Back in the beginning of the 80’s, someone pegged me as a ‘utopian anarchist.’ (I was holding office for the Dutch Social Democrats, and the remark was intended to point out that my beliefs were a bit too far off in left field.) There was a lot of truth to…
There are certain topics that can send me into a rant. Like nationalism or the Dutch school system. Things that oppose values I hold deeply. One of these popped up recently: the current trend of dishonesty in bird and wildlife photography. Once again, there have been disclosures about game farms…
I bought my first camera when I was 18. Photography is in my blood, from both sides of the family, and it was the most natural thing in the world to do. That was back in the age of analog photography: cameras didn’t have an automatic setting, and there was no…