Guest Post – Moving Planet in Nepal
This guest post is cross-posted from 350.org and written by Anna Keenan detailing our recent experience in Nepal. I spend most of my time working as a climate campaigner for Greenpeace International in Amsterdam, however for the 2011 global day of climate action – Moving our Planet beyond fossil fuels – I have somehow ended [...]
Prague Photography – Quiet Moments in a Heart of Tourism
This morning I returned from Prague, capital of the Czech Republic. What a beautiful city! It has been 10 years since I looked down on the town from the castle. It has also been a while since I shared the streets with so many tourists. Prague is the premier tourism destination in central Europe. Everyone [...]
Nuclear Protest on the Dam Square in Amsterdam
On April 16, around ten thousand individuals gathered on the Dam Square in Amsterdam to protest the Dutch government’s decision to authorize the construction of a new nuclear plant. The protest was partially in reaction to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, but the unsustainable high costs, both environmentally and financially were also on the agenda. Not [...]
10:10:10 in Utrecht – Cradle to Cradle Climate Action
In conjunction with the Global Work Party, Cradle to Cradle, a event informing children and adults about sustainability was held today in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The Cradle to Cradle event was packed with kids and families, enjoying the sun, learning about sustainability and creating cool things with recycled materials. The photographs below show kids making [...]
Amsterdam Burlesque Photography
I recently had the opportunity to photograph Amsterdam burlesque talent Miss Lola L’amour. Miss L’amour will be auditioning for the Amsterdam Burlesque Festival (read more or get tickets). Burlesque is a resurgent art-form, a passionate celebration of the female form from the 20′s and 30′s. The festival promises to be very entertaining (and sexy). I [...]
Climate Faces – Photography Exhibit at the United Nations
UPDATED IMAGE BELOW Tomorrow, July 14, the exhibit, Climate Faces – Changing Earth, Changing Lives opens at the United Nations in New York. Featured are my photographs from the 2008 Cape Farewell Voyage. This exhibit documents young climate activists exploring the impacts of climate change on the Arctic and how they learned to communicate the [...]
Green Jobs Photo Censored by the Senate
Recently this image was prohibited from appearing within the Senate Rotunda in Washington, D.C. This image was meant to accompany the National Wildlife Federation Fair Climate Photo Exhibit in Russell Senate Building Rotunda that finished on July 2nd. Unfortunately, it seems to me that the Senate decided that Freedom of Speech was not a right [...]
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 [...]
Arizona Travel Stock Images
The incredible photographic landscape of Arizona was the subject of my lens in May, 2010. This slideshow of my best Arizona photographs includes stock images of the locations of Monument Valley, Canyon de Chelly, Route 66, Tonto Bridge State Park and Petrified Forest National Park. To license, click an image or here. Arizona – Stock [...]
Two photographs of Monument Valley, which is the best?
I want your opinion! I was recently in Monument Valley in Arizona and I created these two drastically different images of the landscape with the mittens. Photographed only 50m apart, these two images raise several questions about composition, viewer opinion and human impact on our environment. I want to know which image you prefer. Image [...]
Cameras, lens, audio recorders packed: Gone in search of light….
Just as the sun was starting to warm up the cold, wet polder of the Netherlands, I figured that it was time to pack the gear and head off to the dry Southwest. One of my favourite places on earth, the landscapes of Utah, Nevada, California and region have inspired artists and photographers for decades. [...]
Youth Climate Report details COP 15 Participation
For several years the international youth climate movement (IYCM) has been growing exponentially. Focused around the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, youth from all over the world have come together, organized, shared ideas, influenced change and returned to their home countries to implement solutions. I have been photographing this movement for a couple of [...]
COP 14 – United Nations Climate Talks 2008
Photography of the United Nations Climate Talks, Poznan – COP 14 – Images by Robert van Waarden
Tajikistan
Travel Photography of Tajikistan – Images by Robert vanWaarden – Click an image to license
France
Travel Stock Photography from France – Images by Robert vanWaarden Click any image to license.
Canada
Canadian Travel Scenes and Landscapes from Prince Edward Island to Vancouver Island – Images by Robert vanWaarden Click any image to license.
Photography – Best of from COP 15
Gallery of the ‘Best of’ images from COP 15 in Copenhagen. Images ©Robert vanWaarden
COP 15 – Images, Action and Youth Activism
I am in Copenhagen, anticipating and preparing for the United Nations Conference of Parties, ie COP15. This is basically the most important meeting ever in our human history as the world leaders and ministers descend on this rainy city to try and come to an agreement that will put the world on a path to [...]
Photographs of the Barcelona Climate Talks – UNFCCC Negotiations
Photographing live from the Barcelona Climate Talks…… For the collection of photographs from the United Nations Climate Change Talks in Barcelona, Click I am here in Barcelona for two reasons: An exhibit of my images of youth action around the world for climate change is displayed on the wall here at the center. One of [...]
