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!
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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)
- Julio Claudian Art, Roman Portraiture and Coins 27883 photos, 1143 members
- Sculpture (original work only) 9484 photos, 1048 members
- Romanesque sculpture - Scultura romanica (Post 1 - Award 1) 12015 photos, 520 members
- louvre 3541 photos, 580 members
- Musée du Louvre * 1. Antiquité * 1242 photos, 246 members
- Classical Antiquity: Art & Architecture 2330 photos, 146 members
- Classical Antiquity 7524 photos, 167 members
- "History & Antiquities (Post 5 - Award 3)" 100557 photos, 4374 members
- windows & balconies lovers 1571 photos, 454 members
- Nature Abstracted--cautiously open again 8344 photos, 2339 members
- all skies and clouds 15959 photos, 2530 members
- Now That's Sky 54938 photos, 5189 members
- Sky & Cloud Junkies (Please follow the rules :) 18160 photos, 2469 members
- Sky As A Canvas ~ P1 & C1 ~ New contest : Buildings 23112 photos, 3230 members
- Texture Gradient 509 photos, 46 members
- hUMOR , hUMOR ; hUMOR ; ) 1498 photos, 399 members
- FOTO-HUMOR---photo-mood 2448 photos, 451 members
- Surreal Dimension 6022 photos, 648 members
- Surreal Shots 906 photos, 159 members
- street surreal 25160 photos, 2761 members
- Tent 853 photos, 207 members
- Barri Gotic 18 photos, 3 members
- Pulpo a feira 64 photos, 23 members
- Seafood 3783 photos, 483 members
- Tentacles. 194 photos, 27 members
- Seafoods. 1871 photos, 403 members
- Traditional Mediterranean Fishing Boats 588 photos, 144 members
- MAGIC PLACES in Greece <<unforgettable moments>> 12396 photos, 1140 members
- Magical Greece Photos 7195 photos, 359 members
- Mediterranean Islands - Νησιά της Μεσογείου 10489 photos, 891 members
- Greek fisherboats 593 photos, 77 members
- Greek Food & Cuisine 771 photos, 297 members
- The beautiful Mediterranean 37273 photos, 2412 members
- greek wooden boats & ships 4541 photos, 496 members
- Greece and the Greek Islands 5400 photos, 453 members
- The Greek Islands 15564 photos, 1643 members
- FARM FENCES 430 photos, 73 members
- fences 6596 photos, 1015 members
- Fences & Fencing 7685 photos, 1925 members
- Panorama photo's of Holland 135 photos, 18 members
- Salt marshes & green beaches of Europe 1315 photos, 79 members
- The Archeology and The Historical places of Ancient Turkey 1686 photos, 107 members
- Wheat 782 photos, 294 members
- Groningen Stad & Ommeland 3495 photos, 171 members
- Groningen provincie (zonder de stad) 3904 photos, 161 members
- Vintage Book Illustration 426 photos, 84 members
- Shadow Messages 8 photos, 8 members
- RUSTIC BEAUTY!! 483 photos, 49 members
- Beautiful Groningen !!..(1 Foto/2 Comment...Your Best 3 per day) 2534 photos, 383 members
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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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