More snow in NL :)

18 December, -6 degrees Celsius in the Netherlands. Cartracks near our studio.

View of my window on the morning of 17 December, I love waking up and the world is white :)



view from our studio to Westerparklaan both ways



Breda, "Teletubby Hill" = fun!

Let it snow!

After a very good, dry & warm summer, today, on my husband Hans' birthday, there's snow again in NL :) Last year we had a good period of cold weather as well, the kids could skate once ice etc. Never thought this year we would have a white period as well! :)

I just love the texture of snow, it covers the dark, ugly world and makes i a bright new, light one. Since ever I had my own camera, I've been doing winter landscapes, with a twist.
Like the auto tracks, seen from the appartmentbuilding where I lived when I was studying photography @ the St. Joost Art Academy. I lived in Breda-Noord, de Geeren, and the scenery just outside the block was: flat. Landscapes of farmers, grass meadows with cows (in summer) and narrow roads, real countryside, right there on my doorstep.
Now I live closer to the citycentre, and yeah, I do miss the views, the wide scapes and space, as the city is crowded and poluted.
Snow white landscape, Breda, the Netherlands. Photo taken with my old Pentax camera and Tri-X Kodak film. Those were the days!

Crossing Geeren-Zuid

Crossing Geere...

Urban Exploring us...

By www.MeRy.com

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New photobook uploaded: Crossing Geeren-Zuid, stills in 'urban exploring' style which I call Traces Of Silence... have a peak here, preview available & worldwide shipping :)

It was such fun to do a shoot with my F100 Nikon again, I just love the old technique of crossing E6 film, what vivid colors and what nice structure!

World Aids Day

Dec. 1, World Aids Day...in 2005 my photo "River of Blood, River of Life" was auctioned for an orphanage in Suriname and today Twitter turns all #red tweets RED :) STOP AIDS NOW

@joinred It’s World AIDS Day. Turn Twitter RED -literally! Use #red or #laceupsavelives & turn tweets the color red. ONE COLOR UNITES US

Eigenzinnige en creatieve trouwreportage - fotograaf Hans van Nunen

Wedding Photog...

By Hans van Nunen/Art...

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My husband and fellow photographer Hans van Nunen of Artstudio23 makes beautiful and obstinate wedding reportages, check out this new, most creative portfolio wedding album of his latest work.

Looking for a nice present?

www.blurb.com/user/store/MeRy71 ...why not buy a reasonable priced photobook?? I've published a number of photobooks with Blurb.com, they're all printed on Premium Paper, online preview,
shipping worldwide

80 pages of fun, over 99 brides Trashed their weddingdresses on 09-09-09 @ the Scheveningen Beach in the Netherlands. Most recent publication about it: www.Boston.com/bigpicture :) we hit #8 in this line-up of "big pictures on the shoreline" November 2009.

Portfolio of my combined photos, old street card photos merge into one new image with close-ups of Dutch flowers.

Tantetje (Auntie) is a portrait of the Dutch house of a 100 year old lady of Breda, the Netherlands.


There's one book that's not available tru Blurb: PURE. Proud young mothers my photobook about young mothers age 16-22, posing nude, pregant or with their baby...they chose LIFE Preview HERE
If you wish I'll send the translation of the texts too -the stories of 9 of the women and facts & figures of teenage pregnancy in the Netherlans- without any extra charge, just leave me a message!

November

Fall, Breda, the Netherlands

The last leafs fell down from the trees...now it's not so colorfull outside anymore, but kinda dark and grey...boring? I dunno. Maybe. I like the sun, but I also like the night. It's the cold I can't stand haha ;)
But so far so good, we haven't had any really bad bad days yet, and snow & ice aren't in NL untill Jan/Feb most likely. No white Xmas for us, that hasn't happen in years.

We do have some Christmas weddings this December, and at the moment I am very busy with the natural redhead shoots. I like portraits. I like people. I like photography. Tho abandoned places are cool too, I just love to explore an abandoned area for 'Traces Of Silence'. Often it's a portrait too, of the people who lived or worked in that area or building...without seeing them in the picture.

If you are looking for a photobook about urban exploring: have a look HERE at my Traces Of Silence book, available worldwide tru Blurb. Online preview available. Excellent Christmas gift. Cadeau tip!