Co-operative Wind Harvesting in the Netherlands
Cycling along the country roads of Flevoland, you can’t help but notice the wind. If one is lucky, it is behind you, if it isn’t… well, good luck. It is no wonder that windmills haphazardly dot the landscape. They fit. This is the Netherlands, a country where wooden windmills have dotted the landscape for hundreds [...]
Wind Dreams in Nepal
Amrit points it out as we zoom past on his motorbike. If you look closely, past the Nokia sign, past the other motorbikes, over the jumble of electric wires, and let your eyes drift upward, you might see it. It is a solution to the energy problems of Nepal, turning in the wind. Amrit turns [...]
Orthodox Community Embraces Renewable Energy in the Czech Republic
High on a windmill, hidden amongst the cherry orchards and the wheat fields of Eastern Czech Republic, is a painting of a raven with a piece of bread in its’ mouth. The prophet St. Elias the Tishbite was kept alive by ravens feeding him bread when he was hidden in the desert. This is the [...]
Women Climate Change Activists Featured in German Cosmopolitan
Last months issue of Cosmopolitan in Germany features an article focusing on some incredible climate change activists around the world. The article is written by journalist Daniel Boese and includes a couple of my images. This sort of placement demonstrates the mainstream acceptance of the climate change movement in Europe and I believe is a [...]
Working on Mont Blanc – Meeting a Deadline
Whilst on a recent trip to Chamonix, France, I answered a phone call from my client Elegance Magazine. They urgently needed the hi-res images of a travel story I had shot for them to meet their five o’clock deadline. The call came while I was high up on the Aiguille de Midi on Mont Blanc. [...]
Two for One Coffee at Impacting Environments Exhibit
Hey Amsterdammers and/or people traveling through Amsterdam, my photography exhibit ‘Impacting Environments’ is entering its’ second month at Coffee Bar Ludwig. Thanks to Coffee Bar Ludwig, for a limited time, you can get ’2-4-1′ coffee voucher valid for the period of my exhibit. To do so, simply sign up to my e-news letter using the form [...]
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 [...]
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 – 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 [...]
Corporate Photography in Amsterdam
I was recently engaged by a Japanese agency to undertake some corporate photography here in Amsterdam. The assignment was a meeting of professionals in the Grand Amrath Hotel in Amsterdam, a straight forward assignment. However, what made it stand out was the way it was handled. They were the type of client that any photographer [...]
Gallery opening for Shiva Rimal – Dutch/Nepali Artist
Dutch/Nepalese artist Shiva Rimal and I are currently working on a fine art project that has to do with identity and climate change. So when he announced that he is having a separate show opening this weekend, I thought that I would just give a quick shout out and post it here. If you get [...]
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 [...]
Giants Causeway – Northern Ireland Photography
I just returned from a small trip in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Most of the time was spent working on my latest project, Force, a focus on people living with Wind Energy. However, I did manage to take in the UNESCO World Heritage Giants Causeway one cloudy morning. I wanted to share [...]
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
Amsterdam Royal Gallery – Photography Exhibition
On April 9th, at 16:00, join me and friends at the Amsterdam Royal Gallery for the opening of my photography exhibit. This will be the first public exhibition of my images and will be a series of images exploring our relationship with the landscape and how we are impacted by climate change. Also in the [...]
Just a Portrait
I was out doing the dutch thing with some family here in the Netherlands yesterday. Yes, you guessed it, riding around on bicycles along the dutch canals. Just adding this portrait of my cousin that was taken while we were being transported by the water taxi. Yes, water taxi, same principle, just on the water.
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 [...]
Zero Carbon Time Lapse Photography
I recently had the wonderful opportunity to volunteer with the Zero Carbon Collective in Amsterdam. A collection of individuals concerned about climate change, the collective strives to Inspire Sustainability Through Creativity. Their launch event, the Zero Carbon Concert, was held November 27, coinciding with the opening of the UNFCCC Conference of Parties in Cancun, Mexico. [...]
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 [...]
