Anne Frank’s Bells

① memo 20170225 ~ Anne Frank’s Bells ~ Anne writes 11 July 1942 in here diary about the ‘Westertoren’ (Western tower) bells : “I loved it from the start, and especially in the night it’s like a faithful friend.”
Here the Westertoren bells are chiming and striking 6 PM over the hiding place of Anne Frank. That house is the illuminated house here at the very end of this canal (Bloemgracht) where I am filming at twilight a couple of days ago, where it ends in the Prinsengracht canal with Anne’s house on the bank across the canal. Amsterdam

Lifting Bridge

① memo 20170214 ~ Lifting Bridge ~ Bascule bridge (draw bridge) over the Otwegwetering waterway near the River Gouwe in the Green Heart of Holland

Tin Can Pinhole Photo

① memo 20161013 ~ Tin Can Pinhole Photo ~ Your cameraman taking a pinhole photo of the Rotterdam Erasmus bridge, using a tin can punched with a pinhole (covered with tape except during exposure time) , painted black inside and loaded with photographic paper (supplied by SKVR Rotterdam). The Dutch Youth Accordion Orchestra ( NJAO , MD Marc Belder ) played nearby that day the Sonatina Piccola (Jan Masséus). The ’24 hour culture’ event of Rotterdam (’24 uur cultuur’). A second camera (Sony TX7) was used for video. September 11 , 2011 – Rotterdam , Holland

River

① memo 20161003 ~ River ~ Holland

Silent Rhine At Twilight

① memo 20160811 ~ Silent Rhine At Twilight ~ Stille Rijn (Silent Rhine) in Leiden (Leyden) Holland, 2009

Leyden Window

① memo 20160809 ~ Leyden Window ~ Reflection of Mare bridge (Marebrug) in a shop window at the corner of Lange Mare and Oude Vest , Leyden , Holland, 2009

Silent Rhine

① memo 20160808 ~ Silent Rhine ~ Watching the Silent Rhine from under the Fish Bridge (Visbrug) between the Silent and New Rhine , where Leyden was born , Holland, 2009