25760 photos, 1169 members
- Visual Jazz 24513 photos, 2491 members
- Roaring Twenties - Die Goldenen Zwanziger 190 photos, 52 members
- Julio Claudian Art, Roman Portraiture and Coins 28405 photos, 1161 members
- Sculpture (original work only) 9895 photos, 1107 members
- Romanesque sculpture - Scultura romanica (Post 1 - Award 1) 12374 photos, 529 members
- louvre 3665 photos, 605 members
- Musée du Louvre * 1. Antiquité * 1255 photos, 255 members
- Classical Antiquity: Art & Architecture 2411 photos, 153 members
- Classical Antiquity 7551 photos, 171 members
- "History & Antiquities (Post 5 - Award 3)" 107400 photos, 4499 members
- windows & balconies lovers 6433 photos, 1645 members
- Nature Abstracted 8685 photos, 2472 members
- all skies and clouds 17210 photos, 2650 members
- Now That's Sky 56528 photos, 5303 members
- Sky & Cloud Junkies (Please follow the rules :) 19844 photos, 2669 members
- Sky As A Canvas ~ New contest ~ Nominate your favourite! 24659 photos, 3372 members
- Texture Gradient 663 photos, 80 members
- hUMOR , hUMOR ; hUMOR ; ) 1636 photos, 409 members
Testimonials (3)
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gem66 says:
"docman brings me a view of his world that is fascinating to me. I love his old family photos, presented in such a way that they have the appeal of fascination. I love to see how his life was lived in Holland when he was a boy. Not so different from mine in America.
His more current photos of Holland are also fascinating. I especially like the sets showing different areas of Holland. Many of the photos have a well written description, which adds to my knowledge of what life is like there."22nd October, 2005
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cobalt123 says:
"docman - the newly famous photographer of the romanesque fractal-like vegetable his wife refused to cook! Always a delight to see the variety in his world and sharing nature. I come back time and again to see his photo stream."
17th August, 2005
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Hanieh Bastani says:
"A man with an amazingly talented photostream, a beautiful view as apparent in the subjects and places he's photographed, and a great big heart. My passion for photography has flourished even more since the day he gave me a pro account. Thanks a million Ard, for your generosity and for your great photography."
20th July, 2005
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