Mark Leek is a self-taught Dutch photographer currently based in the city of Hoorn in the northwest part of The Netherlands. Mark works as a head of a school for special educational needs. He shoots a lot of travel, nature and street photography. Continue reading
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How Amsterdam’s Airport is Fighting Noise Pollution With Land Art
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, located just 9 km southwest of the city, is the third busiest airport in Europe and one of the busiest in the world. In an average year, more than 63 million passengers pass through Schiphol Continue reading
Mudflat Hiking in The Wadden Sea
The southeastern edge of the North Sea, along the coast from Denmark through to the Netherlands, is a shallow belt of mudflats and barrier islands. Continue reading
The History of Languages – Language Roots
Credits: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Continue reading
Minimalist Black and White Photography
By drawing his inspiration from the minimalist architectural movement that emerged during the 60’s and the 70’s, the Dutch photographer Theo Peekstok created an uncluttered and elegant photographic series, soberly titled Minimalism. Continue reading
LEGO Cars: Artist Recreates Classic Vehicles in Everyones Favourite Bricks
“Ghostbusters”
In the hours 41-year-old Ralph Savelsberg is not working as a physicist for the Dutch Ministry of Defence, he is recreating classic vehicles in everyones favourite bricks. Continue reading
Retro Photographic Compositions
The young Dutch photographer Sanja Marusic creates retro and colorful atmospheres in her photographic compositions. Pictures that she retouches just enough to confer them a very personal and original touch, often in the middle of the nature. Continue reading
Batavia: The Historic Dutch Ship And its Blood-Curdling History
Moored at Bataviawerf, in Lelystad, in the Netherlands, is an authentic replica of a 17th-century ship named Batavia that once belonged to the Dutch East India Company. The replica was created by master-shipbuilder Willem Vos, who carries an extraordinary mission Continue reading