STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
by
RUUD LEEUW
My focus in photography, and in general interests, shifts and wanders.. A few years ago, around 2012 I became more interested in photography's 'icons' 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, took my interest. Photobooks were bought and in subsequent years I started actively collecting 'art' photobooks.
I found myself less interested in portraits and landscapes and gradually my interest was steered to photojournalism and streetphotography. Or maybe the term 'humanist photographer' is best applied here.
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..
Perhaps the title of 'Humanist Photography' (wikipedia) is more appropriate to my work.
The images were/are shared on my travel pages, Blog and Flickr & Facebook accounts.
In Sep.2016 I started a B&W streetphotography page, followed in August 2020 by colour work on that subject.
Again 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 grown 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)]
"A degree of obsession often produces the best work; but it does not produce the best life." ¬John Cleese
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FOR MY SUBJECTS IN STREETPHOTOGRAPHY USE THE INDEX PAGE OR BELOW LINKS
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY (B&W) | STREETS IN COLOUR, ONE + TWO| EARLY YEARS |
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OCTOBRE
KALKAR TRÖDELMARKT
Browsing for that one find you weren't looking for!
LEICA Q2 REPORTER | KALKAR (GERMANY), 03OCT2026
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SEPTEMBER
PASAR MALAM ENSCHEDE 2026 / TWENTHE AIR BASE @HANGAR 11
LEICA Q3 43 w/ APO-SUMMICRON 43 f2 ASPH | TWENTHE AB, 27SEP26
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AIRBORNE | MARKET GARDEN COMMEMORATIONS
LEICA SL2-S w/ PANASONIC 20-60 | RENKUM 18SEP2026
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HUISSEN BOOKMARKET (GELDERLAND)
#OnReading
LEICA Q3 43 w/ APO-SUMMICRON 2/43 ASPH | HUISSEN, 05SEP2026
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AUGUST
BOOKMARKET BREDEVOORT
Xandra Storm www.facebook.com/xandra.storm
Leica SL2-S w/ Panasonic f3.5-5.6 20-60mm | Bredevoort, 23Aug2026
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FOTOGRAFICA STREET MARKET @DOESBURG
Leica SL2-S w/ Panasonic f3.5-5.6 20-60mm | Doesburg, 23Aug2026
These photos were taken with this recently acquired secondhand Leica SL2-S w/ Panasonic 20-60.
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ANTIQUES MARKET @MIDDACHTEN ESTATE (CASTLE & GARDENS)
SONY A7C.II w/24-205 G OSS | DE STEEG, 09AUG26
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VELPER DONDERDAG, #2 THURSDAY
Photo with permission of her parent
CANON G5X.II | VELP, 06AUG2026
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DEVENTER ANNUAL BOOKMARKET
Kadeboeken (stands 12-14) is a must for photobooks!
Menno, brandishing 2 analogue iconic cameras!
LEICA Q3 w/ SUMMICRON 1.7/28 | DEVENTER, 02AUG2026
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JUNE
BONTE SCHAAP FESTIVAL | SHEEP SHEARING EVENT & MARKET
![Bonte Schaap Festival 2026 [Rheden, Gelderland]](images/street/colour 2026/R1003680.JPG)
The children have to close their eyes for the trick of the clowns.. ☺
![Bonte Schaap Festival 2026 [Rheden, Gelderland]](images/street/colour 2026/R1003726.JPG)
'We celebrate life'
![Bonte Schaap Festival 2026 [Rheden, Gelderland]](images/street/colour 2026/R1003697.JPG)
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![Bonte Schaap Festival 2026 [Rheden, Gelderland]](images/street/colour 2026/R1003722.JPG)
THE WORLD'S CHILDREN
Ans van Breda has her works on display in the Dorpskerk in Rheden.
She put her first brush on paper in 2003, under the guidance of Carel Velthoen from pART2u. Since then, she has been enjoying and dedicating herself to his painting lessons.
She started with watercolours but quickly switched to acrylic paint. The liveliness and immediacy of the colors immediately appealed to her and better suit her expressive style.
She finds the most satisfaction and challenge in painting colorful figurative paintings and portraits on various surfaces. Recently, also on jute (large painting on the wall). |
![Bonte Schaap Festival 2026 [Rheden, Gelderland]](images/street/colour 2026/R1003725.JPG)
SONY RX10 IV | RHEDEN, 14JUN26
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DOESBURG HANZESTAD FESTIVAL
Fairytales...
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The Hunter and the Fox
This BOSS is not afraid of mice!
SONY A7C.II w/ 24-105/4 G OSS/ | DOESBURG 13JUN26
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MAY
CASTLE VORDEN VINTAGE & ANTIQUES MARKET
Inspired by Martin Parr (R.I.P.)
CANON POWERSHOT G5X MK.II | CASTLE VORDEN (GELDERLAND), 25MAY2026
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BREDEVOORT BOOKMARKET / BOOKTOWN
![Bredevoort (Booktown) Bookmarket [@Pentacost a.k.a. Whitsunday]](images/street/colour 2026/Q1103091.JPG)
Stalls around the Koppelkerk, which is now an event- and cultural centre. Has a nice café too!
![Bredevoort (Booktown) Bookmarket [@Pentacost a.k.a. Whitsunday]](images/street/colour 2026/Q1103093.JPG)
![Bredevoort (Booktown) Bookmarket [@Pentacost a.k.a. Whitsunday]](images/street/colour 2026/Q1103095.JPG)
![Bredevoort (Booktown) Bookmarket [@Pentacost a.k.a. Whitsunday]](images/street/colour 2026/Q1103098.JPG)
LEICA Q2 REPORTER | BREDEVOORT, 25MAY2026
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VAASAQUA EVENT INCLUDING BOOKMARKET
THEY PLAYED A SOLID TUNE!
SONY RX10IV | VAASSEN, 14MAY2026
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MEDIEVAL FAIR @CASTLE CANNENBURG
The Teutonic Order (NL: Duitse Order' is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society c.1190 in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem.
The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem was formed to aid Christians on their pilgrimages to the Holy Land and to establish hospitals.
Its members have commonly been known as the Teutonic Knights, having historically served as a crusading military order for supporting Catholic rule in the Holy Land and the Northern Crusades during the Middle Ages, as well as supplying military protection for Catholics in Eastern Europe.
Purely religious since 1810, the Teutonic Order still confers limited honorary knighthoods.
The Bailiwick of Utrecht of the Teutonic Order, a Protestant chivalric order, is descended from the same medieval military order and also continues to award knighthoods and perform charitable work.
en.wikipedia.org:_Teutonic_Order
NL.wikipedia.org:_Duitse_Orde |
SONY A7IV w/ 24-105 G OSS | VAASSEN, 03MAY2026
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PASAR MALAM (ASIAN STREETMARKET)
The friendliest security I ever met!
Enter the foodcourt (during the winter this is an ice rink)
My father used to wear a batik shirt like that (he spent his youth in Indonesia, including imprisonment in WW2)
Leica M10-P w/
Summicron 50/2 + Sony RX100 VII | Nijmegen, 01May2026
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APRIL
KONINGSDAG (KING'S DAY, APRIL 27th)
A day to celebrate the King's birthday (his 59th), a bit by the old...
and the young!
In celebration of the King's anniversary no sales tax needs to be charged.
Some people buy a lot of stuff and sell them on the next year.
Mostly cash exchanges (cash is King!), but a few do
automatic/online payments
Orange (and business) unites!
Proudly celebrating the House of Orange and the Dutch Lion
Minor accident, bystanders help the man (like handing him his glasses)
#OnReading
LEICA Q2 w/ SUMMICRON 1.7/28 | VELP, 27APR2026
WALKABOUT AMSTERDAM
Rembrandtplein
Subtle signs of orange; tomorrow there will be an explosion of orange, on Koningsdag
CANON G5X.II | AMSTERDAM, 26APR2026
HISTORISCH SPEKTAKEL 2026 @GRAVE
Fire in the hole..
'Lichte Kooien'
Ridder Ron
SONY A7IV (w/ 24-105 G OSS) | GRAVE (NOORD BRABANT) 06APRIL26
Combat demonstrations & cannon thunder: the liberation of Grave at the 'Loswal'
King & Queen witnessing the battle
Noblemen & -women as well as common folk of Grave have gathered to bear witness
1674: in that year, Grave is occupied by the French king Louis XIV. After a long siege, the city is
relieved by stadtholder William III, Prince of Orange. In this re-enactment we get to know the
French general De Chamilly and the commander of the Dutch troops Van Rabenhaupt.
Blast from the .. present!
SONY RX10IV | GRAVE (NOORD BRABANT) 06APRIL26
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FEBRUARY
VENICE, ITALY
Explained thru ChatGPT:
"Mama, dobro sam" is a phrase in Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, or Montenegrin. It means: "Mom, I’m fine." or "Mom, I’m okay." [Mama = Mom | dobro = well / fine | sam = I am].
It’s often used to reassure a mother that everything is okay.
All the rage on Instagram.
SONY A7IV w/ SONY 24-105/4 G OSS | IL CARNEVALE, FEB.2026
Other cameras used CANON G5X.II and SONY CYBERSHOT
RX100.VII
Confetti is part of the fun for small kids during these day in February.
SEE ALSO MY FULL REPORT IL CARNEVALE 2026 (2 PAGES)
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JANUARY
KASTEELSTAD VERLICHT 2026 's-HEERENBERG | LIGHTFESTIVAL
See also MyBlog-2026Q1
The foodcourt with live music and a street artist spitting fire...
Sony A7IV w/ SONY 24-105 G OSS | 's-Heerenberg 24JAN2026
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Created: 08-Aug-2020
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