The quiet brought by coronavirus, photographic contributions
Tuesday 28 April 2020, 17:17 by Michelle Peeters | 6,497 views | 6 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
In the article Photograph the quiet brought by coronavirus we asked members to send us their own photographic contributions. They responded enthusiastically, and we received beautiful photos of quiet and deserted cities and residential areas. Great inspiration!
Adelheid Smitt - Deventer
Adelheid took a beautiful series of quiet photos in her home town of Deventer. One of them shows the leaning Waag, an old building dating from 1528. This square is usually full of outdoor cafés, and it is always lively.
There are also two photos of the illuminated Walstraat. This is where you can find the more unusual shops, and in December hundreds of people walk through this street for the annual Dickens Festijn. Finally, there is a photo of Deventer, looking across the IJssel and the pier leading to the ferry.
Normally, this place is also busy with people who park on this side of the river, free of charge, and cross by foot ferry. The ferry was now tied up and still at the end of the pier. Yet apparently it still sails every day between 7:30 and 23:00.
Jaap Schreuder - Cadzand beach
Cadzand beach, on the last windy weekend of March. I love the beach and rough seas in strong winds. I like going there to watch, and I am never the only one. But now, in times of coronavirus: complete desolation as far as you can see, and that is very far!
Only the bins keep watch, impeccably positioned at the prescribed distance from one another. I have never seen it so deserted! The Westerschelde, which is usually busy with shipping, is completely empty too.
Nancy Vermeylen - the city of Geel, Antwerp province
Life does not follow a straight line, but a winding one, and with the coronavirus crisis it is even more winding ... But enjoy that "journey"... Every detour can show you a different horizon ... in this case, quite literally .... The otherwise lively city of Geel ... now in lockdown .... The people of Geel have understood: stay in your house.
About the author
Michelle Peeters is fotografe en oprichter van DeuxBleus Fotografie. Michelle herkent het bijzondere in het gewone en het gewone in het bijzondere. Ze heeft zich nooit willen specialiseren en is daardoor van alle markten thuis.
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6 comments
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guest wrote on Wednesday 29 April 2020 at 00:13 | replyThanks for posting my pictures!
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Pasang Lama Pokhara Nepal -
foxhusky
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Hi Michelle. Beautiful photos, but just a few corrections to your text about Deventer. I am a photographer in Deventer myself and a resident of the old city centre. Yes, the Waag has tilted, but it is not the oldest building in the city. In fact, the oldest (stone) building in the whole of the Netherlands is in Deventer, but it is not the Waag. The oldest building dates from 1130, the Waag from 1528. Furthermore, in December people can enjoy the famous Dickens Festijn in the Walstraat, not the Dickens Festival. Finally, the ferry still simply runs back and forth across the IJssel every day between 7:30 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. and is therefore not fixed in place.
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Michelle Peeters wrote on Tuesday 5 May 2020 at 21:32
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@foxhusky: those are corrections for Adelheid Smitt, the photographer and author of the accompanying texts!
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Michelle Peeters wrote on Tuesday 5 May 2020 at 21:40
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@foxhusky: that's indeed correct. I can adjust the texts, assuming it's all correct!
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AdelheidSPhotography wrote on Wednesday 6 May 2020 at 16:45
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@foxhusky, @Michelle, my apologies for the errors made in the text. I do know that it is the Dickens Festival, but I made a typo. The thing with the Waag was careless, but the little ferry was indeed moored from early in the evening because there were no people.
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