10 oktober 2016

‘Verplaatsing stiltegebied’

Via: 'Truc' met stiltegebied langs Pannerdensch Kanaal wekt woede. (Dorpsraad Loo)

Na de Betuwelijn de A15

“Geconfronteerd met de plannen van de A15 is er grote onrust ontstaan in onze dorpsgemeenschap. Naast de genoemde geluids- en milieuoverlast hebben we te maken met een extra doorsnijding van ons dorp. De Betuwelijn leverde dat 10 jaar geleden al op en nu komt er nóg een stuk bij. Opnieuw worden delen van Groessen van de kern afgesloten. Voor de bewoners onacceptabel.”

Zienswijze OTB A15 Dorpsraad Groessen (PDF)



“I’m good at looking for walls. Look, I found another one.”

Betuwelijn, Zevenaar, Orwo Chrom UT 20. Photo: Robert van der Kroft
Betuwelijn, Zevenaar, Orwo Chrom UT 20. Photo: Robert van der Kroft
Betuwelijn, Zevenaar, Orwo Chrom UT 20. Photo: Robert van der Kroft
  • Fujica ST605 with Pallas Magenta AM
  • Orwo UT 20 (expiration date unknown) shot at ISO 10
  • Caffenol + .5g potassium bromide
  • Stand development, 70 min
Canister, Orwo Chrom UT 20. Photo: Robert van der Kroft
Leading strip, Orwo Chrom UT 20. Photo: Robert van der Kroft


Duffelcoat Review by Montezuma

Download the Duffelcoat Review by Montezuma (PDF)




30 september 2016

А я иду, шагаю по луне!..


Red Sky At Dawn:
In this propaganda poster, Lunokhod is imagined as a smug chain-smoker sporting a pair of platform shoes and a jaunty cap. He’s also a deep shade of communist crimson, unlike the white-grey Lunokhods of reality. It’s an image I often think about whenever I read the insufferably twee twitter accounts of @philae2014 the EU’s comet lander, or @MarsCuriosity, NASA’s WAL-E -esque Mars robot. Whilst they anthropomorphicise those scientific instruments as curious, childlike characters, the Soviets decided some sort of cigarette-wielding lad-about-town, a real Muzhnik, was the best way forward. You’d feel safer leaving your kids with Philae or Curiosity, but you know it’d be Lunokhod you’d invite on a night out. It’s a strange choice to modern, western eyes, but proof that even in robotic space travel, there’s a craving for humanising detail. We want to connect with these charismatic robots. American visitors to Moscow remarked that Lunokhod models were an extremely popular contemporary hit at the “Children’s World” toy shop.


27 september 2016

Desire Path

Beeld vanaf Westervoortsebrug, september 2016. Foto: Robert van der Kroft
Desire path (Wikipedia)
Trampelpfad (Wikipedia)
Olifantenpad (Wikipedia)

Voigtländer VF 135 + Hema Super SR 400

Fotografische Erlebnisse eines holländischen Motorradfahrers. Herbst 1935.

On the Road to Hating Jews: Photograph Album from a Journey in Germany, 1935:
In January 1936, a photo album arrived at the National and University Library. The album was sent by the head office of the Jewish News Agency in Amsterdam. It was not a large album – twenty-two photographs only, all documenting signs in condemnation of the Jews, public declarations of anti-Semitism and hatred of Jews in Germany as documented in the autumn of 1935.





26 september 2016

By using Chilean nitrate of soda bring prosperity in view

Poster: By using Chilean nitrate of soda bring prosperity in view
Afiche fechado en 1912, firmado por E. Robert, e impreso por Ortos Limited.
1912 poster, signed by E. Robert and printed by Ortos Ltd.
102 x 63 cms.

Leyenda:
El uso del Nitrato de Soda chileno produce una evidente prosperidad.
Cítricos, frutales de hoja caduca, tabaco, caña de azúcar,
cereales, hortalizas, flores, praderas, etc.
Nitrato de Soda chileno
Para obtener una completa información
y publicaciones gratuitas sobre
fertilización escribir al
Comité del Nitrato Chileno
P.O. Box 2233, Ciudad del Cabo
EL FERTILIZADOR.

Bron: Salitre de Chile