STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
by
RUUD LEEUW

My focus in photography, as well as other interests, shifts and changes.. Around 2012 I became more interested in photography's 'greats' and found myself more frequently visiting photo exhibitions and buying photobooks. Photographers such as Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Robert Frank, John Margolies, Arnold Newman, Anton Corbijn, Steve McCurry, Werner Bischof, Annie Leibovitz, Marc Riboud, et cetera, captured my interest. Photobooks were bought and in subsequent years I started actively collecting 'art' photobooks, many of them secondhand. Gradually I found myself less interested in portraits and landscapes and my interest evolved to documentary, photojournalism and streetphotography. 'Humanist Photography' (wikipedia) offers a wide range of photography. In the last two years streetphotography began to take up a large portion of my travel photography. In 2016 I bought a Fujifilm X100T camera for dedicated 'streetphotography'. Soon replaced by a Panasonic Lumix G (DMC-GX80) and in 2020 I bought a secondhand Leica Q to compare it with the GX-80. The images were shared on my travel pages, Blog and Flickr & Facebook accounts. In Sep.2016 I started this page, a gallery of such images I am most pleased with myself. In August 2020 I created a colour page of this work. And followed by Photographers & musicians (street) in March 2021. "There is nothing in the world that does not have a decisive moment" -Henri Cartier-Bresson "Seeing is the paradise of the soul" -Pietro Spanno, eye doctor, elected Pope in 1276 "The basic belief in art, is the basic belief in the goodness of mankind" -Vladimir Nabokov "I’ve always said that the experience of taking the images is more important than the image itself." -Phil Penman "The photographer is an armed version of the solitary walker reconnoitering, stalking, cruising the urban inferno, the voyeuristic stroller who discovers the city as a landscape of voluptuous extremes. Adept of the joys of watching, connoisseur of empathy, the flâneur finds the world picturesque." -Susan Sontag, 1977 In Sep.2021 I bought a Leica M-P (Typ 240) to experience Leica rangefinder photography. By 2023 my Leica equipment had changed to a Leica Q2 Reporter and a Leica M10-P (w/ 1958 Summicron 50 & 1968 35). My About_me has more details about my evolving photography and equipment. "I AM A FAIR WITNESS, NOT A PARTICIPANT." [¬ From Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein (1961)]

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STREET PHOTOGRAPHY (B&W) | STREETS IN COLOUR | EARLY YEARS | PHOTOGRAPHERS & MUSICIANS

SEPTEMBER

BRITISH WEEKEND AT KASTEEL VORDEN

Kasteel Vorden in Vorden, Gelderland

Sheepherding demo

No british weekend without dogs and their care

Dark clouds looming

Soon we would need to take shalter

Birds of prey demo

The missus bought a nice hat here

SONY A7C.II w/ 24-105 G OSS | VORDEN, 05SEP25

AUGUST

VINTAGE MARKET @BRUMMEN

LEICA Q2 w/ SUMMICRON 1.7/28 | BRUMMEN 30AUG25
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FOTOGRAFICA MARKET @DOESBURG 2025

LEICA M10-P w/ LEITZ WETZLAR SUMMICRON 2/50 | DOESBURG, 24AUG25

VINTAGE MARKET @CASTLE WIJCHEN

Superb quality for sale, antiques and certainly no fleamarket stuff on display.

"Should I or shouldn't I, that's the question.."

Becoming a common sight: small dogs in a stroller

I had bought a wayang kulit shadow puppet whilst the seller was conversing with the man known as
'De Kuif' (EN=The Quiff)... I had seen him before, at another 'brocante market'.
Wajang is a loanword in Dutch from Javanese. In Javanese, wayang literally means "shadow" or "ghost".
The derived meaning of this word is a specific form of puppetry that uses shadow or light effects.

"Photography is a love affair with life." ¬ Burk Uzzle

LEICA Q2 w/ SUMMICRON 1.7/28 | KASTEEL WIJCHEN, 17AUG2025
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VELPER DONDERDAG

Three consecutive thursdays in August see markets in Velp on the 'High Street'

Browsing...

CANON G5X.II | VELP, 07AUG25

DEVENTER ANNUAL BOOKMARKET 2025

Deventer Boekenmarkt 8-2025 (See also MyBlog-2025q3)

Half-price

English paperbacks; definitely a minority but probable more than German or French

SONY A7C II w/ 24-105 G OSS | DEVENTER 03AUG025

JULY

DOETINCHEM ZOMERFESTIVAL

Browsing for clothing on sale, dressed for rain

A growing number of these elderly 'easy riders' tour our High Streets

LEICA Q2 w/ SUMMICRON 1.7/28 ASPH | DOETINCHEM, 23JUL2025
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VERRASSEND ('SURPRISING') DOESBURG

Friendly wave..

This 'Surprisingly Doesburg' street event is the largest free event in the Achterhoek, Liemers, and surrounding area. July 11, 12, and 13, 2025!

SONY A7IV w/ 4/24-105 G OSS | DOESBURG, 13JULY2025
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JUNE

HEADCORN AERODROME, AERO LEGENDS 'BATTLE OF BRITAIN' AIR SHOW

#_OnReading

SONY A7IV w/ 4/24-105 G OSS | HEADCORN AERODROME, 28JUNE2025
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DOESBURG

IPHONE 11 | DOESBURG 19Jun25
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HANSEATIC DAY IN DOESBURG: FOLKLORE AND HISTORY

SEE ALSO MY BLOG 15JUN2025 FOR INFO AND MORE PHOTOS

SONY A7IV w/ 4/24-105 G OSS | DOESBURG, 14JUN2025
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SHEAP SHEARING & MARKET EVENT, GELDERLAND

SONY RX10 Mk.IV | RHEDEN, 08JUN2025
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MILL, NOORD-BRABANT

The statues seem to say: "look at me, take me with you!"

We had a very nice chat about motorcycles!

LEICA M10-P w/ SUMMICRON 2/50 | COUNTRY ESTATE ALDENDRIEL

MAY

BIRDS OF PREY DEMO @SCHELFHORST PARK

SONY A6500 w/ FE/70-200 G OSS | ALMELO 11MAY2025

KASTEEL DOORNENBURG, VINTAGE MARKET

LEICA M10-P w/ SUMMICRON 2/50 (II) RIGID | 03MAY2025

LEICA M10-P w/ SUMMICRON 2/50 (II) RIGID | 03MAY2025

CANON S120 | KASTEEL DOORNENBURG MARKET, 03MAY2025

APRIL 2025

BRUGGE CITY TRIP

See my travelogue Belgium 4-2025

SONY A6500 w/ SONY 4/24-105 G OSS | BRUGGE APRIL 2025

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AMSTERDAM

Protest about the lack of housing, and the monarchy (4 days after King's Day)

St. Nicolaas honoured on corner of Sint Nicolaasstraat - Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal
Not sure about the role of the ship here..? EMAIL

Canon G5X Mark II | Amsterdam, 30Apr2025

Leica Q2 | Amsterdam, 30Apr2025
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LIBERATION RIDE (DRIVE) 2025 ('BEVRIJDINGSRIT')

The Liberation Ride ('Bevrijdingsrit') pauzed in a few towns, a.o. here De Steeg. Fine opportunity to get a closer look.

Mostly Canadians liberated this region, and Brits. No flags for the Yanks this year (you'll understand why!).

Big sister, properly outfitted, minding the baby in the cot.

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Browsed the vintage market, for photos (here) and trinkets (elsewhere)

The convoy ended in Rheden, there was music (by the Starlight Sisters) and dancing in the streets ☺

SONY A7 IV w/ 4/24-105 G OSS | DE STEEG & RHEDEN, 19APR25
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PAINTED FACES

CANON G5X II | ARNHEM, 16APR2025

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LAMMETJESDAG

I had hoped to see the sheep coming down from the Veluwe grounds through the streets of Rheden, but they had
suffered from the Bluetongue disease (Wikipedia) and had given birth late to their lambs; the herd was too weak
to move a considerable distance and instead this horse-drawn-tram could bring visitors to/from the sheepfold.

The market offered sheepproducts and included stalls which gave insights in weaving threads in the old fashioned way.

Baking bread on sticks and talk things over. Everybody seemed to know each other here!

SONY RX10 IV | RHEDEN, 13APR2025

ZUTPHEN WALKABOUT

Heading for the Walburgis Church (below: inside)

CANON G5X II | ZUTPHEN, 09APR2025

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