Little Black Lies in Calgary – a Tar Sands Talk by Jeff Gailus
I have teamed up with Canadian author Jeff Gailus for his Tar Sands talk, Little Black Lies, tomorrow night in Calgary, Canada. During Jeff’s talk my photographs from the Tar Sands will be playing in the background. If you are in Calgary tomorrow, join Jeff Gailus as he explores the intersection of two of the [...]
Up Up and Away – Nepal
Tommorrow I leave for Nepal. Nepali/Dutch artist Shiva Rimal and I are off to work on our collaborative art project Climate Oxide. It is a documentation of climate change impacts around the world using photography, steel and rust. We will visit various climate adaptation projects, trek in the Himalayas and take part in the Moving [...]
Force – Jaap van der Beek
My newest photography project, Force, is a focus on the human side of wind energy. It demonstrates that wind energy it is not an aspect of the future but a lived reality right now for people and communities all over the world. This is the second in a series of posts (read the first here) [...]
Force – Roman Juriga
My newest photography project, Force, is a focus on the human side of wind energy. It demonstrates that wind energy it is not an aspect of the future but a lived reality right now for people and communities all over the world. This is the first in a series of posts to introduce these wind [...]
Global Wind Day – Photographing an Offshore Wind Park
On June 15, Global Wind Day, I took the opportunity to attend the Netherlands Wind Energy Association organized events celebrating wind power in the Netherlands. Highlight: trip to the offshore wind park, Egmond aan Zee. We left Ijmuiden early in the morning dwarfed by the behemoth steel factory, the Hoogovens (second image). I couldn’t have [...]
Photographs from Royal Gallery Opening
I have been pretty busy the last few weeks with family engagements and I haven’t had much time to post new things to the journal. But as things settle down, the time is found to move forward with things that I have been meaning to do for several weeks. This includes posting some of the [...]
Slideshow of Amsterdam Royal Gallery Show
Several people have contacted me and expressed their disappointment that they were not able to catch the Royal Gallery exhibit here in Amsterdam. I said that I would post a gallery of the images that were displayed at the gallery. Although this really doesn’t show off the images in their full splendor, it gives you [...]
Two images from Royal Gallery Opening
Rajab, a photographer from ABCD press came by the opening on April 9th at the Royal Gallery in Amsterdam and put together a nice couple of images. Pop on over to see how he combined his eye with my images, neat. http://www.abcdpress.com/2011/04/royal-gallery-april-2011.html
World Press Photo 2011 – Before the Behind the Scenes
Every year the world’s most prestigious photography competition, the World Press Photo, gets going in Amsterdam. Hundreds of thousands of photographs are submitted by thousands of photographers from around the world. The best of the best! For two weeks a jury, consisting of some of the top individuals in the industry, deliberates and decides upon [...]
It’s Official – Amsterdam Photographer: We have moved
Robert van Waarden Photography has officially moved to Amsterdam. For the last 3 years, I have been based in Utrecht, a wonderful city to the south. However, it was time to make the move to the big little city. I am very happy with the new location in Amsterdam. It brings me closer to valued [...]
Impacting Indigenous Culture – The Tar Sands of Northern Alberta
Every extractive industry deeply affects the relationship between people on the land and their newly manufactured landscape. The incredibly rapid development of the tar sands in Northern Alberta is having a profound affect on the culture, lifestyle and health of the First Nations. Conversely, communities have gained employment, and access to modern health care and [...]
Utrecht – Photography from the Dutch city
A collection of images celebrating the autumn colors from the dutch town of Utrecht. Want to see the panorama in full detail, click. Utrecht – Travel Photography from Holland – Images by Robert vanWaarden
A Letter to the Editor of Canadian Geographic
The October issue of Canadian Geographic is all about climate change. Wonderful I say, but….. It has been tarnished by the Canadian Government message of ‘Climate Prosperity’. This really disappointed me. I have worked with Canadian Geographic in the past and I feel that they have been compromised while promoting this piece of spin. You [...]
Utrecht Photography 1 of 2 – Nightime Panorama
I love the city of Utrecht, the Netherlands. It is small enough to feel like a village, is within easy train access to Amsterdam, and feels much more ‘Dutch’ then its’ bigger brother to the North. Photographing the wonderful canals and city is a great pleasure, especially at night when the lights sparkle off the [...]
Tar Sands, Water and the First Nations of Alberta
“I don’t know what’s happening to this place, it won’t last 10 -15 years if we lose our water.” Gabe Burke, Fort Chipewyan The Athabaskan River delta is one of the largest water systems in Canada and a key component of the livelihood of the Dineh, Cree and Metis that live along its’ banks. However, [...]
Portrait of a Climate Change Activist – Anna Keenan
I find Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to be an ideal base; it is a central point for international work, it is a hot bed of photography (the World Press, FOAM etc.), it is on the right track for a sustainable lifestyle, and last but not least, the friends and community are amazing. One of these dear [...]
Oman Travel Photography
This is a gallery my favourite photographs created on a trip to Oman for National Geographic Traveler – Netherlands. It includes the Empty Quarter, Muscat, Salalah and portraits of the people of Oman. For licensing, click an image or here.
Return to Amsterdam after National Geographic Traveler assignment
Just a quick blog update to say that I have returned to sunny Amsterdam after a rainy photography assignment for National Geographic Traveler – Netherlands edition. I had the pleasure of working with Amsterdam writer Maartje de Gruyter (webpage under development) and together we explored the rainy hills, buildings and landscapes of the olde country. [...]
Tar Sands and the First Nations – Selects
The crux of any environmental industrial development is the relationship between people on the land and the newly manufactured landscape. Rarely has the coverage of the Tar Sands in Northern Alberta gone beyond environmental impact and touched on the story of the impact on First Nations culture. Yet, this development is having a profound affect [...]
Images Published in National Geographic Traveler
My first travel photographs in National Geographic Traveler have been published! The June edition of the Netherlands travel magazine includes not one, but two articles illustrated with my images. One article visually highlights the wonderful diversity in Oman, where ancient cultures are clashing with modern, oil driven world. The other is a photo essay about [...]
Activism, Coal and Arizona
“Just seeing the future for us and knowing that they [our parents] wanted a better future for us, I have the same feeling for, not myself, but the kids and for my relatives and that something better will be in the future for them, that keeps me going. Knowing that we have succeeded in one [...]
Climate Change 2009 – Explosion of a social movement
In 2009, millions of people came together around the world to pressure leaders to sign a legally binding and ambitious deal in Copenhagen. Although the final result in Copenhagen was a failure, 2009 was the year that the climate movement exploded. This energy will carry forward and we will continue to build in numbers until [...]
Cape Farewell – Youth and Climate Change in the Arctic
In September of 2008 I joined the British Council of Canada as their photographer on the Cape Farewell Expedition 2008. Our goal was to take an international group of 20+ students into the Arctic to teach them about Climate Change and how to use Art to communicate the message effectively. “The expedition sailed around the [...]
Australia Photographs
A small collection of travel images and photography from Australia. Stock Photography from Australia by Travel Photographer – Images by Robert vanWaarden
