Portraits

Meron Verbelen (Dancer)
Meron Verbelen (Dancer)

March 28, 2021
Filip Van Huffel (Choreographer)
Filip Van Huffel (Choreographer)

March 28, 2021
Willy Bauweraerts aka Bau Arz (Musician - Producer)
Willy Bauweraerts aka Bau Arz (Musician - Producer)

March 28, 2021
John Buijsman | Acteur / Theatermaker
John Buijsman | Acteur / Theatermaker

July 2022
John Buijsman | Acteur / Theatermaker
John Buijsman | Acteur / Theatermaker

July 2022
John Buijsman | Acteur / Theatermaker
John Buijsman | Acteur / Theatermaker

July 2022
NASTY NELIS / OLD SCHOOL BARBER ACADEMY
NASTY NELIS / OLD SCHOOL BARBER ACADEMY

Mamiya C220 / Mamiya-Sekor 80mm / Kodak Ektar 100
LIEVEN DECLERCQ / DRUMMER
LIEVEN DECLERCQ / DRUMMER

Mamiya C220 / Mamiya-Sekor 80mm / Kodak Ektar 100
Woutrina van den Berg - Van Campen (1896 - 1982)
Woutrina van den Berg - Van Campen (1896 - 1982)

Photo 1974 / Nikkormat Ftn / Kodak Plus X

Hawkwind

Hawkwind at the ‘De Doelen’ in Rotterdam on 26th of June 1974 (all photo’s by Jan van der Gaag) - Camera: Nikkormat FTN / Nikkor 50mm F 2 / original color positive film: Agfa CT18

#4. Stacia Blake
#4. Stacia Blake
#14. Lemmy Kilmister
#14. Lemmy Kilmister
#9. Stacia Blake
#9. Stacia Blake
#3. Stacia Blake (Visual Artist and Dancer Hawkwind)
#3. Stacia Blake (Visual Artist and Dancer Hawkwind)
#12. Nik Turner
#12. Nik Turner
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#1. Lemmy Kilmister
#1. Lemmy Kilmister
#5. Lemmy Kilmister
#5. Lemmy Kilmister
#10. Stacia
#10. Stacia
#6. Lemmy Kilmister
#6. Lemmy Kilmister
#7. Lemmy Kilmister
#7. Lemmy Kilmister
#8. Dave Brock
#8. Dave Brock
#13. Nik Turner
#13. Nik Turner
#15. Lemmy Kilmister
#15. Lemmy Kilmister
#18. Lemmy Kilmister
#18. Lemmy Kilmister
#11. Nik Turner
#11. Nik Turner
#16. Simon House
#16. Simon House
#17. Alan Powell
#17. Alan Powell
#19. Dave Brock
#19. Dave Brock
#2. Al Matthews (Unofficial member of Hawkwind)
#2. Al Matthews (Unofficial member of Hawkwind)

American singer, movie actor, percussionist, guitarist Al Matthews
Al Matthews (Unofficial member of Hawkwind)
Al Matthews (Unofficial member of Hawkwind)

American singer, movie actor, percussionist, guitarist Al Matthews
Al Matthews (Unofficial member of Hawkwind)
Al Matthews (Unofficial member of Hawkwind)

American singer, movie actor, percussionist, guitarist Al Matthews
Al Matthews (Unofficial member of Hawkwind)
Al Matthews (Unofficial member of Hawkwind)

American singer, movie actor, percussionist, guitarist Al Matthews

Summerconcert 1974

The 'forgotten Popfestival in Hilversum (the Netherlands) aka 'SUMMERCONCERT 74' on July 18, 1974 at the Gemeentelijke Sportpark Hilversum with Earth & Fire (NL), Alquin (NL), John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra (USA), Tim Buckley (USA), The Doobie Brothers (USA), Van Morrison (did not perform because of an incident) and The Allman Brothers Band (USA) - here also pictures of the ‘surprise appearance of the Amsterdam Hells Angels during the Doobie Brothers show.

The Dutch Summerconcert ‘74 with over 20.000 visitors was only 2 days before the very first Knebworth (UK) 1974 festival on 20 July with almost the same international line-up e.g. Mahavishnu Orchestra, Tim Buckley, The Doobie Brothers and The Allman Brothers Band.

Interesting to mention that the Allman Brothers played their very first gig outside the USA at this festival on the 18th of July 1974 in Hilversum, The Netherlands.

Photography: © JAN VAN DER GAAG

Camera’s: Nikkormat FTn w. a Nikkor 50mm for the color photo’s and a Mamiya 500 Sekor w. a 50mm and 300 mm telelens used for black & white and 200mm zoom for color.

Film Stock Used: for color Kodak Kodachrome and Agfa CT18 / all black & white on Kodak Tri-x Pan.

Creative replica of the original MOJO Festival poster
Creative replica of the original MOJO Festival poster

preparing the festival / june 1974
preparing the festival / june 1974
Earth & Fire
Earth & Fire

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Earth & Fire
Earth & Fire

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Chris Koerts (Earth & Fire)
Chris Koerts (Earth & Fire)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Chris Koerts (Earth & Fire)
Chris Koerts (Earth & Fire)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Earth & Fire
Earth & Fire

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Jerney Kaagman (Earth & Fire)
Jerney Kaagman (Earth & Fire)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Jerney Kaagman (Earth & Fire)
Jerney Kaagman (Earth & Fire)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Jerney Kaagman (Earth & Fire)
Jerney Kaagman (Earth & Fire)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Jerney Kaagman (Earth & Fire)
Jerney Kaagman (Earth & Fire)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Ronald Ottenhoff & Job Tarenskeen (Alquin)
Ronald Ottenhoff & Job Tarenskeen (Alquin)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Job Tarenskeen (Alquin)
Job Tarenskeen (Alquin)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Hein Mars (Alquin)
Hein Mars (Alquin)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Ferdinand Bakker (Alquin)
Ferdinand Bakker (Alquin)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands
Ferdinand Bakker (Alquin)
Ferdinand Bakker (Alquin)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Hein Mars (Alquin)
Hein Mars (Alquin)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Hein Mars (Alquin)
Hein Mars (Alquin)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Ferdinand Bakker (Alquin)
Ferdinand Bakker (Alquin)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands
Ferdinand Bakker (Alquin)
Ferdinand Bakker (Alquin)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Ferdinand Bakker (Alquin)
Ferdinand Bakker (Alquin)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Ferdinand Bakker & Hein Mars (Alquin)
Ferdinand Bakker & Hein Mars (Alquin)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Claude Vanheye (Fotograaf)
Claude Vanheye (Fotograaf)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Claude Vanheye (Fotograaf)
Claude Vanheye (Fotograaf)
Claude Vanheye (Fotograaf)
Claude Vanheye (Fotograaf)
John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Ralphe Armstrong (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Ralphe Armstrong (Mahavishnu Orchestra)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Ralphe Armstrong (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Ralphe Armstrong (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Jean-Luc Ponty (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Jean-Luc Ponty (Mahavishnu Orchestra)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Ralphe Armstrong (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Ralphe Armstrong (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Ralphe Armstrong (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Ralphe Armstrong (Mahavishnu Orchestra)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Tim Buckley
Tim Buckley

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Tom Johnston (Doobie Brothers)
Tom Johnston (Doobie Brothers)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Tom Johnston (Doobie Brothers)
Tom Johnston (Doobie Brothers)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Pat Simmons & Jeff Baxter (Doobie Brothers)
Pat Simmons & Jeff Baxter (Doobie Brothers)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Jeff Baxter (Doobie Brothers)
Jeff Baxter (Doobie Brothers)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Tiran Porter (Doobie Brothers)
Tiran Porter (Doobie Brothers)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

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The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Tom Johnston (Doobie Brothers)
Tom Johnston (Doobie Brothers)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Tom Johnston (Doobie Brothers)
Tom Johnston (Doobie Brothers)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Tiran Porter (Doobie Brothers)
Tiran Porter (Doobie Brothers)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Tiran Porter (Doobie Brothers)
Tiran Porter (Doobie Brothers)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

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1974_ANGELS_New_011_Edit_Flat.jpg
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The Allman Brothers Band
The Allman Brothers Band

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers Band)
Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers Band)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands
Lamar Williams (Allman Brothers Band)
Lamar Williams (Allman Brothers Band)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands

Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers Band)
Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers Band)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands
Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers Band)
Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers Band)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands
Gregg Allman (Allman Brothers Band)
Gregg Allman (Allman Brothers Band)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands
Gregg Allman (Allman Brothers Band)
Gregg Allman (Allman Brothers Band)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands
Dickey Betts & Lamar Williams (Allman Brothers Band)
Dickey Betts & Lamar Williams (Allman Brothers Band)

SUMMERCONCERT 74 / Hilversum / The Netherlands
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easy download, 50 pages with the complete story, all black & white negatives and color frames shot that day - printed version available Q2 ‘25

Rock Concerts

Rock Concerts in the Netherland in the Seventies, venues in The Hague, Leiden and Rotterdam with guitarist Jan Akkerman, vocalist Kaz Lux, Lou Reed, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Ron Wood, Rod Stewart, The Faces

Ron Wood - 1974
Ron Wood - 1974

Nikkormat FTN / Kodak Ektachrome / Rod Stewart & The Faces / De Doelen Rotterdam 12.10.74
Lou Reed - 1975
Lou Reed - 1975

Mamiya Sekor 500 / Ilford HP4 / De Doelen Rotterdam / 6.03.1975

 
Lou Reed - 1975
Lou Reed - 1975

Nikkormat FTN / Kodacolor II Film / De Doelen Rotterdam / 6.03.1975
Lou Reed - 1975
Lou Reed - 1975

Nikkormat FTN / Kodacolor II Film / De Doelen Rotterdam / 6.03.1975
Eric Clapton 1977
Eric Clapton 1977

Nikkormat Ftn / Kodak Ektachrome / Groenoordhal Leiden / 11.06.1977
Rod Stewart & The Faces - 1974
Rod Stewart & The Faces - 1974

Nikkormat FTN / Kodak Ektachrome / Rod Stewart & The Faces / De Doelen Rotterdam 12.10.74
Rod Stewart - 1974
Rod Stewart - 1974

Mamiya Sekor 500 / Kodak Plus X Pan / Rod Stewart & The Faces / De Doelen Rotterdam 12.10.74
Ron Wood - 1974
Ron Wood - 1974

Nikkormat FTN / Kodak Ektachrome / Rod Stewart & The Faces / De Doelen Rotterdam 12.10.74
Ron Wood & Ian McLagan - 1974
Ron Wood & Ian McLagan - 1974

Mamiya Sekor 500 / Kodak Plus X Pan / Rod Stewart & The Faces / De Doelen Rotterdam 12.10.74
Ron Wood - 1974
Ron Wood - 1974

Nikkormat FTN / Kodak Ektachrome / Rod Stewart & The Faces / De Doelen Rotterdam 12.10.74
Ian McLagan - 1974
Ian McLagan - 1974

Nikkormat FTN / Kodak Ektachrome / Rod Stewart & The Faces / De Doelen Rotterdam 12.10.74
Rod Stewart - 1974
Rod Stewart - 1974

Mamiya Sekor 500 / Kodak Plus X Pan / Rod Stewart & The Faces / De Doelen Rotterdam 12.10.74
Tetsu Yamauchi - 1974
Tetsu Yamauchi - 1974

Nikkormat FTN / Kodak Ektachrome / Rod Stewart & The Faces / De Doelen Rotterdam 12.10.74
Ron Wood - 1974
Ron Wood - 1974

Nikkormat FTN / Kodak Ektachrome / Rod Stewart & The Faces / De Doelen Rotterdam 12.10.74
Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana

Nikkormat Ftn / Kodak Ektachrome / AHOY HAL ROTTERDAM / 30.11.1976
Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana

Nikkormat Ftn / Kodak Ektachrome / AHOY HAL ROTTERDAM / 30.11.1976
STRIDER - support act for Rod Stewart & Faces
STRIDER - support act for Rod Stewart & Faces

Nikkormat FTN / Kodak Ektachrome / De Doelen Rotterdam 12.10.74
STRIDER - support act for Rod Stewart & Faces
STRIDER - support act for Rod Stewart & Faces

Nikkormat FTN / Kodak Ektachrome / De Doelen Rotterdam 12.10.74
STRIDER - support act for Rod Stewart & Faces
STRIDER - support act for Rod Stewart & Faces

Nikkormat FTN / Kodak Ektachrome / De Doelen Rotterdam 12.10.74
Pierre van der Linden - 1976
Pierre van der Linden - 1976

Nikkormat FTn / Ilford FP4 / Eli Tour / Jan Akkerman & Kaz Lux / Congresgebouw The Hague  
Kaz Lux - 1976
Kaz Lux - 1976

Nikkormat FTn / Ilford FP4 / Eli Tour / Jan Akkerman & Kaz Lux / Congresgebouw The Hague  
Rick van der Linden (Keyboards) 
Rick van der Linden (Keyboards) 

Nikkormat FTn / Ilford FP4 / Eli Tour / Jan Akkerman & Kaz Lux / Congresgebouw The Hague  
Jan Akkerman - 1976
Jan Akkerman - 1976

Nikkormat FTn / Ilford FP4 / Eli Tour / Jan Akkerman & Kaz Lux / Congresgebouw The Hague  

Focus 1973

Only 5 days before their memorable ‘Focus at the Rainbow’ concert on May 5 1973, Focus played an afternoon gig on Monday April 30 (in those years our Queens Day in The Netherlands) at “De Vliegermolen” Sportshal in Voorburg The Netherlands.

Support Act: Harvey Andrews & Graham Cook

Focus Line up: Jan Akkerman (Guitar), Thijs van Leer (Organ, Flute), Pierre van der Linden (Drums) and Bert Ruiter (Bass)

Pierre van der Linden (Focus) | 30 April 1973 | De Vliegermolen, Voorburg (NL)
Pierre van der Linden (Focus) | 30 April 1973 | De Vliegermolen, Voorburg (NL)
Jan Akkerman (Focus) | 30 April 1973 | De Vliegermolen, Voorburg (NL)
Jan Akkerman (Focus) | 30 April 1973 | De Vliegermolen, Voorburg (NL)
Bert Ruiter (Focus) | 30 April 1973 | De Vliegermolen, Voorburg (NL)
Bert Ruiter (Focus) | 30 April 1973 | De Vliegermolen, Voorburg (NL)
Pierre van der Linden (Focus) | 30 April 1973 | De Vliegermolen, Voorburg (NL)
Pierre van der Linden (Focus) | 30 April 1973 | De Vliegermolen, Voorburg (NL)
Pierre van der Linden (Focus) | 30 April 1973 | De Vliegermolen, Voorburg (NL)
Pierre van der Linden (Focus) | 30 April 1973 | De Vliegermolen, Voorburg (NL)
Thijs van Leer (Focus) | 30 April 1973 | De Vliegermolen, Voorburg (NL)
Thijs van Leer (Focus) | 30 April 1973 | De Vliegermolen, Voorburg (NL)
Jan Akkerman (Focus) | 30 April 1973 | De Vliegermolen, Voorburg (NL)
Jan Akkerman (Focus) | 30 April 1973 | De Vliegermolen, Voorburg (NL)
Jan Akkerman (Focus) | 30 April 1973 | De Vliegermolen, Voorburg (NL)
Jan Akkerman (Focus) | 30 April 1973 | De Vliegermolen, Voorburg (NL)

Cover Design

just a selection of album covers designed for independent artists, friends and labels, for me a great way to combine my photography and design idea’s into one creative project.

PHOTO & ARTWORK (RELEASE MARCH 2025)
PHOTO & ARTWORK (RELEASE MARCH 2025)

JEROEN RAVESLOOT - ‘Valsa Para Você’
PHOTO & ARTWORK (RELEASE DECEMBER 2024)
PHOTO & ARTWORK (RELEASE DECEMBER 2024)

MBN - EP: ‘CLARITY’ - TRACK #2: ‘RESILIENCE’
PHOTO & ARTWORK (RELEASE NOVEMBER 2024)
PHOTO & ARTWORK (RELEASE NOVEMBER 2024)

MBN - EP: ‘CLARITY’ - TRACK #1: ‘EQUANIMITY’
PHOTO & ARTWORK (RELEASE SEPTEMBER 2023)
PHOTO & ARTWORK (RELEASE SEPTEMBER 2023)

JEROEN RAVESLOOT - ‘STARDUST’
PHOTO & ARTWORK (RELEASE SEPTEMBER 2024)
PHOTO & ARTWORK (RELEASE SEPTEMBER 2024)

JEROEN RAVESLOOT - ‘BLUE BY YOU’
FRONT COVER PHOTO (TRACK RELEASED MAY 2023)
FRONT COVER PHOTO (TRACK RELEASED MAY 2023)

JEROEN RAVESLOOT - ‘MILLE SAISONS’
FRONT COVER PHOTO (TRACK RELEASED FEBRUARY 2023)
FRONT COVER PHOTO (TRACK RELEASED FEBRUARY 2023)

JEROEN RAVESLOOT - ‘RIPPLES’
FRONT COVER PHOTO (TRACK RELEASED APRIL 2023)
FRONT COVER PHOTO (TRACK RELEASED APRIL 2023)

JEROEN RAVESLOOT - ‘CHILDREN’S FEET’
FRONT COVER PHOTO (TRACK RELEASED JANUARY 2023)
FRONT COVER PHOTO (TRACK RELEASED JANUARY 2023)

JEROEN RAVESLOOT - ‘RAINDROPS’
FRONT COVER PHOTO (TRACK RELEASED DECEMBER 2022)
FRONT COVER PHOTO (TRACK RELEASED DECEMBER 2022)

JEROEN RAVESLOOT - ‘UPHILL WATER’
FRONT COVER DESIGN NOVEMBER 2021 (RELEASE Q1 2022)
FRONT COVER DESIGN NOVEMBER 2021 (RELEASE Q1 2022)

BAU ARZ - “FLASH MEMORY DRIVE”
FRONT COVER DESIGN NOVEMBER 2021 (RELEASE Q1 2022)
FRONT COVER DESIGN NOVEMBER 2021 (RELEASE Q1 2022)

BAU ARZ - “INSIGNIFICANT”
FRONT COVER DESIGN NOVEMBER 2021 (RELEASE Q1 2022)
FRONT COVER DESIGN NOVEMBER 2021 (RELEASE Q1 2022)

BAU ARZ - “NO EXCUSE”
FRONT COVER / MARCH 2021
FRONT COVER / MARCH 2021

BAU ARZ ft. MERON - “CHAINED 2 THE PAST”
BACK COVER / MARCH 2021
BACK COVER / MARCH 2021

BAU ARZ ft. MERON - “CHAINED 2 THE PAST”
FRONT COVER / FEBRUARY 2021
FRONT COVER / FEBRUARY 2021

BAU ARZ - “DARK MOVES”
FRONT COVER / JANUARY 2021
FRONT COVER / JANUARY 2021

BAU ARZ ft. RODKINT - “COCKTALES”
BACK COVER / JANUARY 2021
BACK COVER / JANUARY 2021

BAU ARZ ft. RODKINT - “COCKTALES”

JAPAN 2024

Here a selection of my photos from our trip through the South of Japan, from Tokyo to Nagasaki. We traveled mostly by public transport, the city Metro systems, the Japan Rail (JR) Express and the superfast Bullet trains (Shinkansen) ‘all in all’ a total distance of 3000 km.

I can’t exactly remember when my fascination for Japan had started. Maybe early 2000 when I read my first Haruki Murakami novel (‘The Wind-up Bird Chronicle’) and became interested in Japanese literature, movies, composers and the history of Japan. Definitely my visit to the Haute Photography Exposition in 2019 in Rotterdam and in that year their special focus on a small group of Japanese photographers kicked me in the right direction, I was literally blown away by their work. I suppose there my wish arose to visit Japan, to see and experience this beautiful country even only once in my life … so a dream came through in the summer of 2024. どういたしまして,

TOKYO
TOKYO

Sensō-ji Temple
TOKYO
TOKYO

Sensō-ji Temple
TOKYO
TOKYO

Sensō-ji Temple
HOTEL ROOM VIEW
HOTEL ROOM VIEW

Sunshine City Prince Hotel Tokyo ~ 9th Floor
TOKYO
TOKYO

Shibuya Crossing
TOKYO
TOKYO

Shibuya Crossing
TOKYO
TOKYO

Shibuya Crossing
TOKYO
TOKYO

Tower Records Shibuya
TOKYO
TOKYO

Shinjuku, 3 Chome−17−1
TOKYO
TOKYO

Shinjuku, 3 Chome−17−1
TOKYO
TOKYO

Shinjuku
TOKYO
TOKYO

Ueno Park - National Museum of Western Art
TOKYO
TOKYO

Ueno Park

TOKYO
TOKYO

Taito City close to Uguisudani Station
TOKYO
TOKYO

Taito City, Negishi, 1 Chome−1
TOKYO
TOKYO

Taito City, 1 Chome Negishi
KITA-KAMAKURA TRAIN STATION

KITA-KAMAKURA TRAIN STATION
KAMAKURA
KAMAKURA
KAMAKURA
KAMAKURA

Tōkei-ji Temple
KAMAKURA
KAMAKURA

Tōkei-ji Temple
KAMAKURA
KAMAKURA

Tōkei-ji Temple grounds
HOTEL ROOM VIEW
HOTEL ROOM VIEW

Tabino Hotel Matsumoto - 7th Floor
MATSUMOTO
MATSUMOTO

Fukashi (Matsumoto) Castle
MATSUMOTO
MATSUMOTO

Izakaya Restaurant

MATSUMOTO
MATSUMOTO
TAKAYAMA
TAKAYAMA

Sanmachi-Suji district
TAKAYAMA
TAKAYAMA

Sanmachi-Suji district
TAKAYAMA
TAKAYAMA

Daiou-ji Temple
TAKAYAMA
TAKAYAMA

Daiou-ji Temple
TAKAYAMA
TAKAYAMA
HOTEL ROOM VIEW
HOTEL ROOM VIEW

Washington Hotel Plaza Takayama - 3th Floor
KYOTO
KYOTO

Chion-in Temple
KYOTO
KYOTO

Chion-in Temple
KYOTO
KYOTO

Chion-in Temple Garden
KYOTO
KYOTO

Maruyama Park

On City Bus 206 - Kyoto

Leica Store Kyoto
HOTEL ROOM VIEW
HOTEL ROOM VIEW

Ala Hotel Kyoto - 7th Floor
KYOTO
KYOTO

Gion district
City Road 186, Kyoto

City Road 186, Kyoto
NARA
NARA

Tōdai-ji Temple
NARA
NARA

Tōdai-ji Temple
NARA
NARA
KYOTO
KYOTO

Fushimi Inari-Taisha Shrine
KYOTO
KYOTO

Fushimi Inari-Taisha Shrine
KYOTO
KYOTO

Museum Cafe ~ Matcha Tea & Apricot pastry
KOYASAN
KOYASAN

Yochi-in Buddhist Temple - Established in 1127
KOYASAN
KOYASAN

Yochi-in Buddhist Temple - Established in 1127
LODGE ROOM VIEW
LODGE ROOM VIEW

Monastery Yochi-in Koyasan
KOYASAN
KOYASAN

Yochi-in Temple
KOYASAN
KOYASAN

Yochi-in Temple (Pilgrim's Lodging)
KOYASAN
KOYASAN

Yochi-in Temple (Pilgrim's Lodging)
KOYASAN
KOYASAN

Yochi-in Temple
KOYASAN
KOYASAN

Hondō at the Yochi-in Temple
KOYASAN
KOYASAN

Koya, Ito District
Family Mart Koyasan Store

Family Mart Koyasan Store

KOYASAN
KOYASAN

Okunoin - Buddhist Cemetery on Mount Kōya
KOYASAN
KOYASAN

Okunoin - Buddhist Cemetery on Mount Kōya
TRAIN WINDOW: KOYASAN > OSAKA

TRAIN WINDOW: KOYASAN > OSAKA
OSAKA
OSAKA
HOTEL ROOM VIEW
HOTEL ROOM VIEW

Hotel Plaza Osaka - 4th Floor
OSAKA
OSAKA

Dōtonbori Canal

OSAKA
OSAKA

Dōtonbori Canal
OSAKA
OSAKA

The Kaiyukan Aquarium
OSAKA
OSAKA

The Kaiyukan Aquarium
OSAKA
OSAKA

The Kaiyukan Aquarium
OSAKA
OSAKA

The Kaiyukan Aquarium
BULLET TRAIN: SHIN-OSAKA > KADOMA

BULLET TRAIN: SHIN-OSAKA > KADOMA
HOTEL ROOM VIEW
HOTEL ROOM VIEW

Hiroshima Grand Intelligent Hotel
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
HIROSHIMA
HIROSHIMA

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial
HIROSHIMA
HIROSHIMA

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial
HIROSHIMA
HIROSHIMA

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial
HIROSHIMA
HIROSHIMA

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial
HIROSHIMA
HIROSHIMA

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial
HIROSHIMA
HIROSHIMA
HIROSHIMA
HIROSHIMA
HIROSHIMA
HIROSHIMA

Hondōri Shopping Street
HIROSHIMA
HIROSHIMA

1 Chome-7-20 Otemachi
HOTEL ROOM VIEW
HOTEL ROOM VIEW

Ark Hotel Kumamoto - 6th Floor
KUMAMOTO
KUMAMOTO

Kato Shrine
KUMAMOTO
KUMAMOTO

Kato Shrine
KUMAMOTO
KUMAMOTO
TRAIN WINDOW: KUMAMOTO > NAGASAKI

TRAIN WINDOW: KUMAMOTO > NAGASAKI
HOTEL ROOM VIEW
HOTEL ROOM VIEW

Hotel Monterey Nagasaki - 7th Floor
Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum

Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum

Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum

Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
NAGASAKI
NAGASAKI

China Town
NAGASAKI
NAGASAKI

China Town
NAGASAKI
NAGASAKI

China Town

7-Eleven Konbini - Nagasaki

NAGASAKI
NAGASAKI
NAGASAKI
NAGASAKI

Dejima - Dutch Trading Post (1641–1854)
NAGASAKI
NAGASAKI

Dejima - Dutch Trading Post (1641–1854)
NAGASAKI
NAGASAKI

Dejima - Dutch Trading Post (1641–1854)
Nagasaki Peace Park

Nagasaki Peace Park
Nagasaki Peace Park

Nagasaki Peace Park
Nagasaki Peace Park

Nagasaki Peace Park
NAGASAKI
NAGASAKI

Matsuyama Bridge

Nagasaki Harbour

Nagasaki Harbour
NAGASAKI
NAGASAKI

Supermarket - Japanese Soy sauce
TRAIN WINDOW: NAGASAKI > TOKYO

TRAIN WINDOW: NAGASAKI > TOKYO
TRAIN WINDOW: NAGASAKI > TOKYO

TRAIN WINDOW: NAGASAKI > TOKYO
TRAIN WINDOW: NAGASAKI > TOKYO

TRAIN WINDOW: NAGASAKI > TOKYO
TRAIN WINDOW: NAGASAKI > TOKYO

TRAIN WINDOW: NAGASAKI > TOKYO
HOTEL ROOM VIEW
HOTEL ROOM VIEW

Last night in Tokyo - Prince Hotel

Istanbul 2025

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iPhone Photos

“The best camera is the camera you have with you” is a famous statement and is totally right … herewith a selection of my best iPhone photo’s made over the years while traveling and in cities e.g. Berlin, Barcelona, Antwerp and home city Rotterdam …

Taksim Square / Istanbul | iPhone
Taksim Square / Istanbul | iPhone

19.01.2025
Hagia Sophia Mosque / Istanbul | iPhone
Hagia Sophia Mosque / Istanbul | iPhone

18.01.2025
Topkapi Palace / Istanbul | iPhone
Topkapi Palace / Istanbul | iPhone

20.01.2025
JR ISETAN Warehouse / Kyoto | iPhone
JR ISETAN Warehouse / Kyoto | iPhone

3.09.2024
Hotel Room View / Tokyo | iPhone
Hotel Room View / Tokyo | iPhone

27.08.2024
Prefectural Art Museum / Nagasaki | iPhone
Prefectural Art Museum / Nagasaki | iPhone

11.09.2024
Maastoren Wilhelminaplein / Rotterdam | iPhone
Maastoren Wilhelminaplein / Rotterdam | iPhone

10.01.2020
Oudaan / Antwerp | iPhone
Oudaan / Antwerp | iPhone

28.03.2019
Pompidou Centre / Malaga | iPhone
Pompidou Centre / Malaga | iPhone

03.10.2019
Groothandelsgebouw / Rotterdam | iPhone
Groothandelsgebouw / Rotterdam | iPhone

04.07.2019
Museum Assen / Assen | iPhone
Museum Assen / Assen | iPhone

12.04.2024
MAS Museum / Antwerp | iPhone
MAS Museum / Antwerp | iPhone

12.12.2017
World Trade Center / Rotterdam | iPhone
World Trade Center / Rotterdam | iPhone

27.02.2021

NHow Hotel_Wilhelminakade / Rotterdam | iPhone
NHow Hotel_Wilhelminakade / Rotterdam | iPhone

5.02.2021
Fenix 1 Building / Rotterdam | iPhone
Fenix 1 Building / Rotterdam | iPhone

9.10.2020
Train Station / Enschede | iPhone
Train Station / Enschede | iPhone

07.03.2019
Het Nieuwe Instituut / Rotterdam | iPhone
Het Nieuwe Instituut / Rotterdam | iPhone

20.01.2019
MACBA Museum / Barcelona | iPhone
MACBA Museum / Barcelona | iPhone

17.11.2019
Conservatory / Antwerp | iPhone
Conservatory / Antwerp | iPhone

29.03.2018
Airport / Alicante | iPhone
Airport / Alicante | iPhone

16.06.2018
Cruise Terminal / Rotterdam | iPhone
Cruise Terminal / Rotterdam | iPhone

14.10.2017
Schiphol Airport / Amsterdam | iPhone
Schiphol Airport / Amsterdam | iPhone

21.06.2019
The Student Hotel / Maastricht | iPhone
The Student Hotel / Maastricht | iPhone

26.04.2018
Stairs at the Torstrasse / Berlin | iPhone
Stairs at the Torstrasse / Berlin | iPhone

19.03.2019
Ableton HQ meeting room / Berlin | iPhone
Ableton HQ meeting room / Berlin | iPhone

08.11.2017
Traffic Jam / Antwerp | iPhone
Traffic Jam / Antwerp | iPhone

12.10.2017
Potsdamer Platz Sony Center / Berlin | iPhone
Potsdamer Platz Sony Center / Berlin | iPhone

12.12.2018

Architecture

Zonnestraal (Completed 1931) is a former sanatorium in Hilversum, the Netherlands. The building was designed by architect Jan Duiker and is an example of the 'Nieuwe Bouwen'. 

Zonnestraal / Hilversum
Zonnestraal / Hilversum

Mamiya C220 / Ilford FP4 ISO 125
Zonnestraal / Hilversum
Zonnestraal / Hilversum

Mamiya C220 / Ilford FP4 ISO 125
Zonnestraal / Hilversum
Zonnestraal / Hilversum

Mamiya C220 / Ilford FP4 ISO 125
Philharmonie Luxembourg
Philharmonie Luxembourg
Rotterdam Building
Rotterdam Building

Yashica Electro 35 GSN / Kodak Portra 160
Rotterdam Building
Rotterdam Building

Yashica Electro 35 GSN / Kodak Portra 160
Rotterdam Building
Rotterdam Building

Yashica Electro 35 GSN / Kodak Portra 160

Colorado 2016

JUNE 2016 — Rocky Mountains / Denver / Glenwood Springs / Aspen / Gunnison National Forest / Colorado Springs / Denver 

US-50 . Gunnison / JUNE 2016
US-50 . Gunnison / JUNE 2016

Nikkormat Ftn / Panagor 2.8 28mm / Ilford FP4
Castle Creek / JUNE 2016
Castle Creek / JUNE 2016

Nikkormat Ftn / Panagor 2.8 28mm / Kodak Portra 160
Crested Butte / JUNE 2016
Crested Butte / JUNE 2016

Nikkormat Ftn / Panagor 2.8 28mm / Ilford FP4
Crested Butte / JUNE 2016
Crested Butte / JUNE 2016

Nikkormat Ftn / Panagor 2.8 28mm / Ilford FP4
Maroon Bells / JUNE 2016
Maroon Bells / JUNE 2016

Nikkormat Ftn / Panagor 2.8 28mm / Kodak Portra 160

Los Angeles

Los Angeles 1998, 2000 and 2001 - camera Nikon F70 35mm Film Fuji Reala 100

Los Angeles 2001
Los Angeles 2001

corner of Sunset Blvd and Highland Avenue before the Hollywood High School / Nikon F70 / Fuji Reala 100 / 2 Frame Panorama
Los Angeles 2001
Los Angeles 2001

Tower Records on Sunset Blvd / Nikon F70 / Fuji Reala 100
Los Angeles 2001
Los Angeles 2001

Tower Records / Sunset Blvd / Nikon F70 / Fuji Reala 100
Los Angeles 2000
Los Angeles 2000

Washington & Lincoln Blvd / Nikon F70 / Fuji Reala 100
Los Angeles 1998
Los Angeles 1998

Sunset Blvd & La Brea Avenue / Nikon F70 / Fuji Reala 100

Rotterdam past

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ROTTERDAM - 1974
ROTTERDAM - 1974

Nikkormat Ftn / Agfa CT18 color reversal film
ROTTERDAM - 1974
ROTTERDAM - 1974

Nikkormat Ftn / Agfa CT18 color reversal film
ROTTERDAM - 1974
ROTTERDAM - 1974
ROTTERDAM - 1974
ROTTERDAM - 1974

'Canned Asphalt'

Finding myself super annoyed at how easily people hurl their empty soda cans onto the street, I wondered why most of these discarded cans were from the Red Bull brand. So in 2017 I formed a strange habit of shooting these flat Red Bull cans with my iPhone, with the vague idea of creating a photo collage of all photographed cans, as a protest against the pollution in the cities we live. Later in 2021 I continued this ‘project with trashed flat empty Coca-Cola and beer cans - Instead of photographing them with my iPhone on the spot like I did with the Red Bull project in 2017/18, I took the flat cans from the street, brought them home, selected the ones I wanted to photograph and photographed them against a white back-drop with a professional camera to create extra sharpness. As much as I hate to see trashed cans all over our streets I see also the beauty in some of the flat road cans and see similarities with some photo-realistic painters and their art work.

In case you were wondering, I tossed all of these flat (and sometimes half full) Red Bull cans, into the trash bin; my service to the ‘fast and furious’ Red Bull drinker, who was probably too high on caffeine and didn’t have the time and decency to dispose them correctly.

© Jan van der Gaag

RB "Canned Asphalt" / Rotterdam | Photos 2017 | Collage April 2020
RB "Canned Asphalt" / Rotterdam | Photos 2017 | Collage April 2020
RB Can # 3
RB Can # 3
RB Can # 7
RB Can # 7
RB Can # 8
RB Can # 8
RB Can # 16
RB Can # 16
RB Can # 24
RB Can # 24
RB Can # 25
RB Can # 25
RB Can # 40
RB Can # 40
RB Can # 49
RB Can # 49
RB Can # 50
RB Can # 50
RB Can # 53
RB Can # 53
RB Can # 60
RB Can # 60
RB Can # 64
RB Can # 64
CC Can # 1
CC Can # 1

Rotterdam 2021

CC Can # 2
CC Can # 2

Rotterdam 2021
CC Can # 3
CC Can # 3

Rotterdam 2021

CC Can # 4
CC Can # 4

Rotterdam 2021
HK-Can # 2
HK-Can # 2

Rotterdam 2021
HK_Can # 1
HK_Can # 1

Rotterdam 2021
Rusty # 5
Rusty # 5

Rotterdam 2021
Rusty #Keizerskroon Beer #front
Rusty #Keizerskroon Beer #front

Rotterdam 03/2023
Rusty #Keizerskroon Beer #back
Rusty #Keizerskroon Beer #back

Rotterdam 03/2023

Rotterdam now

Simply named Het Park (The Park) is the oldest city park in Rotterdam and designed in 1852 by Jan David Zocher and his son Louis Paul Zocher.

Het Park / Rotterdam
Het Park / Rotterdam

Mamiya C220 / Kodak Portra 160
Het Park / Rotterdam
Het Park / Rotterdam

Mamiya C220 / Kodak Portra 160
Het Park / Rotterdam
Het Park / Rotterdam

Mamiya C220 / Ilford FP4
Het Park / Rotterdam
Het Park / Rotterdam

Mamiya C220 / Kodak Portra 160

Colorization Project I

just for the fun I started in 2017 to colorise some of my old family black and white photo’s using the Selection and Colouring layering techniques in Photoshop. Of course I had to scan them first using my Epson V600 and ‘clean and remove all spots and scratches from the digital files before starting the colouring process, but that was (for me) also part of the fun. Check here some of the photo’s I did and see how really old photo’s live up and how my parents, grand parents, my uncle Oom Jan who died in the 2nd World War and other close family members started to live up again even from photo’s made around 1920.

my grandparents and my aunt (Tante Ger - older sister of my mother) probably early 1922
my grandparents and my aunt (Tante Ger - older sister of my mother) probably early 1922
Me with Tippie (1966) - the dog from my uncle and aunt
Me with Tippie (1966) - the dog from my uncle and aunt
5 sisters of my grandfather (my dear aunts) the original photo ± 1920
5 sisters of my grandfather (my dear aunts) the original photo ± 1920
My Grandmother Woutrina van Campen (around 1919)
My Grandmother Woutrina van Campen (around 1919)
My Grandfather Leendert van den Berg (around 1919)
My Grandfather Leendert van den Berg (around 1919)
Wedding photo of my Grandparents, Leendert van den Berg and Woutrina van Campen - married 14-5-1919
Wedding photo of my Grandparents, Leendert van den Berg and Woutrina van Campen - married 14-5-1919
My father's football team ± 1938 ~ the club was probably Hillegersberg or Xerxes Rotterdam
My father's football team ± 1938 ~ the club was probably Hillegersberg or Xerxes Rotterdam

my father at the front row outmost right, my uncle (Oom Lou) friend of my father, at the front second from left …
Wedding photo of my parents Gerrit van der Gaag and Maria (Riet) van den Berg | 16 November 1949
Wedding photo of my parents Gerrit van der Gaag and Maria (Riet) van den Berg | 16 November 1949
Wedding photo My Aunt, Tante Jannie and Uncle, Oom Max.
Wedding photo My Aunt, Tante Jannie and Uncle, Oom Max.

with bridesmaids, my sister Ineke at the right and my niece Hannie at the left ± 1959
Photo: Cas Oorthuys _ Beursplein Rotterdam (1956) ©Nederlands Fotomuseum
Photo: Cas Oorthuys _ Beursplein Rotterdam (1956) ©Nederlands Fotomuseum
Photo: Cas Oorthuys _ Parkhaven Rotterdam (1954) ©Nederlands Fotomuseum
Photo: Cas Oorthuys _ Parkhaven Rotterdam (1954) ©Nederlands Fotomuseum
13 October 1957 ~ kickoff by American Movie star, Jayne Mansfield prior to the legendary Sparta vs DOS match in Rotterdam | Foto: Kees Molkenboer | © Nederlands Fotomuseum
13 October 1957 ~ kickoff by American Movie star, Jayne Mansfield prior to the legendary Sparta vs DOS match in Rotterdam | Foto: Kees Molkenboer | © Nederlands Fotomuseum
Cas Oorthuys by Wies Meertens (1955) - ©Nederlands Fotomuseum
Cas Oorthuys by Wies Meertens (1955) - ©Nederlands Fotomuseum

Dutch photographer Cas Oorthuys on the roof of his home address Amstel 3, Amsterdam
Two brothers: Jan and Gerrit van der Gaag ± 1920
Two brothers: Jan and Gerrit van der Gaag ± 1920

My uncle left with my father at the right side
My uncle Oom Jan | 17.9.1916 - 27.2.1942
My uncle Oom Jan | 17.9.1916 - 27.2.1942

Died in the Battle of the Java Sea on 27th February 1942
My uncle Oom Jan | 17.9.1916 - 27.2.1942
My uncle Oom Jan | 17.9.1916 - 27.2.1942
It's me ... somewhere 1960
It's me ... somewhere 1960
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